Murphy

It’s been a minute since Senator Chris Murphy joined Colin for a check-in on state matters and a chat about the weather in Washington. And we don’t think the senator has ever pulled up a chair to The World’s Most Important Table (™). Around 1:30, Senator Murphy joins us in studio.

It&rsquo;s been a minute since Senator Chris Murphy joined Colin for a check-in on state matters and a chat about the weather in Washington. And we don&rsquo;t think the senator has ever pulled up a chair to The World&rsquo;s Most Important Table (&trade;). Around 1:30, Senator Murphy joins us in studio.

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<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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Senator Chris Murphy takes your calls and reflects on the fight to save democracy

What is the relationship between consciousness and the divine? How are poetry and faith connected? Why write poetry? We present an hour with Colin and poet Christian Wiman live from Yale Divinity School, where they discuss poetry, consciousness, faith, awe, and whatever else is on their minds.

GUEST:


Christian Wiman: Author, editor, and translator of many books including, most recently, Glimmerings: Letters on Faith Between a Poet and a Theologian. He is Clement-Muehl Professor of Communication Arts at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and Yale Divinity School

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What is the relationship between consciousness and the divine? How are poetry and faith connected? Why write poetry? We present an hour with Colin and poet Christian Wiman live from Yale Divinity School, where they discuss poetry, consciousness, faith, awe, and whatever else is on their minds.
GUEST:
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Christian Wiman: Author, editor, and translator of many books including, most recently, <a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/products/glimmerings-miroslav-volfchristian-wiman?variant=43822771666978">Glimmerings: Letters on Faith Between a Poet and a Theologian</a>. He is Clement-Muehl Professor of Communication Arts at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and Yale Divinity School
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</ul>
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Colin McEnroe, Maegn Boone, Jonathan McNicol, Robyn Doyon-Aitken, Katrice Kemble, and Dylan Reyes contributed to this show. Special thanks to Yale Divinity School and Dean Gregory Sterling, Tom Krattenmaker, Sachin Ramabhadran, Kit Heeley, and Campbell Harmon.

An hour with poet Christian Wiman

We’ve been doing these shows where we don’t book any guests, where we fill the hour with your calls. And your calls have been interesting and surprising and amusing.

This hour, the conversation winds around to meditation and the sounds of flowing water, people who listen to NPR but don’t donate, the rough weekend the president and vice president both had altering old movies, the gender fluidity (or not) of the Statue of Liberty, the Trump-as-Jesus image the Stop & Shop voice robots (and the return of Marty), unhoused veterans, the CT Lottery voice robots … Anything. (Seemingly) everything.

These shows are fun for us, and they seem to be fun for you, too. So we did another one.

Music featured (in order):
Carry On – Jungle
I’m Not Sorry – Joe Jackson
Summer – Tasha
Bed Stuy – Destin Conrad
St. Vincent’s Hospital (Room 813) – Gabriel Kahane, Roomful of Teeth, Steven Bradshaw
Vines Will Thrive – Bucko
I Must Have That Man – Abbey Lincoln (Remastered 2026 / Mono)

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Colin McEnroe, Eugene Amatruda, Meg Fitzgerald, and Dylan Reyes contributed to this show.

We&rsquo;ve been doing these shows where we don&rsquo;t book any guests, where we fill the hour with your calls. And your calls have been interesting and surprising and amusing.
This hour, the conversation winds around to meditation and the sounds of flowing water, people who listen to NPR but don&rsquo;t donate, the rough weekend the president and vice president both had altering old movies, the gender fluidity (or not) of the Statue of Liberty, the Trump-as-Jesus image the Stop &amp; Shop voice robots (and <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2026-03-09/we-take-your-calls">the return of Marty</a>), unhoused veterans, the CT Lottery voice robots &hellip; Anything. (Seemingly) everything.
These shows are fun for us, and they seem to be fun for you, too. So we did another one.
Music featured (in order):
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqMRbHy1q7w">Carry On</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Jungle</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3LxQx_9Px8">I&rsquo;m Not Sorry</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Joe Jackson</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAP5ZGzh0D8">Summer</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Tasha</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5-QcqcMrSk">Bed Stuy</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Destin Conrad</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhCkt9eh0zE">St. Vincent&rsquo;s Hospital (Room 813)</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Gabriel Kahane, Roomful of Teeth, Steven Bradshaw</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh2OieBem5g">Vines Will Thrive</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Bucko</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z8_9Jzgv_o">I Must Have That Man</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Abbey Lincoln (Remastered 2026 / Mono)</li>
</ul>
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Colin McEnroe, Eugene Amatruda, Meg Fitzgerald, and Dylan Reyes contributed to this show.

All calls: Could the Statue of Liberty be they/them?

We did our usual all-calls show earlier this week. Except that our phones didn’t work. And our computers were messed up. And there probably wasn’t any running water.

But the point is, we couldn’t actually take your calls during our all-calls call-in show this week.

So we decided to try again.

This hour, the conversation winds around to Trump signs around the neighborhood, cheeses, grilled cheeses, Viktor Orbán’s re-election hopes, Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat on Prime Video, Tucker Carlson … anything. Seemingly everything.‌

Music featured (in order):
Father Time – John Martyn
Traffic Lights – Flea, Thom Yorke
Steady – Victory
Laugh You Out of the House – Everything But the Girl (2012 remaster)
The Old Law – Father John Misty
Alchemy – Cam

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Colin McEnroe, Eugene Amatruda, Robyn-Doyon Aitken, and Dylan Reyes contributed to this show.

We did our usual all-calls show earlier this week. Except that our phones didn&rsquo;t work. And our computers were messed up. And there probably wasn&rsquo;t any running water.
But the point is, we couldn&rsquo;t actually take your calls during <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2026-04-07/we-take-your-calls">our all-calls call-in show this week</a>.
So we decided to try again.
This hour, the conversation winds around to Trump signs around the neighborhood, cheeses, grilled cheeses, Viktor Orb&aacute;n&rsquo;s re-election hopes, <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2023-05-26/the-nose-looks-at-the-supreme-court-andy-warhol-prince-and-jury-duty">Jury Duty</a> Presents: Company Retreat on Prime Video, Tucker Carlson &hellip; anything. Seemingly everything.&zwnj;
Music featured (in order):
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6TZFe1OlLU">Father Time</a> &ndash; John Martyn</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDdl-cwIXJU">Traffic Lights</a> &ndash; Flea, Thom Yorke</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0rVY09OsOo">Steady</a> &ndash; Victory</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X0hqCH_xxw">Laugh You Out of the House</a> &ndash; Everything But the Girl (2012 remaster)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa9l0cMEOeM">The Old Law</a> &ndash; Father John Misty</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzjydoodP_E">Alchemy</a> &ndash; Cam</li>
</ul>
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Colin McEnroe, Eugene Amatruda, Robyn-Doyon Aitken, and Dylan Reyes contributed to this show.

Senator Chris Murphy takes your calls and reflects on the fight to save democracy

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