The Colin McEnroe Show

New York University researchers say they've found a link between appeal for President Trump and a certain, specific segment of the male population: those with "fragile masculinity." Their research is based on Google searches for "erectile dysfunction," "hair loss," "Viagra," and some other words we may refrain from mentioning. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listene...

Bernardo Bertolucci directed The Last Emperor (which won nine Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director), Last Tango in Paris , The Dreamers , 1900 , and Little Buddha , among other movies. Bertolucci died on Monday . He was 77. In the years since it was released with an X rating in 1972, the infamous Last Tango in Paris -- and its infamous "butter scene" -- have complicated Bertoluc...

In case you haven't heard, our planet is as flat as a pancake. Sound crazy? Perhaps. But around the globe (disc?) a flat Earth movement is steadily on the rise. More and more people, educated and not, from all walks of life, are posting videos, attending conferences, and publishing books embracing this seemingly radical notion. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listen...

Nicholson Baker once spent a portion of his retirement savings to rescue first edition newspapers from being destroyed. He also fought to save card catalogues and to prevent library managers from sending thousands of books to landfills in their rush to microfilm.  He fought on behalf of all of us who think about what is lost when the specifics of a particular moment are worn away or forgotten...

To do a show about local stand-up comedy, we figured we should probably do a show of local stand-up comedy. So we went to a comedy club , put on a comedy show, and then did a talk show about the comedy show we'd just done. This hour: some of said comedy show plus most of said talk show -- and we're fairly confident it'll make more sense when you hear it than it probably just did reading about it....

Joseph Stalin's only daughter grew up the beloved pet of a man responsible for a decades-long campaign to arrest, torture, execute or forcibly imprison millions of Soviet citizens, including children and members of his own family. That's what we know now. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

No Country for Old Men . Fargo . The Big Lebowski . Raising Arizona . O Brother, Where Art Thou? Miller's Crossing . Over the past 35 years, Joel and Ethan Coen have reliably been among the most recognizable voices in moviemaking. Their latest, the anthology western The Ballad of Buster Scruggs , hit Netflix last weekend. This hour: a Noseish look at the work of the Coen brothers. Support the show...

The Argus Pheasant is a lifelong bachelor. He mates with multiple females but has no further contact with his mates or the baby pheasants he sires. By human terms, not much of a feminist. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The repeated incidents of mass shootings are shocking. Yet, they're sanitized and abstract for most of us who haven't been directly touched by gun violence. The response to mass shootings has become predictable: anguished adults, candlelight vigils, and photos and remembrances of the victims in happier times. It's never about the carnage or the lingering impact on survivors or their families, comm...

Last weekend, Saturday Night Live did a thing it rarely does: it apologized for a joke it had made in poor taste . Pete Davidson, the comedian behind the joke and the apology, is a unique figure in the history of SNL . This week's biggest pop culture story is probably the death of Marvel Comics's Stan Lee . The Nose also wants to take a moment to acknowledge the death of the voice of HAL, Douglas...

Thirty million red blood cells circulate twelve thousand miles in a never ceasing loop through our bodies every day. Our blood has to keep moving in order to perfuse every organ and vessel necessary to keep us alive. Nothing in our body works without the constant presence and movement of our blood. Yet, few of us think about our blood until we see a few drops trickle from a cut. Then, we're horrif...

Mike Pesca is one of our very favorite guests -- on any number of topics . And he's got a new book out: Upon Further Review: The Greatest What-Ifs in Sports History . Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We all regret and we should not regret that we regret.  I regret buying that pair of pink sneakers that I'll never wear. I can't take the sneakers back but I can call the brother that I regret not speaking to for several months.  Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This weekend was the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. World leaders convened in Paris and listened to French president Emmanuel Macron warn against reviving the "old demons" of nationalism that led to our first world war.  Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Last week's Nose painted itself into a bit of a rhetorical corner and somehow found itself arguing that Idris Elba is too old to be James Bond. And while historically that's true, it's not an argument we're proud to have made. Thankfully, this week, the universe has been kind enough to redeem us with the announcement of your new Sexiest Man Alive : Idris Elba. Of course, that's no reason not to ma...

As President Trump talks about draining the swamp in Washington D.C., we turn our attention to actual swamps. Associated with death and decay, while also celebrated for their beauty and biodiversity, few landscapes evoke such contradictory sentiments as swamps. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Women won big in these 2018 Connecticut midterm elections. This follows a national trend sparked in response to the 2016 election of Donald Trump. More women ran and more women won, many in seats not held by a Democrat in decades, let alone by a woman.  Today, an hour with several of Connecticut's new female legislators.  Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/li...

We have a tradition on the show of celebrating voting and the people who vote by speaking to thoughtful "citizen observers" from around the state about their experience of voting on this Election Day.  Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lewis Black is a funny guy. His expletive-laced RANTS and YELLING about whatever's on his (our) mind lends a rejuvenating catharsis for anyone who's thinking exactly what he's saying.  Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's almost over. One more day of lawn signs, robocalls, nasty mailers and deceptive commercials. Election Day is upon us and is shaping up to bring an unprecedented number of voters to the polls.   Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Carly Rae Jepsen hadn't released a Carly Rae Jepsen single from a Carly Rae Jepsen album in three years... until Thursday, that is. Her new single and video is " Party for One ," and it's the " perfect self-love anthem for 2018 ." And: The six-part BBC miniseries Bodyguard is British television's highest-rated drama since Downton Abbey and the BBC's highest-rated drama in a decade. The only broadc...

Native Americans have been getting forced off their land for a long time. Thomas Jefferson forced them from their ancestral home in 1804 after he signed the Louisiana Purchase and promised they shall know the United States as only "friends and benefactors."  Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Are you one of those people who wants to vote for Oz Griebel for governor but won't because you're afraid your vote might lead to a win for your least favorite candidate?  Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There's a set of steps and a big stone fireplace sitting in the middle of the woods where I used to walk my dog. I can envision the family living in the house that was part of the neighborhood that got washed away when the Farmington River overflowed its banks in 1955.  My exploration led me to the origin of those steps.  Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/li...

The polling industry is seeking to regain public confidence after the 2016 election. Will the advent of live polling, like what's being done by The Upshot at The New York Times , rejuvenate enthusiasm or trust in poll results? What about the Political Atlas and its incorporation of opinions expressed on social media? Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for priv...