Last year, there was a movie about Charles Manson. This year, there was another movie about Charles Manson. Charles Manson is a character in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and in the second season of David Fincher's Mindhunter.

The Manson Family murders were fifty years ago this summer, and Manson still seems to fascinate us and our popular culture.

This hour, we wonder why.

Last year, there was <a href="https://trailers.apple.com/trailers/ifcfilms/charlie-says/">a movie about Charles Manson</a>. This year, there was <a href="https://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/the-haunting-of-sharon-tate/">another movie about Charles Manson</a>. Charles Manson is a character in <a href="https://mashable.com/article/once-upon-time-hollywood-charles-manson-fact-fiction/">Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood</a> and in <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/08/22/how-same-actor-ended-up-playing-charles-manson-mindhunter-once-upon-time-hollywood/">the second season of David Fincher's Mindhunter</a>.
<a href="https://www.vox.com/2019/8/7/20695284/charles-manson-family-what-is-helter-skelter-explained">The Manson Family murders</a> were fifty years ago this summer, and <a href="https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a28518898/charles-manson-family-america-obsession-pop-culture/">Manson still seems to fascinate us and our popular culture</a>.
This hour, we wonder why.

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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