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The Colin McEnroe Show
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It’s a flu! From COVID to pregnancy, a look at home testing
48 mins; January 19, 2023
We take your calls
49 mins; January 18, 2023
From Achilles to Harry Potter: How the hero’s journey helps, and limits, our storytelling
50 mins; January 17, 2023
The Nose looks at ‘Decision to Leave,’ bids adieu to Stoned Wheat Thins, and more
50 mins; January 13, 2023
There are 20 quadrillion ants on Earth. How do we make sense of a number like that?
49 mins; January 12, 2023
Late night TV’s idea of diversity is a white guy not named Jimmy
50 mins; January 11, 2023
Hey, ho, let’s go! 50 years of punk rock
50 mins; January 10, 2023
Never bring a cane to a knife fight and other lessons of Congress's chaotic week
48 mins; January 09, 2023
The Nose looks at ‘White Noise’ and ‘The Recruit’
50 mins; January 06, 2023
Read after watching: How episode recaps became part of our TV experience
49 mins; January 05, 2023
Lost in translation: Our ode to the art of translating
50 mins; January 04, 2023
We take your calls
49 mins; January 03, 2023
Our favorite jazz of 2022
50 mins; December 29, 2022
The nighttime Nose looks back at 2022
50 mins; December 28, 2022
List making, listicles, lists of lists: An hour devoted to list culture
50 mins; December 28, 2022
Examining the narrative takeover and its impacts
49 mins; December 27, 2022
The Nose looks at the state of prestige TV and movies, plus ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’
49 mins; December 23, 2022
Our 2022 holiday spectacular with ‘Big Al’ Anderson, Jim Chapdelaine, and friends
50 mins; December 22, 2022
“Rules rule”: How rules, both written and unwritten, shape our world
49 mins; December 21, 2022
Beauty and the Butt: A look ‘back’ at our complicated relationship with butts
50 mins; December 20, 2022
The Nose looks at ‘The Fabelmans’ and ‘The White Lotus’
43 mins; December 16, 2022
The Nose’s holiday gift guide
42 mins; December 15, 2022
"I have learned so much in the last ten years": The lasting impact of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
53 mins; December 14, 2022
Saying goodbye to the leap second, misinterpreting animism, and a look at verdicts
41 mins; December 13, 2022
Brainwashing: From the Korean War to cults to today
42 mins; December 12, 2022
The Nose investigates ‘She Said’ and ‘Bone Valley’
42 mins; December 09, 2022
Has everything original been done?
49 mins; December 08, 2022
The triple-demic is here
49 mins; December 07, 2022
From The NY Times’ ‘Spelling Bee’ to orthography, a look at all things spelling
53 mins; December 06, 2022
What our search for extraterrestrial life can tell us about ourselves
50 mins; December 05, 2022
Long live the movie musical
50 mins; December 02, 2022
Two thumbs up: A show all about fingers
50 mins; December 01, 2022
What our attitude toward the Middle Ages can teach us about ourselves today
50 mins; November 30, 2022
The zipper: An invention overlooked yet essential
41 mins; November 29, 2022
Shaking assumptions about the humble tambourine
50 mins; November 28, 2022
The Pre-Thanksgiving Nose considers Bono and ‘Tár’
50 mins; November 23, 2022
The art of the recipe: Gravestones, fictional worlds, and cookbooks (of course)
48 mins; November 22, 2022
The fax machine is dead. Long live the fax machine
50 mins; November 21, 2022
The Nose worries about Twitter and looks at ‘Amsterdam’
50 mins; November 18, 2022
A look at the philosophy, ethics, science, and emotion of time travel
48 mins; November 17, 2022
What’s in a word? A look at the ways words change
50 mins; November 16, 2022
It's a vibe! A look at what makes a vibe a vibe
49 mins; November 15, 2022
The art of the ringtone
52 mins; November 14, 2022
The Nose looks at the Taylor Sheridaniverse: ‘Yellowstone,’ ‘1883,’ and ‘Mayor of Kingstown’
49 mins; November 11, 2022
Why we’re still mesmerized by the myth of Rasputin
50 mins; November 10, 2022
At long last, Election Day is behind us
49 mins; November 09, 2022
‘Citizen Observers’ share their voting stories from around the state
49 mins; November 08, 2022
Some people are considering whether it’s time to leave the United States
49 mins; November 07, 2022
The Nose looks at Taylor Swift, ‘Don’t Worry Darling,’ and more
49 mins; November 04, 2022
What’s next for the Republican Party?
49 mins; November 03, 2022
Three poets celebrate the freedom of poetry
50 mins; November 02, 2022
Why a show about fog? We haven’t the foggiest
49 mins; November 01, 2022
We take your calls
49 mins; October 31, 2022
The Nose looks at ‘Bros’ and ‘The Watcher’
49 mins; October 28, 2022
A bigger table: A look at third parties and our political system
49 mins; October 27, 2022
The year in horror, 2022
50 mins; October 26, 2022
How U.S. policy makers do and don’t factor in public opinion
49 mins; October 25, 2022
Demystifying Thoreau
50 mins; October 24, 2022
The Nose looks at ‘Confess, Fletch’ and ‘Athena’
48 mins; October 21, 2022
State politics are changing as we focus more on national politics
48 mins; October 20, 2022
It’s no mystery why we’re drawn to crime fiction
48 mins; October 18, 2022
We take your calls
50 mins; October 17, 2022
Why you like the music you like
50 mins; October 15, 2022
The Nose looks at ‘Andor’ and ‘I Love You, You Hate Me’
43 mins; October 14, 2022
Digging into the roots of our food with Mark Bittman
42 mins; October 12, 2022
Is centrism critical to maintaining democracy? A look at the middle
41 mins; October 11, 2022
The toll of perfectionism
42 mins; October 10, 2022
The Nose looks at ‘Blonde’ and ‘Elvis’
49 mins; October 07, 2022
Why should we care about politics?
42 mins; October 06, 2022
A history of men mistaken for gods
42 mins; October 05, 2022
List making, listicles, lists of lists: An hour devoted to list culture
49 mins; October 04, 2022
We take your calls
49 mins; October 03, 2022
‘A very particular set of skills’: A look at late-career Liam Neeson movies
50 mins; September 30, 2022
‘Literature as resistance’: Azar Nafisi on the subversive power of reading in troubled times
50 mins; September 29, 2022
An hour with John Waters
50 mins; September 28, 2022
An hour with Harvey Fierstein
50 mins; September 27, 2022
Incarcerated content producers challenge the myth of prison reform
49 mins; September 26, 2022
The Nose looks at ‘Abbott Elementary,’ Apple’s Will Smith problem, and more
50 mins; September 23, 2022
First come, first served: There is an art, and an etiquette, of queues
49 mins; September 22, 2022
Wisdom can save us from bad thinking
49 mins; September 21, 2022
The road to sainthood: Who’s on it and how did they get there?
50 mins; September 20, 2022
We take your calls
49 mins; September 19, 2022
The Nose looks at ‘She-Hulk: Attorney At Law’ and ‘Paper Girls’
49 mins; September 16, 2022
Jill Sobule sings, reflects on the impact of music, and celebrates finding lost things
48 mins; September 15, 2022
You tried, you did not conquer: When a book becomes unreadable
49 mins; September 14, 2022
‘Our national pageant of stupidity’: Andy Borowitz on American politicians today
49 mins; September 13, 2022
Honk if you’re listening to this show about bumper stickers
50 mins; September 12, 2022
The Nose looks at ‘House of the Dragon’ and ‘The Rings of Power’
49 mins; September 09, 2022
Historical reenactments can deepen our relationship to history
49 mins; September 08, 2022
There’s no shame in schadenfreude
50 mins; September 07, 2022
We take your calls
49 mins; September 06, 2022
The ‘Nope’ Nose looks at Jordan Peele’s latest and more
49 mins; September 02, 2022
Tuberculosis has shaped history, art, and architecture — and it’s still here today
48 mins; September 01, 2022
What chess, Scrabble, and Monopoly can teach us about life
50 mins; August 31, 2022
Put your hands together for a show about clapping
49 mins; August 30, 2022
We take your calls
50 mins; August 29, 2022
The Nose rides into the danger zone: ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ and more
49 mins; August 26, 2022
Please don’t give this show on the art of the online review one star
49 mins; August 25, 2022
From ‘Ninotchka’ to ‘Love Actually’: A celebration of the romantic comedy
50 mins; August 24, 2022
‘Megafauna mania’: Our obsession with mountain lions and other large predators
49 mins; August 23, 2022
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