The Colin McEnroe Show

President Trump pardoned former Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio Friday. Arpaio was not going to jail for his documented brutality against immigrants,  failure to investigate complaints of sexual assault, or his  arrest of journalists  critical of his policies. He was going to jail for repeated contempt of a judicial order to stop illegally detaining immigrants.&nbs...

Netflix's newest series is the first season of Marvel's "The Defenders." But the series is the culmination of a number of series, a sort of crossover superhero supergroup of a series.  Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the one hand, obituaries are an amalgam of a bunch of different kinds of journalism: they're feature stories, they're profile pieces, they cover history, and they're hard news too. On the other hand, the subject is always... dead. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

At some point in the near future we will all drive our last drive. We will get into our normal car, drive to a dealership and ride out in our first self-driving car. And that's it: The end of driving as we know it, forever and ever, maybe. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We originally aired this show last August, a full year before the excitement over the solar eclipse. Enjoy! What can you say about the sun? It sits not only at the center of our solar system but has, over time, been at the center of religions, scriptures, songs, art and countless other aspects of our culture. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy info...

Cultural leaders are beating a hasty retreat from President Trump.  Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Actually, it's The Atlantic that wonders " Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? " And, of course, the answer is, in a word: No. But then, high school kids are less interested in driving than they used to be. Or something. So there's almost a mental health crisis. Or something. The Nose gets into it. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio...

Since the earliest humans gazed up at the sky, eclipses have been a common occurrence. But only in recent centuries have we come to understood the science behind them. Prior to that, eclipses were regarded as everything from Viking sky wolves to Korean fire-dogs, to African versions of a celestial reconciliation. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

Guam came into America's consciousness this past week as the war of words between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened the island of Guam with nuclear annihilation. The rhetoric has since cooled but America is more aware of how little they really know about Guam or how much the legacy of war is part of their daily life.  Support the show: http://www....

The American Psychological Association says the 2016 presidential election was a major source of stress for a majority of Americans regardless of political affiliation.  Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hundreds of followers of the white nationalist movement came to Charlottesville over the weekend to protest the planned removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee. The City Council voted to remove it from a park whose name they changed from Lee Park to Emancipation Park. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mark Boal is a journalist who has written for Rolling Stone and Playboy and who partnered with Serial on the podcast's second season. Kathryn Bigelow is the director behind movies like Point Blank and Strange Days . As writer and director, Boal and Bigelow have collaborated on three films. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.

From ancient scrolls to modern toner cartridges, ink (in one form or another) has been around for millennia. And while we may take it for granted now, it was for much of that time a precious and coveted substance. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Where have all the guitar heroes gone? Where has all the guitar music gone? Where have all the guitar sales gone? Are rumors of the electric guitar's death exaggerated or no? Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Friday the Justice Department will aggressively pursue the leaking of classified information that undermines national security. This announcement was made following the release by the Washington Post of transcripts between Trump and leaders from Mexico and Australia.  Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor...

Netflix has marketed its new series "Ozark" as " 'Breaking Bad' plus Jason Bateman," which might make you picture... a funnier version of "Breaking Bad"? "Ozark" is not a funnier version of "Breaking Bad." If anything, it's a bleaker version of "Breaking Bad." And maybe even a more bingeable version of "Breaking Bad"? The Nose might just have an answer to that question. Support the show: http://ww...

As the men of Apollo 11 returned home to ticker tape parades, the women who made their journey possible worked quietly behind the scenes. Since its founding in 1958, NASA has been heavily reliant on the skills of such women, many of whom have gone unrecognized for their bravery and hard work. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Neonaticide is a hard concept for most of us to wrap our heads around. Yet, the CDC estimates that "a baby born in the United States is ten times more likely to be killed during its first day than at any other time of life. And for the first week, a baby's killer is likely to be its mother." Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Matt Iannazzo was a baseball star at Norwalk High School, pitching them to an FCIAC title in 2007. At the University of Pittsburgh, he was an All-Conference pitcher. Out of college, Iannazzo signed with the Chicago Cubs and played two seasons near the bottom of their organization. Then he pitched for the Bridgeport Bluefish in the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball . Support the...

Last week, the "skinny" repeal of the Affordable Care Act died a buzzer-beating (and perhaps temporary) death on the Senate floor. The Ringer's Bryan Curtis notes that , "Minus the life-and-death part, it had the feel of an unexpectedly competitive Pac-12 football game that the country noticed in installments." Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in...

It's quite a trick Christopher Nolan has played on us over the course of a career that includes movies like Memento and Inception . His latest, Dunkirk , weaves together three storylines: One takes place on land over a week. One takes place on the sea over a day. And one takes place in the air over an hour. I walked out of the theater thinking, "That was a pretty straightforward narrative for a Ch...

You might say that we’ve done a lot of coverage of The Trump Era. It began with a show sixteen months ago that imagined a Trumpian future . We didn't take it terribly seriously then. We do now. This hour, we've gathered a number of the people we've talked to along the way for a retrospective: Where have we been since last March, since Election Day, since Inauguration Day? Support the show: http://...

In 1959, Soviet geneticist Dmitri Belyaev started an ambitious experiment to study the origins of domestication -- he would attempt to breed domesticated wild foxes by selecting on their behavior alone, a process he imagined our ancestors carried out with dogs thousands of years before. This hour, we look at the history and progress of this more-than-50-year experiment: What can it tell us about o...

It should be no surprise that video games have the potential to become addictive. But a spate of recent events has shown they can also be deadly: From young players dying of mid-game heart attacks to parents so immersed in their virtual environment that they forget to feed their children. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.