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Live (on Tape) From the Peabody!

In the more than six years that it's been on the air, we've never taken The Colin McEnroe Show to the Peabody Museum before. (Crazy, right?) And: In the more than six years that it's been on the air, we've never done a Colin McEnroe Show about dinosaurs before. (Crazy! Right!?)

So we decided to rectify both of those things at once. We went down to New Haven and taped a show right there in the Great Hall of Dinosaurs in front of a pretty sizable live audience (as well as a very sizable, long-dead audience).

This hour, we talk to three different paleontologists about all the newest news in the world of dinosaurs: the "dino-chicken" (it's a thing!), the Brontosaurus (it's a thing again!), the Nanotryrannus (it may or may not be a thing!), and more. And we talk to Richard Conniff, whose new book, House of Lost Worlds, covers the 150-year (150 years!) history of this New Haven gem, the Peabody.

GUESTS:

  • Richard Conniff - Author of House of Lost Worlds: Dinosaurs, Dynasties, and the Story of Life on Earth
  • Daniel Field - Evolutionary paleobiologist
  • Jacques Gauthier - Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the Peabody
  • Richard Kissel - Paleontologist, and Director of Public Programs at the Peabody; he oversaw planning and installation of the museum’s current exhibit, Treasures of the Peabody: 150 Years of Exploration and Discovery

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Colin McEnroe, Lydia Brown, Greg Hill, Betsy Kaplan, Ross Levin, Lucy Nalpathanchil, Josh Nilaya, and Chion Wolf contributed to this show which aired on May 24th, 2016

Jonathan is a producer for ‘The Colin McEnroe Show.’ His work has been heard nationally on NPR and locally on Connecticut Public’s talk shows and news magazines. He’s as likely to host a podcast on minor league baseball as he is to cover a presidential debate almost by accident. Jonathan can be reached at jmcnicol@ctpublic.org.

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Federal funding is gone.

Congress has eliminated all funding for public media.

That means $2.1 million per year that Connecticut Public relied on to deliver you news, information, and entertainment programs you enjoyed is gone.

The future of public media is in your hands.

All donations are appreciated, but we ask in this moment you consider starting a monthly gift as a Sustainer to help replace what’s been lost.

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