The Colin McEnroe Show

Of all the crimes defined by law, only one is mentioned in the U.S. Constitution: Treason! This distinction, however, was not meant to deter dissent, but rather to protect it. Knowing well how England had levied the charge against those whose voices they found subversive, our founders sought to ensure the citizens of their newly formed nation would always be free to disagree with the government. S...

Sam Waterston says he's been been lucky to have good fortune in his career and personal life. He's been nominated multiple times for Emmy, Academy, and Tony Awards and he won Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards for performances playing men whose moral compass points north.   Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Culture icon Frank Rich joins Colin to talk about the subtle, or not-so-subtle war for our culture, from Trump's promise to avoid the White House Correspondents' Dinner to last night's Academy Awards.  Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join us on the Trinity College campus in Hartford Friday at 1:00 pm as  The Nose picks apart this year's Oscar contest live at Cinestudio . Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Melania Trump is in many ways a first: The first First Lady to have arrived as an immigrant, the first to have been born in a communist country, and the first to be the 3rd wife of a president. She is not the first, however, to show signs of reluctance towards embracing the role of FLOTUS. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I once took guitar lessons with a small group of people who met two nights a week in the basement of a local elementary school. We spent most of each lesson practicing in little nooks and crannies we each carved out in the old room. I enjoyed picking out tunes in my own little corner at my own pace. It was all going so smoothly until... the instructor mentioned the final "concert." I lost sleep by...

Republicans in Congress said little when Donald Trump's ban on immigrants led to chaos, they ignored widespread protest against his cabinet picks, and they still fail to call out statements that are untrue. Save for a scattered voice of dissent in Republican ranks, the GOP seems unruffled by Donald Trump's behavior as president - except when it comes to Russia. John McCain is turning into Trump's...

Many Americans were surprised by the results of the presidential election last month. During the early morning hours of November 9, half of America celebrated the ascension of the man (and not the first woman) that championed the needs of Americans who felt betrayed by those in power. The other half feared the election of a man with no experience in government and a stated desire to dismantle much...

New York magazine's Will Leitch has called ESPN's documentary O. J.: Made in America  a masterpiece, and now it's nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Documentary -- Feature category. The Nose watched all seven hours and 45 minutes of it, and it's all we're going to be talking about this week. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informati...

Whether you're a man or a woman, if you're of reproductive age, vasectomies matter to you. Are you a man who can't wait to get your vasectomy? Or does the very thought make you cringe? Are you a woman urging your man to get one? Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brian Wilson is, in many regards, the perfect musical artist for this moment. We need, for a dozen different reasons, the sweetness and sun of his best-known music. But what makes him more relevant is that undercurrent of melancholy which grew more and more prominent as his music grew less commercial. Who in 2017 does not identify with "I Just Wasn't Made For These Times," a song he wrote and reco...

This is a rebroadcast of our February 17, 2016 show on hearts. February is heart awareness month. Heart disease is still the biggest killer in the United States , even though fewer people die from from heart attack and cardiac arrest than ever before. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Democracy is so deeply rooted in American life that it’s hard to imagine another way of governing. But we may be living through through one of the most dangerous challenges to our democracy in a very long time. The challenge won’t be obvious. We may not even know it’s happening because little will change...The economy will still grow, unemployment will stay low, we’ll still speak freely and hold e...

  At 8:30 pm on Thursday, September 8, 1966, NBC aired the premiere of a new series called "Star Trek". The episode was "The Man Trap." The star date was 1513.1, in case you're interested in that kind of thing. I am not interested in that kind of thing. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ira Glass -- host of This American Life , creator of Serial , professional dancer -- used our show as his prime example in " a principled defense of fun on public radio ." And then he called the kind of failure that we aim for many days of each week "where you'll find the future." We want to know more about all that stuff. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener fo...

We've been told to keep our mouths shut . We're not gonna do that. But where it gets complicated is that The Colin McEnroe Show ... has a point of view. Colin has a point of view, and the show has a point of view, in a way that the public radio universe around us maybe isn't used to. And in a world where objectively bad things happen side-by-side with subjectively bad things seemingly every day, o...

I find great joy in walking in the dead of winter along the river trail near my house. Everything leaves my mind as I watch the Canadian geese take flight, their wings flapping together as they lift and swoop over my head. I'm in awe of their beauty. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Friday night, U.S. District Judge James Robart ordered a nationwide stay on President Trump's week-old executive order barring refugees and immigrants from seven countries from entering the U.S.  His ruling was broad and did not rule on whether the order was constitutional. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"Sneaky Pete" is a new show on Amazon Prime created by Bryan Cranston and David Shore (who created "House M.D."). Giovanni Ribisi plays a con man (whose name is not Pete, you see) who gets out of jail and moves to Trumbull, Conn., to live with Pete's grandparents (who are not his own grandparents, you see -- even though they don't know that). And then it gets more complicated from there. Support t...

Have you ever woken in the middle of the night, looked at the clock, and noticed that it's the same time you woke up the night before - and the night before that? How does your body know what time it is?  You're not sure but the passage of minutes makes you worry that if you don't get back to sleep, you'll be too tired in the morning to get your work done on time. You can't get back to sleep....

It's cold, snowy winter times like this that make us question why we choose to live in a place where snow, sleet, and wind define one-third of the year.  It's a great excuse to complain, but does it also make us stronger and better people? Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The eugenics movement of the early twentieth century is a dark chapter in our nation's history. And while we may think of it as a practice we've long since abandoned, the truth is a bit more complicated. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

President Donald Trump issued an executive order Friday indefinitely barring Syrian refugees from entering the United States. He also suspended all refugee admissions for 120 days, and blocked citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries - Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Yemen - from entering the country for 90 days. Chaos ensued, lawsuits were filed, and people protested nationwide again...

HBO's new limited series " The Young Pope " gives us Jude Law as the Pope. A young one, you see. On the face of it, and in its previews and trailers and such, the show seems... ridiculous? Is maybe the right word? Or maybe it just seems sort of Twin Peaksian, but set at the Vatican. Of course, ridiculous vs. Twin Peaksian is kind of a fine -- and super important -- distinction. Support the show: h...

There has been a surge of interest in the writings of Ayn Rand in the last decade, including from Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, President Donald Trump and several of his cabinet picks. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.