Zero is considered by many mathematicians to maybe be humanity’s greatest achievement.

This hour, a look at the strange and essential concept of the number zero and how the human brain deals with it.

Plus: the trend toward zero-sugar and zero-calorie sodas.

And: 0 (and 00) as a uniform number in sports.

GUESTS:
Emily Contois: Associate professor of media studies at The University of Tulsa and the author of Diners, Dudes, and Diets: How Gender and Power Collide in Food Media and Culture
Todd Radom: A designer, sports branding expert, and writer
Yasemin Saplakoglu: A staff writer covering biology for Quanta Magazine

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Zero is considered by many mathematicians to maybe be humanity’s greatest achievement.
This hour, a look at <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-the-human-brain-contends-with-the-strangeness-of-zero-20241018/" data-cms-ai="0">the strange and essential concept of the number zero and how the human brain deals with it</a>.
Plus: the trend toward zero-sugar and zero-calorie sodas.
And: 0 (and 00) as a uniform number in sports.
GUESTS:
<ul>
<li>Emily Contois: Associate professor of media studies at The University of Tulsa and the author of <a href="https://uncpress.org/book/9781469660745/diners-dudes-and-diets/" data-cms-ai="0">Diners, Dudes, and Diets: How Gender and Power Collide in Food Media and Culture</a></li>
<li>Todd Radom: A designer, sports branding expert, and writer</li>
<li>Yasemin Saplakoglu: A staff writer covering biology for Quanta Magazine</li>
</ul>
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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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The weird and fundamental idea that is zero 

Some women in the United States are adopting the 4B Movement from South Korea: no marriage, no childbirth, no dating, and no sex. This hour we take stock of that movement globally, and the history of other similar movements, including one depicted in an ancient Greek play, Lysistrata.

GUESTS: 
Min Joo Lee: Assistant Professor of Asian Studies at Occidental College
Cécile Simmons: Researcher at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue focusing on gender, extremism and digital culture. Her forthcoming book is Ctrl Hate Delete: The New Anti-Feminist Backlash and How We Fight It
Tania Shew: Research fellow at the University of Oxford, who has a book under contract tentatively titled Sex Strikes and Suffragettes 
Elizabeth Bobrick: Visiting Scholar in Wesleyan’s Department of Classical studies

Some women in the United States are adopting the 4B Movement from South Korea: no marriage, no childbirth, no dating, and no sex. This hour we take stock of that movement globally, and the history of other similar movements, including one depicted in an ancient Greek play, Lysistrata.
GUESTS: 
<ul>
<li>Min Joo Lee: Assistant Professor of Asian Studies at Occidental College</li>
<li>Cécile Simmons: Researcher at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue focusing on gender, extremism and digital culture. Her forthcoming book is <a href="https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/trade/ctrl-hate-delete">Ctrl Hate Delete: The New Anti-Feminist Backlash and How We Fight It</a></li>
<li>Tania Shew: Research fellow at the University of Oxford, who has a book under contract tentatively titled Sex Strikes and Suffragettes </li>
<li>Elizabeth Bobrick: Visiting Scholar in Wesleyan’s Department of Classical studies</li>
</ul>

Why some women ‘boycott’ men, from Ancient Greece to the 4B Movement 

This hour we take your calls about anything you want to talk about.

This hour we take your calls about anything you want to talk about.

All calls under the influence (of Novocain): Jethro Tull, making love courteously, Yeats, and more

Note: This episode contains strong language.

Griffin Dunne is Jack Goodman in John Landis’ classic horror-comedy An American Werewolf in Londonand Paul Hackett in Martin Scorsese’s After Hours and Loudon Trout in the Madonna-starring screwball comedy Who’s That Girl. He’s Uncle Nicky on This Is Us and Professor Dudenoff on Only Murders in the Building and Dr. Alon Parfit on Succession and Sylvére on I Love Dick.

He produced After Hours and Running on Empty and Once Around. He directed Practical Magic and Addicted to Love and the documentary Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold.

His father was the journalist and novelist and movie producer Dominick Dunne. His aunt and uncle were the journalists and novelists and screenwriters Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne. His sister was the actress Dominique Dunne. His grandfather was a famous heart surgeon from West Hartford, Connecticut.

Last week, we recorded a conversation with Griffin Dunne on stage at The Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford. It’s a lot about that complicated, sometimes tragic, often hilarious family. And it’s about movies and TV and writing. And Hartford.

This hour: Griffin Dunne.

GUEST:
Griffin Dunne: An actor, producer, and director and the author of The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

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Note: This episode contains strong language.
Griffin Dunne is Jack Goodman in John Landis’ classic horror-comedy <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2021-10-28/not-necessarily-the-nose-the-year-in-horror-2021" data-cms-ai="0">An American Werewolf in London</a>and Paul Hackett in Martin Scorsese’s After Hours and Loudon Trout in the Madonna-starring screwball comedy Who’s That Girl. He’s Uncle Nicky on This Is Us and Professor Dudenoff on <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2021-09-17/the-nose-knew-the-deceased-only-in-passing-only-murders-in-the-building-small-engine-repair-more" data-cms-ai="0">Only Murders in the Building</a> and Dr. Alon Parfit on <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2021-11-05/the-nose-goes-on-a-voyage-with-abba-and-hbos-succession" data-cms-ai="0">Succession</a> and Sylvére on <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/arts-and-culture/2017-05-19/the-nose-watched-i-love-dick-and-this-headline-is-paralyzed-by-the-plenitude-of-possible-wordplay" data-cms-ai="0">I Love Dick</a>.
He produced After Hours and Running on Empty and Once Around. He directed Practical Magic and Addicted to Love and the documentary Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold.
His father was the journalist and novelist and movie producer Dominick Dunne. His aunt and uncle were the journalists and novelists and screenwriters Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne. His sister was the actress Dominique Dunne. His grandfather was a famous heart surgeon from West Hartford, Connecticut.
Last week, we recorded a conversation with Griffin Dunne on stage at The Mark Twain House &amp; Museum in Hartford. It’s a lot about that complicated, sometimes tragic, often hilarious family. And it’s about movies and TV and writing. And Hartford.
This hour: Griffin Dunne.
GUEST:
<ul>
<li>Griffin Dunne: An actor, producer, and director and the author of <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/717278/the-friday-afternoon-club-by-griffin-dunne/" data-cms-ai="0">The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir</a></li>
</ul>
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Colin McEnroe and Dylan Reyes contributed to this show.

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