The Colin McEnroe Show
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The Nose on the ‘last’ Beatles song and the new Scorsese picture, ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
49 mins; November 03, 2023
Every step you take: How walking and walkability shape our lives
49 mins; November 02, 2023
The perks of being a wallflower: Unpacking House Speaker Mike Johnson
49 mins; November 01, 2023
Shell we talk about eggs?
50 mins; October 30, 2023
A 50-year retrospective on ‘The Exorcist,’ plus what’s a Skelly?
50 mins; October 28, 2023
FOMO? Rage? Pleasure? How and why we hate-watch
48 mins; October 27, 2023
The (so-called) dying art of dinner parties
49 mins; October 26, 2023
Why the Roman Empire is worth thinking about
49 mins; October 25, 2023
The psychology of fandom: Why we care so much about fictional characters
49 mins; October 24, 2023
We take your calls
49 mins; October 23, 2023
The Nose looks at Taylor Swift and ‘The Eras Tour’
49 mins; October 20, 2023
URGENT: Please immediately listen to this show about scam emails
49 mins; October 19, 2023
Take a seat and listen to our hour on chairs
49 mins; October 18, 2023
Emily St. John Mandel talks with us about how we treat one another, the simulation hypothesis, autofiction, and more
49 mins; October 17, 2023
Emily Wilson brings 'The Iliad' alive for a modern audience
48 mins; October 16, 2023
‘It always means something’: Connecticut in the movies
50 mins; October 13, 2023
Life is hard. This philosopher wants to help us deal with that
42 mins; October 12, 2023
Unburying the truth about pirates with Rebecca Simon
41 mins; October 11, 2023
We take your calls
41 mins; October 09, 2023
The Nose looks at the Hasan Minhaj controversy and Wes Anderson’s Roald Dahl shorts
42 mins; October 06, 2023
From alief to phronesis, Tamar Gendler makes the case for why we should care about ancient philosophy
41 mins; October 05, 2023
Yascha Mounk discusses ‘The Identity Trap’ and the future of democracy
41 mins; October 04, 2023
I’ve Got Two Chickens to Paralyze: A celebration of mondegreens, malapropisms, and more
49 mins; October 03, 2023
Osculate me, you fool! A brief history of romantic kissing
49 mins; October 02, 2023
‘It’s OK with me’: The Nose rewatches ‘The Long Goodbye’ at 50
50 mins; September 29, 2023
Lost in my mind: What happens when we daydream
50 mins; September 28, 2023
Listen! Now!! Don’t miss!!! our show about the exclamation point.
50 mins; September 27, 2023
Why do AI voice assistants default to female voices?
50 mins; September 26, 2023
Raising consciousness about lowering height
50 mins; September 25, 2023
Rocking the charts and reckoning with inequity: The dichotomy of country music
50 mins; September 22, 2023
“I once had a dentist named Dr. Fillmore”: Stories of nominative determinism
50 mins; September 21, 2023
‘Books can be mirrors or books can be windows’: How to decide what kids should read
49 mins; September 20, 2023
Everyday Carry: Unpacking what we carry with us and why
48 mins; September 19, 2023
In politics, is age really just a number?
49 mins; September 18, 2023
The art of political satire with Samantha Bee and Sophia McClennen
49 mins; September 15, 2023
An hour with mystery writer Adrian McKinty
50 mins; September 14, 2023
From Consumer Reports to Wirecutter, recommendation sites are ruling our shopping habits
48 mins; September 13, 2023
What our monsters say about us
50 mins; September 12, 2023
We take your calls
49 mins; September 11, 2023
A look at ‘Strike Force Five’ and the value of physical media, plus endorsements
49 mins; September 08, 2023
How ’bout them apples?
49 mins; September 07, 2023
How charisma shapes our world
49 mins; September 06, 2023
The fungus among us
50 mins; September 05, 2023
Not Necessarily The Nose: What’s happening to the Great American Songbook?
49 mins; September 01, 2023
Why ticks are on the rise and how humans are fighting back
49 mins; August 31, 2023
What is public health?
49 mins; August 30, 2023
Narcissists, we bet you think this show is about you. You’re right, it is
50 mins; August 29, 2023
We take your calls
49 mins; August 28, 2023
Out of tune: The challenges of keeping a band together
50 mins; August 25, 2023
How the weight of family ‘truths’ can get heavier with each generation
49 mins; August 24, 2023
The luck of the draw: A deeper look at lotteries
49 mins; August 23, 2023
Exploring the myth and metaphor of Cassandra and the price of foresight
50 mins; August 22, 2023
Radical or relevant? How the Luddites can help us relate to today’s technology
49 mins; August 21, 2023
Reverence? Rejection? Reckoning with the actions of our ancestors
49 mins; August 17, 2023
The hidden joys of searching
49 mins; August 16, 2023
There are 20 quadrillion ants on Earth. How do we make sense of a number like that?
50 mins; August 15, 2023
We take your calls
49 mins; August 14, 2023
The Nose looks at ‘Full Circle’ and ‘Justified: City Primeval’
50 mins; August 11, 2023
Examining the narrative takeover and its impacts
50 mins; August 10, 2023
Spilling the beans about secrets
49 mins; August 09, 2023
‘Rules rule’: How rules, both written and unwritten, shape our world
50 mins; August 08, 2023
Keeping it brief: A celebration of short stories
49 mins; August 07, 2023
The Nose looks at movie monsters, ‘Hijack,’ and more
49 mins; August 04, 2023
Are you an ENFP? An ISTJ? A look at the history, validity, and potential of Myers-Briggs
50 mins; August 03, 2023
Shiver me timbers! A show about sea chanteys
49 mins; August 02, 2023
Beneath the surface: A deep dive into Connecticut shipwrecks
49 mins; August 01, 2023
We take your calls
49 mins; July 31, 2023
‘You can be anything’: A look at Barbie and ‘Barbie’
50 mins; July 29, 2023
The Barbenheimer Nose looks at ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’
49 mins; July 28, 2023
Unpacking the impact of J. Edgar Hoover on the FBI and 20th century America
48 mins; July 27, 2023
‘There is no substitute’: Tom Cruise’s impossible missions
50 mins; July 26, 2023
Our second hour with Joyce Maynard
49 mins; July 25, 2023
From therapy-speak to armchair psychology, conversations around mental health are changing
49 mins; July 24, 2023
The Nose looks at ‘Showing Up’ and ‘The Whale’
49 mins; July 21, 2023
Don’t hit snooze on this show: Breaking down the history and norms of sleep
49 mins; July 20, 2023
We take your calls
49 mins; July 19, 2023
The art of the recipe: Gravestones, fictional worlds, and cookbooks (of course)
50 mins; July 18, 2023
The new normal of UFOs, UAPs, and the search for extraterrestrial life
49 mins; July 17, 2023
The Nose looks at the SAG strike, the Emmy noms, and ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’
49 mins; July 14, 2023
Finding humanity in humanism
49 mins; July 13, 2023
What’s going on with loneliness?
49 mins; July 12, 2023
Beauty and the Butt: A look ‘back’ at our complicated relationship with butts
50 mins; July 11, 2023
Is Twitter toppling? Can Threads sew salvation?
49 mins; July 10, 2023
The Nose looks at ‘Asteroid City’ and continued OceanGate Titan fascination
49 mins; July 07, 2023
What our tears can tell us
49 mins; July 06, 2023
What’s spoken flies away: The history and art of reading aloud
48 mins; July 05, 2023
We take your calls
49 mins; July 03, 2023
Read after watching: How episode recaps became part of our TV experience
50 mins; June 30, 2023
This show is so bad, it's good
49 mins; June 29, 2023
Has everything original been done?
50 mins; June 28, 2023
Cross-examining the history and the future of the Supreme Court
50 mins; June 27, 2023
From The New York Times’ ‘Spelling Bee’ to orthography, a look at all things spelling
50 mins; June 26, 2023
The Nose looks at Marvel’s takeover of Hollywood, ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,’ and more
49 mins; June 23, 2023
Humanity’s ongoing quest to end epidemics and escape contagion
48 mins; June 22, 2023
We take your calls
40 mins; June 21, 2023
‘Everyone is involved’: Watergate in our popular culture
42 mins; June 17, 2023
The Nose looks at ‘The Binge Purge’ and ‘Turn Every Page’
42 mins; June 16, 2023
Hippo ranching, a poop vault, and orcas sinking boats
42 mins; June 15, 2023
Our (maybe) 13th (almost) annual song of the summer show
49 mins; June 15, 2023
A look at the philosophy, ethics, science, and emotion of time travel
50 mins; June 13, 2023