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.

This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, we take your calls … about whatever you want to talk about.

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.

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.

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.

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.

With Brady Corbet’s epic drama, ‘The Brutalist,’ nominated for 10 Academy Awards including Best Picture, we take a long look at brutalism and brutalist architecture.

This hour: writer’s block. What is it, where does it come from, and how can you get past it? Plus, a look at the muses, goddesses, and saints we call on when we have it.

This hour, music critic Robert Hilburn joins us to talk about his new book, ‘A Few Words in Defense of Our Country: The Biography of Randy Newman.’

This hour, we look at our cultural fascination with dead bodies. What do we owe the dead? We talk to a death investigator, a poet/mortician, and a reporter.

This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, philosopher Agnes Callard joins us to talk about her new book, Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life.

This hour, we take your calls … about whatever you want to talk about.