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Podcasting used to be a niche hobby for internet bloggers. Now, companies like Spotify, Amazon and Sirius XM dominate the industry. This week on Disrupted, we look at the rapid growth and commercialization of podcasting and how it’s shaping our culture.

This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, the past and future of airships, both real and imagined.

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.

This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, The Nose bids adieu to the now-discontinued iPod and looks at HBO Max's miniseries version of ‘The Staircase.’

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.

Connecticut moved Wednesday toward joining the growing list of states acting to protect consumer data with the Senate’s unanimous passage of a bill that now goes to the House.

This hour of The Colin McEnroe Show is all about the zipper. We’ll learn about its history and significance, plus the role of zippers in fashion, and why so many zippers say “YKK.”

This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, we learn how glass helped shape our world, efforts to create different types of glasses, and what it’s like to make art out of glass.

This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, The Nose looks at Wordle, The Tragedy of Macbeth, and more.

This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, The Nose on Jon Stewart/JK Rowling, CT’s ‘fartrepreneur’s retirement, the Pope and pets, and The French Dispatch.