The Colin McEnroe Show

News & Politics Podcasts

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,...

Episodes

What's done is done... or is it? We make the case for undoing

The Nose looks at ‘The Invite’ and ‘The Featherweight’

Singer-songwriter Nicole Zuraitis and the modern songbook movement

Everybody loves an underdog. Should we?

Shedding light on the mystery of Mary

We take your calls

‘Love’s in need of love today’: A look at Stevie Wonder

If you're bored, are you boring? A look at boredom in all its forms

Who wants to live forever? A look at the quest for immortality

What counts as 'classical music'?

All calls: The tenuous connection between the separation of powers and cheese

The America250 Nose looks at the American Revolution in pop culture

What is a revolution anyways? What the history of an idea can teach us

Benedict Arnold: Unscrupulous traitor or unsung hero?

All Calls: If Miss Piggy and Kermit had babies, what would they eat?

The Nose looks at the new ‘Cape Fear’ and Boots Riley’s ‘I Love Boosters’

He Made A Hat: A look at the life and music of Stephen Sondheim

From spiritual to practical: We could learn a lot from modern (and Sixteenth-century!) nuns

Exploring the landscapes and legacy of painter Frederic Church

A look at human stupidity, from Socrates to today