The Colin McEnroe Show
Weekdays 1 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, a look at Stevie Wonder as musical icon, as important civil rights figure, as utterly timeless songsmith. Plus: some in-studio performances of Stevie Wonder classics. -
This hour, a look at what robots are and how humans have thought about robots throughout history. -
This hour, we look at the political erasure of history and its impacts. We also talk about why artists destroy their own work or the works of others and the history and evolution of erasers. -
This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, we look at the life and legacy of President McKinley, and why President Trump is drawn to him. Plus, we'll learn about the Gilded Age and its parallels to today. -
This hour, the conversation winds around to Netflix, movie theaters, health research and the CDC, the Supreme Court… Anything. (Seemingly) everything. -
Our pop culture roundtable, The Nose, looks at the new post-apocalyptic sci-fi series from Vince Gilligan, ‘PLUR1BUS,’ and the new documentary from Raoul Peck, ‘Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5.’ -
In 2014, playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard met Colin McEnroe at The Study in New Haven to record a conversation with a live audience. Stoppard has died at the age of 88. In appreciation of the writer and his work, we’re reairing their conversation. -
This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, Daniel G. Lugo, the new president of Trinity College in Hartford, joins us to talk about the value of higher education, his background, the challenges of leading a college at this time, and more. -
This hour, the conversation winds around to whether less is more or better, birds, the Governor's residence, Sweden, tariffs, minimalism … Anything. (Seemingly) everything. -
This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, we explore a centuries-long flower frenzy and modern-day fanaticism to uncover why we are so drawn to being "totally obsessed."
