The Colin McEnroe Show
Weekdays 1 pm & 9 pm, Saturdays 12 pm, available as a podcast
Public radio’s most eclectic, eccentric program.
Tackling subjects like Neanderthals, tambourines, handshakes, the Iliad, snacks, ringtones, punk rock, Occam’s razor — you get the idea. Plus, on Fridays, we convene an informal roundtable about the week in culture.
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Featured Playlist
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We asked Colin and the show’s producers for their must-listen Colin McEnroe Show recommendations. These are just a few of the episodes they feel capture the show’s essence.
Latest Episodes
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This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show: the zipper — its history and significance, its role in fashion, and why so many zippers say “YKK.”
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The humble tambourine is the underrated, understated, unsung hero of contemporary music. This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, we shake our assumptions about this surprisingly enduring and ubiquitous instrument.
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This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, The Nose considers two figures from the world of music with possibly pretentious one-word names, one real and one fictional: Bono and ‘Tár.’
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This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show is all about recipes. We'll talk with someone who makes recipes found on gravestones, consider what makes an effective recipe, and discuss the history of the modern recipe.
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This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, a look at a once-ubiquitous device that left an indelible mark on the culture while also disappearing nearly completely from it: the fax machine.
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This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, The Nose worries about the future (and present) of Twitter and looks at David O. Russell’s first movie in seven years, ‘Amsterdam.’
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This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, we talk about the hold that time travel has on pop culture and the philosophy, ethics and science of time travel.
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This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, we investigate how words change when they enter our discourse. How they acquire new meanings or sometimes even lose their meanings.
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This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show: vibes. We learn what the word really means, where it comes from, and how the internet has given it new life.
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This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, we look back at the history of ringtones, talk about their rise and fall, discuss the appeal of a well-composed one, and talk to someone who designed his own.
