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The Colin McEnroe Show
Playlist by The Colin McEnroe ShowThe 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, sn…Follow the podcast:
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The Nose catches up on some of the 2025 movies it had missed
This hour, America’s Greatest Living Film Critic, David Edelstein, joins us to look back at the year in movies that was 2025. Plus, The Nose tries to catch up on some of the awards-season movies it’s missed — movies like After the Hunt, Cover-Up, It Was Just an Accident, Jay Kelly, Sentimental Val…
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The humble fly
There are thought to be about 17 million living flies for every human alive on Earth. They’re predators and parasites and pests, but they’re pollinators too. They help us solve crimes, heal wounds, and understand genetics and evolution. And they literally help at least one artist paint his paintin…
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All calls: Spraying compressed air at anything is a good idea
We’ve been doing these shows where we don’t book any guests, where we fill the hour with your calls, calls about anything, everything. These shows are fun for us, and they seem to be fun for you, too. So we did another one. This hour, the conversation winds around to CDs, records, and consuming mu…
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What Wikipedia can teach us about truth, information, and random trivia
Wikipedia has lately been under attack, accused of bias and spreading propaganda. And for years students have been told not to trust the source. But are any of those claims fair? This hour, we take a look at the free online encyclopedia, how it functions, and its role in the modern world. We'll ask…
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Historian Timothy Snyder helps us understand this current moment through the lessons of history
Historian Timothy Snyder is the author of the books On Freedom and On Tyranny. This hour we listen back to the conversation we had in March about the latest in our country, and what we can learn from history. GUEST: Timothy Snyder: Holds the inaugural Chair in Modern European History, supported…
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Our favorite jazz of 2025
Aswehaveeveryyearforatleastthelast12years, to round out the year, we round up the best jazz of the year. GUESTS: Jen Allen: A pianist, composer, arranger, and educator; her new album is Possibilities Noah Baerman: A pianist, composer, and educator; in 2025, he has released a four-volume series of …
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List making, listicles, lists of lists: An hour devoted to list culture
Lists feel especially suited to the digital age, but humans have been creating lists for a long time. So why are we drawn to lists? This hour, the art and the utility of the list. GUESTS: Matthew Dicks: A West Hartford elementary school teacher and the author of Twenty-One Truths About Love …
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Live from Watkinson, it’s part 2 of our 2025 holiday spectacular
On the night of December 4, we went to Watkinson School in Hartford, put 11 performers together on the stage there, and let them rock their way through 27 holiday- and holiday-adjacent classics. We’re turning that two-hour performance into two radio shows over the two holiday weeks. Part onepremie…
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Live from Watkinson, it’s part 1 of our 2025 holiday spectacular
On the night of December 4, we went to Watkinson School in Hartford, put 11 performers together on the stage there, and let them rock their way through 27 holiday- and holiday-adjacent classics. Our plan is to turn that two-hour performance into two radio shows over the two holiday weeks. This ho…
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Checking in on self-checkout
This hour is about self-checkout technology and its impacts. We'll debate its pros and cons, look at the history of self-service at grocery stores, and talk about the future of technology in stores. Plus, we'll learn about the psychology of "weak ties," and the value of talking to strangers in pla…
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