The Colin McEnroe Show
The Colin McEnroe 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 …Social links:
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‘Citizen Observers’ share their voting stories from around the state49:59 - 2
All calls: Moussaka! The Kimberly Guilfoyle Musical48:59 - 3
A look back at more than 200 years of Frankenstein (and his monster)49:59 - 4
From AI to student journalists, a look at election information going into the midterms49:59 - 5
Our healthcare system doesn't work. Is insurance reform the cure?49:59 - 6
Does democracy have a design problem?48:04 - 7
All Calls: I wish Byron Eddie-cucha-catcha-cama-tosta-nana-tosta-noka-samma-camma-wacky-brown was my uncle48:59 - 8
The Nose looks at ‘You Can See Everything’48:59 - 9
The (so-called) dying art of dinner parties49:59 - 10
The other Dan Sullivan: Name doppelgängers and cases of mistaken identity49:59 - View more clips
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Let’s go down a rabbit hole about rabbit holes49:00 - 2
Keeping it brief: A celebration of short stories49:00 - 3
‘Though the heavens fall’: The JFK assassination in our media and culture51:21 - 4
‘It always means something’: Connecticut in the movies50:00 - 5
Everyday Carry: Unpacking what we carry with us and why48:59 - 6
An irreverent reimagining of US history’s most revered (and reviled) idols48:58 - 7
“I once had a dentist named Dr. Fillmore”: Stories of nominative determinism50:00 - 8
How the weight of family ‘truths’ can get heavier with each generation48:59 - 9
The hidden joys of searching48:59 - 10
Meet Connie Converse, the haunting songwriter whose work stayed hidden for decades42:00
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From ‘Star Trek’ to ‘Arrival’: How pop culture helps us imagine extraterrestrial life52:33 - 2
An hour with astronauts!50:00 - 3
From flying saucers to flying saints: Belief and how we react to the “impossible”49:00 - 4
Astrophysicists Adam Frank and Neil deGrasse Tyson discuss the search for extraterrestrial life42:58 - 5
Garrett Graff on the history of UFOs and our government’s attempts to make sense of them49:00 - 6
The new normal of UFOs, UAPs, and the search for extraterrestrial life49:00 - 7
Our relationship to UFOs is changing48:59 - 8
What our search for extraterrestrial life can tell us about ourselves50:00 - 9
Are We Ready To Accept That UFOs Are Real?50:00 - 10
UFOs In American Culture: A History Of Intrigue And Denial49:29 - View more clips
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A Long Look At Losing And Lovable (And Loathsome) Losers50:00 - 2
A Non-Threatening Conversation About Jazz50:00 - 3
VHS Will Not Die50:00 - 4
What our search for extraterrestrial life can tell us about ourselves49:00 - 5
‘Literature as resistance’: Azar Nafisi on the subversive power of reading in troubled times50:00 - 6
Occam’s razor makes the case for simplicity in a complex world50:00 - 7
This Nose Will Self-Destruct In Five Seconds49:29 - 8
An Hour With Ira (Glass)40:34 - 9
From the Bad Ideas Dept.: Today's Show Is Not About Tapirs49:16