The Colin McEnroe Show

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, Rasputin, houseflies, zippers. Are you sensing a pattern? If so, you should probably be in treatment. On Fridays, we try to stop thinking about what kind of ringtones Neanderthals would want to have and convene a panel called The Nose for an informal roundtable about the week in culture.

The Colin McEnroe Show is a society podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 1,000 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  The value of introspection in an outward-looking world

  Sep 15, 202650 min

  What happens when the people reshaping our world don't believe in introspection? This hour, a look at looking inward. And, we explore the spectrum of mental imagery. GUESTS: Elizabeth Lopatto: Senior reporter for The Verge Maja Spener: Associate Professor in Philosophy at the University of Birmingham. She is the author of Introspection: First-Person Access in Science and Agency Reshanne Reeder : Lecturer in Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience at the University of Liverpool Music featured (in order): Who Knows – Daniel Caesar What Kind of Fool Am I – Sammy Davis Jr. Man in the Mirror – Michael Jackson There’s No Telling – Duncan Sheik I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry – Cassandra Wilson Pretty Little Picture – Zero Mostel (Original Broadway Cast) The Colin McEnroe Show is available as a podcast on  Apple Podcasts ,  Spotify ,  Amazon Music ,  TuneIn ,  Listen Notes , or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode! Subscribe to  The Noseletter , an email compendium of merriment, secrets, and ancient wisdom brought to you by  The Colin McEnroe Show . Join the conversation on  Facebook . Colin McEnroe and Dylan Reyes contributed to this show, which originally aired on April 21, 2026. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  All calls: We were promised jetpacks

  Sep 14, 202649 min

  We’ve been doing these shows where we don’t book any guests, where we fill the hour with your calls. And your calls have been interesting and surprising and amusing. This hour, the conversation winds around to oil prices, jetpacks, AI apocalypses, musicals, moving fast and breaking things … Anything. (Seemingly) everything. These shows are fun for us, and they seem to be fun for you, too. So we did another one. Music featured (in order): Everything I’ve Got Belongs To You  – Kate Kortum Act Like You Know (feat Muni Long)  – Master Peace Vente  – Solveig Slettahjell Quartet lamb (feat Kellin Quinn)  – Julia Wolf Two Coats  – Robert Plant one good thing  – Lyn Lapid Let’em Know  – Shaboozey Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  A look at 9/11 from '9/12' onward with Dan Taberski

  Sep 11, 202649 min

  What does 9/11 mean, 25 years later? This hour, we are joined by  Dan Taberski , host of the podcast " 9/12 ", which explores how 9/11 went from a day to an idea, to talk about the failure of imagination, humor and tragedy, and how we remember well. GUEST: Dan Taberski  Documentary podcaster, writer, director, and producer. His podcasts include “Manifesto”, “Hysterical”, “9/12”, “Running from Cops”, and “Missing Richard Simmons,” among others Music featured (in order): Where or When (Live)  – Sonny Rollins Beautiful Day  – U2 Safe As Houses  – The Weepies I Don’t Wanna Be Funny Anymore  – Lucy Dacus The Rising  – Bruce Springsteen American Tune  – The Jellyman’s Daughter Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Kurt Andersen on our possible coming national ‘Breakup’

  Sep 10, 202650 min

  Kurt Andersen co-created  Spy  magazine, which published its first issue 40 years ago next month. And he hosted and co-created  Studio 360 , which ran on public radio stations for nearly 20 years. His new novel,  The Breakup , follows the unraveling of a marriage … in 2045 … in a version of America that is also splitting apart after a second civil war in the 2030s. Kurt Andersen joins us for the hour. GUEST: Kurt Andersen:  The author of 12 books; his latest,  The Breakup , is his fourth novel Music featured (in order): (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes  – Elvis Costello I Get Along Without You Very Well  – Nina Simone Suspicious Minds  – Elvis Presley Was That The Human Thing To Do  – The Boswell Sisters Breaking Up Is Hard To Do  – Neil Sedaka Why Should We Try Anymore  – Hank Williams Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  60 years of Star Trek, from its fandom to its future

  Sep 9, 202650 min

  Ten years ago, we aired an episode commemorating the 50th anniversary of  Star Trek.   Ten years later, the show has stuck around—and six more shows have come out in the franchise. So: 60 years after the first episode of  Star Trek  aired, we take a look back at its rocky start–and what the future of the series might be. Plus, a look at Star Trek’s fandom and some of the first ever fan conventions!–and what the future of the series might be. GUESTS: Stephen Dyson : professor of Political Science at University of Connecticut and is ½ of “The Pop Culture Professors” on YouTube. Baz Greenland:  author and a podcaster based in Cardiff, UK . Francesca Coppa:  professor of English at Muhlenberg College and one of the founders of the website Archive of our Own. Music featured (in order): The Nearness of You  – Jonathan Frakes So Fragile, So Blue (Live Version)  – William Shatner, Ben Folds, National Symphony Orchestra Status Report  – Strange New Worlds OST Captain Picard (as time goes by)  – Thornbird Star Trekkin’  – The Firm Closer  – Nine Inch Nails Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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