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Sanders won big in Nevada. Biden won big in South Carolina. Steyer and Buttigieg are out, Bloomberg is in, and Warren and Klobuchar are pulling up the rear.

There will be 1,357 delegates from 14 states up for grabs on Super Tuesday. We try to make sense of it.

Also this hour: Iowa and New Hampshire no longer mirror the diversity of America and should let another state lead the way. How about Connecticut? James Surowiecki makes the case.

Lastly, The Lifespan of a Fact, the Broadway play based on John D'Agata's book of the same name, relays the many disagreements between a writer and his factchecker over the nature of truth. The play is at TheaterWorks through March 8. John D'Agata joins us in our studio.

GUESTS:
James Surowiecki - A journalist who has written about business and finance for, among others, Slate and The New Yorker; the author of The Wisdom of Crowds
John D'Agata - An essayist, professor of English and director of the nonfiction writing program at the University of Iowa, and the author of several books including The Lifespan of a Fact

You can join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter

Colin McEnroe and Cat Pastor contributed to this show.

Sanders&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/02/bernie-wins-nevada/606937/">won big</a>&nbsp;in Nevada. Biden&nbsp;<a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/03/01/810813892/4-takeaways-from-joe-bidens-big-win-in-south-carolina">won big&nbsp;</a>in South Carolina. Steyer and&nbsp;<a href="https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-buttigieg-dropped-out/">Buttigieg</a>&nbsp;are out,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/01/super-tuesday-polls-bernie-biden-bloomberg-118459">Bloomberg</a>&nbsp;is in, and Warren and Klobuchar are pulling up the rear.
There will be&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/02/us/politics/2020-super-tuesday-states.html">1,357 delegates from 14 states</a>&nbsp;up for grabs on Super Tuesday. We try to make sense of it.
Also this hour: Iowa and New Hampshire no longer mirror the diversity of America and should let another state lead the way. How about Connecticut? James Surowiecki makes the case.
Lastly,&nbsp;The Lifespan of a Fact, the Broadway play based on John D'Agata's book of the same name, relays the many disagreements between a writer and his factchecker over the nature of truth. The play is at&nbsp;<a href="https://twhartford.org/events/the-lifespan-of-a-fact/">TheaterWorks&nbsp;</a>through March 8. John D'Agata joins us in our studio.
GUESTS:
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<li><a href="https://twitter.com/JamesSurowiecki">James Surowiecki</a>&nbsp;- A journalist who has written about business and finance for, among others,&nbsp;Slate&nbsp;and&nbsp;The New Yorker;&nbsp;the author of&nbsp;The Wisdom of Crowds</li>
<li><a href="https://english.uiowa.edu/people/john-dagata">John D'Agata</a>&nbsp;- An essayist, professor of English and director of the nonfiction writing program at the University of Iowa, and the author of several books including&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lifespan-Fact-John-DAgata/dp/0393340732">The Lifespan of a Fact</a></li>
</ul>
You can join the conversation on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/ColinMcShow/">Facebook</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/wnprcolin">Twitter</a>
Colin McEnroe and Cat Pastor contributed to this show.

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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