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 3, 2016 • 50min
The New Haven Nose's Tattoo Says Wall-to-Wall Fun
Paul Simon's 13th solo studio album, Stranger to Stranger, is out on Friday. It has apparently been gestating for going on four years, and it's full of Harry Partch's microtonal instruments like cloud chamber bowls and the chromelodeon. Dean Drummond's zoomoozophome even makes an appearance. At the same time, the album is pretty rockin' and fun.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 2, 2016 • 50min
Understanding Intelligence: From Social Science to Computer Science
How do we define intelligence? Where does it come from, and what roles do genetics and environment play in its development? We live in a world that values different types of intelligence subjectively -- and we watch as those values shift in accordance with changing cultural attitudes. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 1, 2016 • 50min
It's a Magazine of Sports, of Sorts: Baseball, Basketball, Scrabble, and the Spelling Bee
Ron Darling won a World Series. He was a Major League All-Star and a Gold Glove winner. He pitched a record-setting eleven hitless innings in an NCAA playoff game at Yale Field. He threw 2,742 and one-third professional innings over 15 professional seasons, winning 157 professional games.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 31, 2016 • 49min
Krista Tippett On Being Human
Krista Tippett must know something. After all, she's been hosting a show -- originally called Speaking of Faith and now called On Being -- for about 15 years. She talks to the wisest of the wise and the sagest of the sage, about matters of existence, transcendence, and, you know, what does it all mean? What kind of universe is this anyway?Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 27, 2016 • 50min
The Nose Watched Lady Dynamite (So You Don’t Have To?)
Comedian Maria Bamford's new Netflix single-camera sitcom, "Lady Dynamite," premiered last Friday. And it's... odd. It's surreal. It's sad. It's a comedy that's very much about mental illness and loneliness and anxiety. And it's a comedy that's very much about itself too.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 26, 2016 • 50min
How Much Water Do You Need?
Most of us have heard that our bodies need eight cups of water every day to stay healthy and hydrated. Some think that's the minimum we should drink to prevent the chronic dehydration that doesn't trigger the usual warnings of dryness, like thirst. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 24, 2016 • 50min
Buzz Aldrin on the Past, Present and Future of Space Exploration
The man who once walked on the moon, and helped America define itself as a leader in space travel is now out with a new book. It reads half as a memoir, and half as a motivational speech to the next generation of explorers who he hopes will carry on America's legacy. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 24, 2016 • 50min
Live (on Tape) From the Peabody!
In the more than six years that it's been on the air, we've never taken The Colin McEnroe Show to the Peabody Museum before. (Crazy, right?) And: In the more than six years that it's been on the air, we've never done a Colin McEnroe Show about dinosaurs before. (Crazy! Right!?)Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 23, 2016 • 50min
The Scramble: The GOP, Offhand Comments, MLB
Former Governor Lowell Weicker says the Republican Party no longer embraces the ideals of prudent financial governance and social conscience that once defined them.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 20, 2016 • 50min
According to the Uniform Prior, The Nose Has an 82 Percent Chance of Happening
The Rio 2016 Olympics are set to start in less than three months’ time. But Brazil’s Zika outbreak is worse than we thought. And there’s ongoing political unrest. And Rio’s water supply comes with an extra helping of “trash and contamination.” What to do? Postpone the games? Move them? Both?Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
