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What's a dew point? Why is my weather app wrong all the time? Should I be worried about a Super El Niño? This hour, we explore the mysteries of the weather while checking in on the state of modern meteorology.

Plus: How does literature teach us about the changing weather?

GUESTS:
Kristine Harper: Meteorologist, oceanographer, and science educator turned historian of science at the University of Copenhagen
Matthew Cappucci: Senior Meteorologist at MyRadar and Meteorologist at CapitalWeather.com
Amy Brady: Author of Ice: From Mixed Drinks to Skating Rinks – A Cool History of a Hot Commodity. She is also the former executive director and publisher of Orion magazine, a contributing editor for Scientific American, and coeditor of the anthology The World as We Knew It: Dispatches from a Changing Climate.

Music featured (in order):
Teen Town – Weather Report
Storm Warning – Bonnie Raitt
Pennies from Heaven – Emilie-Claire Barlow
Isn’t This a Lovely Day? – Dana Lauren
Heatwave – Martha Reeves and the Vandelas
After the Rain Has Fallen – Sting

What's a dew point? Why is my weather app wrong all the time? Should I be worried about a Super El Ni&ntilde;o? This hour, we explore the mysteries of the weather while checking in on the state of modern meteorology.
Plus: How does literature teach us about the changing weather?
GUESTS:
<ul>
<li>Kristine Harper:&nbsp;Meteorologist, oceanographer, and science educator turned historian of science at the University of Copenhagen</li>
<li>Matthew Cappucci:&nbsp;Senior Meteorologist at MyRadar and Meteorologist at&nbsp;<a href="http://capitalweather.com/">CapitalWeather.com</a></li>
<li>Amy Brady:&nbsp;Author of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/700456/ice-by-amy-brady/">Ice: From Mixed Drinks to Skating Rinks &ndash; A Cool History of a Hot Commodity</a>. She is also the former executive director and publisher of&nbsp;Orion&nbsp;magazine, a contributing editor for&nbsp;Scientific American, and coeditor of the anthology&nbsp;<a href="https://amybradywrites.com/the-world-as-we-knew-it/">The World as We Knew It: Dispatches from a Changing Climate</a>.</li>
</ul>
Music featured (in order):
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3113eNj4IA">Teen Town</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Weather Report</li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/qAGXPKNPK_M">Storm Warning</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Bonnie Raitt</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FItG05-diM">Pennies from Heaven</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Emilie-Claire Barlow</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ktllQ0PFlY">Isn&rsquo;t This a Lovely Day?</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Dana Lauren</li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/bBgYbw_u230">Heatwave</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Martha Reeves and the Vandelas</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLvZbR0R3CA">After the Rain Has Fallen</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Sting</li>
</ul>

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.

<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/about">The Colin McEnroe Show</a> 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 <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/tags/the-nose">The Nose</a> for an informal roundtable about the week in culture.

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Clearing up the mystery of meteorology

Lost Weekend is Phoebe Bridgers’ third solo studio album and fifth studio album overall. It dropped on August 14, and it’s expected to debut at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart dated August 29, which would make it Bridgers’ highest-charting album to date.

And: My Brilliant Career is a Netflix limited series and the second screen adaptation of the 1901 novel by Miles Franklin. It is an Australian production with a largely Australian cast, and it’s set in Australia around the turn of the 20th century. Philippa Northeast stars as Sybylla, a young woman desperate to become a writer as her family tries to find her a husband.

GUESTS:
Rebecca Castellani: Co-founder of Quiet Corner Communications and the director of marketing at Washington Montessori School
Jim Chapdelaine: An Emmy-winning musician and a patient advocate for people with rare cancers
Xandra Ellin: Produces The Global Story for the BBC

Music featured (in order):
The Outside – Phoebe Bridgers
Lost Boys – Phoebe Bridgers
Haunted – Phoebe Bridgers
Still Standing – Phoebe Bridgers
The Outside – Phoebe Bridgers
Lost Weekend (Reprise) – Phoebe Bridgers
Don’t Fence Me In – Amy Hill (My Brilliant Career Original Soundtrack)
Atomic – Beckah Amani (My Brilliant Career Original Soundtrack)
See You On The Radio – Grayson Hugh

Lost Weekend&nbsp;is Phoebe Bridgers&rsquo; third solo studio album and fifth studio album overall. It dropped on August 14, and it&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/talkofthecharts/status/2089823741073088756">expected</a>&nbsp;to debut at No. 2 on the&nbsp;Billboard&nbsp;200 chart dated August 29, which would make it Bridgers&rsquo; highest-charting album to date.
And:&nbsp;My Brilliant Career&nbsp;is a Netflix limited series and the second screen adaptation of the 1901 novel by Miles Franklin. It is an Australian production with a largely Australian cast, and it&rsquo;s set in Australia around the turn of the 20th century. Philippa Northeast stars as Sybylla, a young woman desperate to become a writer as her family tries to find her a husband.
GUESTS:
<ul>
<li>Rebecca Castellani:&nbsp;Co-founder of Quiet Corner Communications and the director of marketing at Washington Montessori School</li>
<li>Jim Chapdelaine:&nbsp;An Emmy-winning musician and a patient advocate for people with rare cancers</li>
<li>Xandra Ellin:&nbsp;Produces&nbsp;The Global Story&nbsp;for the BBC</li>
</ul>
Music featured (in order):
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwONYYlnBiM">The Outside</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Phoebe Bridgers</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KXnboPN1p4">Lost Boys</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Phoebe Bridgers</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcBmp16b0ek">Haunted</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Phoebe Bridgers</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKKsja8jtTM">Still Standing</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Phoebe Bridgers</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwONYYlnBiM">The Outside</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Phoebe Bridgers</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsMn6nuxRys">Lost Weekend (Reprise)</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Phoebe Bridgers</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7QNkyBOWbA">Don&rsquo;t Fence Me In</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Amy Hill (My Brilliant Career Original Soundtrack)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScbrOxN6dnI">Atomic</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Beckah Amani (My Brilliant Career Original Soundtrack)</li>
<li><a href="https://soundcloud.com/swampman-1/ill-see-you-on-the-radio">See You On The Radio</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Grayson Hugh</li>
</ul>

The Nose looks at ‘My Brilliant Career’ and Phoebe Bridgers’ ‘Lost Weekend’

The Statue of Liberty gets the CMS treatment. First, Colin talks with Dennis Mulligan from the National Park Service. He’s been Lady Liberty’s caretaker for almost 30 years and walked to her crown approximately 5,000 times (he did the math). Colin also talks about the improbable logistics of her creation with the journalist Elizabeth Mitchell, author of Liberty's Torch: The Great Adventure to Build The Statue of Liberty. And, scholar and poet Esther Schor joins to shine a light on the Emma Lazarus poem that gave the statue meaning that has both endured and changed over time. You know the lines, “Give me your tired, your poor…” but what else do you know about the “Mother of Exiles?”

GUESTS:
Dennis Mulligan: Supervisory Park Ranger for the National Park Service, The Statue of Liberty's caretaker for almost 30 years
Elizabeth "Biz" Mitchell: Jounalist and author of Liberty's Torch: The Great Adventure to Build The Statue of Liberty
Esther Schor: Scholar, biographer, poet, essayist and Chair of the Humanities Council at Princeton University. Her 2006 biography Emma Lazarus won the National Jewish Book Award.  She has also published Bridge of Words: Esperanto and the Dream of a Universal Language  and three books of poems.

Music featured (in order):
Liberty Fanfare – John Williams, as performed by The Boston Pops Orchestra under the direction of Keith Lockhart
Song of Liberty – The Wolfe Tones
American Tune – Shawn Colvin
Mother of Exiles – Glenn Kaiser
Statue of Liberty – Jill Sobule
Huddled Masses – Shaina Taub

The Statue of Liberty gets the CMS treatment. First, Colin talks with&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/webelong2/?hl=en">Dennis Mulligan</a>&nbsp;from the National Park Service. He&rsquo;s been Lady Liberty&rsquo;s caretaker for almost 30 years and walked to her crown approximately 5,000 times (he did the math). Colin also talks about the improbable logistics of her creation with the journalist Elizabeth Mitchell, author of&nbsp;<a href="https://groveatlantic.com/book/libertys-torch/">Liberty's Torch: The Great Adventure to Build The Statue of Liberty</a>. And, scholar and poet Esther Schor joins to shine a light on the&nbsp;<a href="https://poets.org/poem/new-colossus">Emma Lazarus poem</a>&nbsp;that gave the statue meaning that has both endured and changed over time. You know the lines, &ldquo;Give me your tired, your poor&hellip;&rdquo; but what else do you know about the &ldquo;Mother of Exiles?&rdquo;
GUESTS:
<ul>
<li>Dennis Mulligan: Supervisory Park Ranger for the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nps.gov/stli/index.htm">National Park Service</a>, The Statue of Liberty's caretaker for almost 30 years</li>
<li>Elizabeth "Biz" Mitchell: Jounalist and author of&nbsp;<a href="https://groveatlantic.com/book/libertys-torch/">Liberty's Torch: The Great Adventure to Build The Statue of Liberty</a></li>
<li>Esther Schor:&nbsp;Scholar, biographer, poet, essayist and<a href="https://humanities.princeton.edu/people/esther-schor/">&nbsp;Chair of the Humanities Council at Princeton University</a>. Her 2006 biography&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lazarus-Jewish-Encounters-Esther-Schor-ebook/dp/B001I8QVH4/">Emma Lazarus&nbsp;</a>won the National Jewish Book Award.&nbsp;&nbsp;She has also published&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bridge-Words-Esperanto-Universal-Language/dp/0805090797">Bridge of Words: Esperanto and the Dream of a Universal Language&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;and three books of poems.</li>
</ul>
Music featured (in order):
<ul>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/JUG8ssGSCIs">Liberty Fanfare</a>&nbsp;&ndash; John Williams, as performed by The Boston Pops Orchestra under the direction of Keith Lockhart</li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/LUM90ObOWRE">Song of Liberty</a>&nbsp;&ndash; The Wolfe Tones</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I22RHc2mLQs">American Tune</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Shawn Colvin</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20tcG3DopEU">Mother of Exiles</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Glenn Kaiser</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0aDb7Pprkk">Statue of Liberty</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Jill Sobule</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT2MCeZYwng">Huddled Masses</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Shaina Taub</li>
</ul>

What does The Statue of Liberty mean today?

There is perhaps no figure more emblematic of the paranormal than the psychic. Able to predict the future, see into the past, and even communicate with the dead, the psychic’s (supposed) awesome gifts are matched only by his or her ability to withstand skepticism and ridicule.

But are our misgivings towards these intuitives justified? Is it merely smoke and mirrors which they’ve learned to master, or are they, in fact, possessed of powers beyond our comprehension?

This hour, we speak with believers, skeptics, and self-proclaimed psychics to find out.

GUESTS:
Daryl Bem: Emeritus professor of psychology at Cornell University and the author of Feeling the Future: Experimental Evidence for Anomalous Retroactive Influences on Cognition and Affect
Allison Dubois: A psychic medium and profiler and the author of several books, including Into the Dark: How the Dead Help Us Heal
Benjamin Radford: Deputy editor for Skeptical Inquirer and co-host of Squaring the Strange
Emily Stroia: An ituitive medium, the founder of the Intuitive Soul Academy, and the author of several books, including Psychic Development for Beginners
Jenniffer Weigel: An Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist and the author of Psychics, Healers and Mediums: A Journalist, a Road Trip, and Voices from the Other Side

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There is perhaps no figure more emblematic of the paranormal than the psychic. Able to predict the future, see into the past, and even communicate with the dead, the psychic&rsquo;s (supposed) awesome gifts are matched only by his or her ability to withstand skepticism and ridicule.
But are our misgivings towards these intuitives justified? Is it merely smoke and mirrors which they&rsquo;ve learned to master, or are they, in fact, possessed of powers beyond our comprehension?
This hour, we speak with believers, skeptics, and self-proclaimed psychics to find out.
GUESTS:
<ul>
<li>Daryl Bem: Emeritus professor of psychology at Cornell University and the author of Feeling the Future: Experimental Evidence for Anomalous Retroactive Influences on Cognition and Affect</li>
<li>Allison Dubois: A psychic medium and profiler and the author of several books, including Into the Dark: How the Dead Help Us Heal</li>
<li>Benjamin Radford: Deputy editor for&nbsp;<a href="https://skepticalinquirer.org/">Skeptical Inquirer</a>&nbsp;and co-host of&nbsp;<a href="https://squaringthestrange.wordpress.com/">Squaring the Strange</a></li>
<li>Emily Stroia: An ituitive medium, the founder of the&nbsp;<a href="http://intuitivesoulacademy.teachable.com/">Intuitive Soul Academy</a>, and the author of several books, including Psychic Development for Beginners</li>
<li>Jenniffer Weigel: An Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist and the author of Psychics, Healers and Mediums: A Journalist, a Road Trip, and Voices from the Other Side</li>
</ul>
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