The Colin McEnroe Show
Connecticut Public Radio
The Colin McEnroe Show is public radio’s most eclectic, eccentric weekday program. The best way to understand us is through the subjects we tackle: Neanderthals, tambourines, handshakes, the Iliad, snacks, ringtones, punk rock, Occam’s razor, Rasputin, houseflies, zippers. Are you sensing a pattern? If so, you should probably be in treatment. On Fridays, we try to stop thinking about what kind of ringtones Neanderthals would want to have and convene a panel called The Nose for an informal roundtable about the week in culture.
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Jun 16, 2016 • 50min
The Nose Is Prepared to Sit Comfortably in Its Seats for One Hour and No Longer
I swear we almost never pick the Nose panelists based on the topics we plan to discuss. (We barely ever even plan in the first place, to be honest.) I asked Mr. Dankosky -- former Vice President of News for WNPR, current Executive Editor of the New England News Collaborative -- weeks ago to make his Nose debut this Friday.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 16, 2016 • 50min
Benedict Arnold: Unscrupulous Traitor or Unsung Hero?
When you "pull a Benedict Arnold," you sell out your side to join the stronger side of a situation out of fear, not honor. Needless to say, that's not a compliment.More than 230 years after America secured independence from Britain, this skilled warrior and confidante of George Washington is remembered as a traitor and coward for defecting to the British side.But it's not that easy. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 15, 2016 • 50min
Sea Change: Transforming Attitudes and Ethics Towards Marine Life
Animal rights have come a long way over the last century, providing, of course, we're not talking about fish. While other vertebrates have slowly been recognized as social, feeling, even sentient beings, fish remain good for three things: owning, catching and eating.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 13, 2016 • 50min
A Look at Weiner, The Lobster, and Probably Some Other Movies with Odd Titles Too
America's Greatest Living Film Critic David Edelstein has called "Weiner," the new documentary about former Congressman Anthony Weiner's ill-fated 2013 run for mayor of New York City, "one of the most provocative [docs] of its kind" that he's seen.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 13, 2016 • 49min
The Scramble: The Shooting in Orlando
Orlando, Florida was the scene of a mass shooting Sunday that left 50 people dead and dozens more injured. We've heard the story before: a shooter walks into a crowded room with multiple weapons to kill large numbers of people in an astonishingly small amount of time.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 9, 2016 • 50min
The Nose on O.J.: Made in America
New York magazine's Will Leitch has called ESPN's new documentary "O.J.: Made in America" a masterpiece, and he thinks it'll be "the only thing this country's going to be talking about" as it airs next week. The Nose has already seen it, and it's all we're going to be talking about this week.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 8, 2016 • 49min
The 2016 Song of the Summer Is...
Every year, we do a Song of the Summer show. It always makes people angry. There is no evidence that it has ever made people happy. A lot of it has to do with the way we define the term. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 8, 2016 • 50min
Bringing Musical Theater Center Stage
"Hamilton," the wildly popular musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda, will likely win several Tony Awards this weekend for changing the form of musical theater from what most of us perceive it to be. He uses rap lyrics that challenge what we think we know about the founding of our nation.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 7, 2016 • 50min
Get to Know the Jehovah's Witnesses
Between orthodoxy and cultism exists a narrow divide; a proving ground of public opinion where spirited groups vie for entry into the hallowed halls of true religion. Few are more firmly planted in this place than the Jehovah's Witnesses.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 6, 2016 • 50min
The Scramble Wonders If We're Ready for a Libertarian President
There has never been a time in the last ten presidential cycles when voters have disliked two presidential front-runners as much as they dislike Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Yes, the country is becoming increasingly polarized, but that doesn't explain why the candidates aren't well-liked by their respective parties.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
