The Colin McEnroe Show
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49 mins; April 01, 2024
The Nose looks at ‘3 Body Problem’ and ‘Ramy Youssef: More Feelings’
49 mins; March 29, 2024
Inside the confusing, time-sucking, unequal world of taxes
48 mins; March 28, 2024
From ‘The Lord of the Rings’ to ‘Dune,’ a look at the world of constructed languages
49 mins; March 27, 2024
Reverence? Rejection? Reckoning with the actions of our ancestors
50 mins; March 26, 2024
A look at our ‘toxic love story’ with plastic
49 mins; March 25, 2024
A triptych of celebrity scandals: Kate Middleton, Dan Schneider, and Jonathan Glazer
49 mins; March 22, 2024
Our 14th* (almost) annual March Madness show
49 mins; March 21, 2024
How to be wrong
49 mins; March 20, 2024
The hidden joys of searching
49 mins; March 19, 2024
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49 mins; March 18, 2024
What’s happening to the Great American Songbook?
50 mins; March 15, 2024
Shiver me timbers! A show about sea chanteys
49 mins; March 13, 2024
From ‘Memento’ to ‘Oppenheimer,’ the movies, mysteries, and marvels of Christopher Nolan
50 mins; March 12, 2024
Spilling the beans about secrets
49 mins; March 11, 2024
The Nose looks at ‘Dune: Part Two’ and ‘The Greatest Night in Pop’
50 mins; March 08, 2024
‘If the wind is right’: A deep dive into the smooth sounds of yacht rock
49 mins; March 07, 2024
A look at one of our most forgotten presidents: Chester A. Arthur
49 mins; March 06, 2024
Keeping it brief: A celebration of short stories
49 mins; March 05, 2024
Lunch: It's so much more than what we eat
49 mins; March 04, 2024
The Nose looks at ‘Poor Things’ and Jon Stewart’s return to ‘The Daily Show’
49 mins; March 01, 2024
We’re having crisis fatigue
49 mins; February 29, 2024
Voting for the lesser of two evils
49 mins; February 28, 2024
Are you an ENFP? An ISTJ? A look at the history, validity, and potential of Myers-Briggs
50 mins; February 27, 2024
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49 mins; February 26, 2024
‘Always getting it wrong’: A look at the state of awards shows
49 mins; February 23, 2024
Invisible and essential, scanning through the history and impact of barcodes
49 mins; February 22, 2024
Stop making sense: A salute to incoherence
49 mins; February 21, 2024
Unpacking the impact of J. Edgar Hoover on the FBI and 20th century America
49 mins; February 20, 2024
The Nose looks at ‘American Fiction’ and ‘Criminal Record’
50 mins; February 16, 2024
From privacy to paper jams, a look at printer problems
48 mins; February 15, 2024
What's in a pseudonym?
49 mins; February 14, 2024
Our second hour with Joyce Maynard
49 mins; February 13, 2024
From the Super Bowl to streaming, commercials are back
49 mins; February 12, 2024
The art of the ending
50 mins; February 09, 2024
Finding humanity in humanism
49 mins; February 08, 2024
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49 mins; February 07, 2024
From therapy-speak to armchair psychology, conversations around mental health are changing
49 mins; February 06, 2024
Did we even have a choice to do this episode about free will?
49 mins; February 05, 2024
The Nose looks at ‘In the Know’ and ‘Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative’
42 mins; February 02, 2024
Songs getting shorter, fish-poop beach sand, and Scramble the Duck
41 mins; February 01, 2024
An ode to yodeling
42 mins; January 31, 2024
A look at the state of philanthropy
41 mins; January 29, 2024
Our hour with the late Hal Holbrook
50 mins; January 27, 2024
The Nose looks at the current "hard-boiled women in cold climates" phenomenon
49 mins; January 26, 2024
From "Iowa nice" to New England blunt, how do we define "nice" in America?
49 mins; January 25, 2024
From plagues to climate change, a look at how 2024 was imagined
49 mins; January 24, 2024
What’s going on with loneliness?
50 mins; January 23, 2024
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49 mins; January 22, 2024
The Nose looks at ‘Saltburn’ and ‘The Holdovers’
49 mins; January 19, 2024
“A safety valve”: The impact of ballot measures on democracy
49 mins; January 18, 2024
Eternal flame: The continued relevance of the myth of Prometheus
49 mins; January 17, 2024
What our tears can tell us
50 mins; January 16, 2024
A look at the state of stand-up comedy
49 mins; January 12, 2024
The cars have eyes: Data privacy (or lack thereof) and your vehicle
49 mins; January 11, 2024
It’s kind of Civil War days right now
49 mins; January 10, 2024
What’s spoken flies away: The history and art of reading aloud
50 mins; January 09, 2024
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49 mins; January 08, 2024
The Nose looks at ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ and the state of sex in movies
49 mins; January 05, 2024
When authenticity’s in crisis, we value it more
49 mins; January 04, 2024
Political merchandise can tell us a lot about an election
49 mins; January 03, 2024
Humanity’s ongoing quest to end epidemics and escape contagion
49 mins; January 02, 2024
The year-end Nose looks back at 2023
50 mins; December 29, 2023
Our favorite jazz of 2023
65 hours 55 mins; December 28, 2023
Invisibility fascinates and frightens us. But will it ever become reality?
49 mins; December 27, 2023
We ❤️ romance novels
49 mins; December 26, 2023
Our 10th annual holiday spectacular with ‘Big Al’ Anderson and Jim Chapdelaine
51 mins; December 23, 2023
The Nose looks at Bradley Cooper’s ‘Maestro’
49 mins; December 22, 2023
Back from the dead: Exploring the cutting edge of de-extinction
49 mins; December 21, 2023
Checking in on self-checkout
49 mins; December 20, 2023
What does it mean to treat something as sacred?
50 mins; December 19, 2023
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49 mins; December 18, 2023
The Nose looks at the glut of cult docuseries
44 mins; December 15, 2023
Let’s hear your endorsements!
41 mins; December 14, 2023
Drowning in packages, junk, and other consumerism woes with 'Atlantic' writer Amanda Mull
49 mins; December 13, 2023
Meet Connie Converse, the haunting songwriter whose work stayed hidden for decades
42 mins; December 12, 2023
From can openers to ricers, a look at what’s in our kitchens
41 mins; December 11, 2023
The Nose looks at ‘May December’ and ‘John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial’
49 mins; December 08, 2023
Go with your gut: All about the gut-brain connection
49 mins; December 07, 2023
From Barbra to BeyoncĂŠ: A look at the appeal of divas
49 mins; December 06, 2023
The art of the dial: Why we like hotlines and phone calls with strangers
49 mins; December 05, 2023
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49 mins; December 04, 2023
From ‘Star Trek’ to ‘Arrival’: How pop culture helps us imagine extraterrestrial life
52 mins; December 01, 2023
An hour with astronauts!
50 mins; November 30, 2023
From flying saucers to flying saints: Belief and how we react to the “impossible”
49 mins; November 29, 2023
Astrophysicists Adam Frank and Neil deGrasse Tyson discuss the search for extraterrestrial life
42 mins; November 28, 2023
Garrett Graff on the history of UFOs and our government’s attempts to make sense of them
49 mins; November 27, 2023
‘Though the heavens fall’: The JFK assassination in our media and culture
51 mins; November 22, 2023
Who gets the part? There are no small actors or roles
49 mins; November 21, 2023
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49 mins; November 20, 2023
The Nose looks at ‘The Killer’ and ‘Albert Brooks: Defending My Life’
49 mins; November 17, 2023
A COVID update: New vaccines, new variants, and new data on Paxlovid rebound
49 mins; November 16, 2023
Heather Cox Richardson helps us make sense of this moment in American history
49 mins; November 15, 2023
Don’t sleep on bedtime stories: What we can all learn from these nighttime tales
50 mins; November 14, 2023
It’s a whole song and dance: The joy of marching bands
49 mins; November 13, 2023
'The Golden Bachelor' and reality TV's real-life draw
49 mins; November 10, 2023
First impressions are everything. Especially when you’re a headline
49 mins; November 09, 2023
Cash is no longer king: How does that impact us personally and culturally?
49 mins; November 08, 2023
A look at buttons, couch potatoes, and the rise of the remote control
48 mins; November 07, 2023
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49 mins; November 06, 2023