News and reviews from our reporters, including coverage of pop music, classical music, visual art, dance, movies, music, television and theater.
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This hour, our pop culture roundtable, The Nose, looks at the Academy Award-nominated theater and prison drama, ‘Sing Sing,’ and Netflix’s limited series, ‘American Primeval.’
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Brandon J. Dirden directed Yale Repertory Theatre's production of Eden. He joins us to talk about his career and the complex racial dynamics in the play.
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There’s a theory that people are drawn to work that fits their name. This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, an exploration of nominative determinism. Plus, a look at the different ways your name impacts your life.
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Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel is vice chair of the council of elders and tribal historian for the Mohegan Tribe in Connecticut. This hour, she joins 'Where We Live' to talk about the importance of storytelling.
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This hour, a conversation about how we order our world and why we do it.
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This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, we talk about how humans have imagined the world ending, and what it says about us.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe inspired generations of literary activists, but she left behind a complex legacy. This hour, The Stowe Center joins us to talk about the past and future of literary activism.
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This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, we take your calls … about whatever you want to talk about.
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The romantic comedy, that genre of movie where two people meet cute, face some sort of adversity, fall in love anyway, and make us laugh the whole way through. This hour, a deconstruction — and celebration — of the rom-com.
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This hour, we reflect on two of the most prominent civil rights thinkers in U.S history and how they connect to our present political moment.
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This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show: Occam’s razor — where the principle came from, how it impacts science, its role in medicine, and how it shapes our daily lives.
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This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, a look at the strange and essential concept of the number zero. Plus: the trend toward zero-sugar sodas. And: 0 (and 00) as a uniform number in sports.