The Colin McEnroe Show

The narrative goes like this: For decades, white America has increasingly been left behind. The nation's culture and politics have steadily shifted to favor minorities and immigrants over the hard working white folk struggling to stay afloat. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

So, it turns out the world didn't end last week. And while it might seem like the events of the last year or so are the disease, maybe they're really just the symptoms; maybe they're really just signs of the dystopia around us. But, then: Which dystopia? Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

President Donald Trump made clear on the first day of his presidency that he intends to undermine the press. He sent Press Secretary Sean Spicer to use the power of his pulpit to deliberately deceive the public about the size of the crowd at Friday's Inauguration.  Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jerks . Jackasses . A-holes . Some people are just ... the worst . Aren't they? But so: Why? And what do we do about it? Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"Accessibility" is a word that we maybe too quickly file away as having something to do with the disabled or something like that. But it's really about "designing all products and the built environment to be aesthetic and usable to the greatest extent possible by everyone, regardless of their age, ability, or status in life." It's about seeing the world around us as for everyone, all at once. Supp...

Inauguration Day is here. In a few short days, President Obama will transfer what remains of his power to Donald Trump. Some are elated, others afraid. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The plane that crashed in a Pennsylvania field on 9/11 was likely headed for the U.S. Capitol. Had it hit its intended target and disabled - not killed -  multiple members of Congress, we wouldn't be able to look to the Constitution for answers on how to prevent the resulting chaos. It simply doesn't address it. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for priv...

Music can be a powerful, transformative tool in the quest for social change. Protest songs are the songs associated with a particular movement.  Earlier this month, Janelle Monáe and Wondaland produced the searing protest song " Hell You Talmbout. " Nearly seven minutes long, it's a tribute to a long list of black men and women lost, and has been performed alongside protesters at Black Lives...

Damien Chazelle's big musical La La Land won a record seven awards at this year's Golden Globes. The New York Times says the movie " makes musicals matter again ." Colin, on the other hand, calls it "a really terrific, creative, big budget Prius commercial." The Nose gets into it. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jaws , Jurassic Park , Indiana Jones. Schindler's List , Saving Private Ryan . Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial . And the list goes on. Steven Spielberg is very simply the most successful filmmaker in the history of filmmaking. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's been over 160 days since Donald Trump last gave a press conference. On Wednesday, as he holds his first as President-elect, questions abound regarding the type of president he'll be. Certainly Trump's cabinet picks, promise to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and remarks on nuclear weapons will be among the many items asked about. But whether he gives clear, informed answers rather than the of...

Do you ever think about the people who make sure the medicine you're taking is safe for you to take? If your like most of us, probably not.  Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  His followers were “impressionable voters” duped by “radical doctrines and quack remedies,” claimed The Washington Post. Now that Hitler actually had to operate within a government the “sober” politicians would “submerge” this movement, according to The New York Times and Christian Science Monitor. A “keen sense of dramatic instinct” was not enough. When it came to time to govern, his...

Kenneth Lonergan's Manchester by the Sea just won three awards at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards (which Colin attended, because he's a big fancypants) on Tuesday night. And it's nominated for five Golden Globes, including Best Picture -- Drama. So The Nose went to see what all the fuss is about. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informati...

To say virtual reality is finally here is inaccurate -- it's been here for decades. What is finally here is the right combination of low cost, high powered computing necessary for the technology to shine. And with the stage set for a revolution in how we interact with the digital world, businesses and investors are taking notice. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/list...

  Vin Baker was an Olympic basketball player and four-time NBA All Star. The journey from University of Hartford to professional basketball got him rich quick, but it was a lifestyle he couldn't keep up with. Baker's struggle with alcoholism is well-documented, as is the fact he blew through $100 million. He lost his home and restaurant. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See o...

Molly McKew says the liberal world order of democratic values is unraveling. In its place, Vladimir Putin is building a new world order with the primary goal of weakening America and NATO. He's waging a quiet war of subversion rather than domination and we've been slow to catch on. Yet, we see it all around us in Americans loss of faith in its democratic institutions. Is a new Cold War what A...

While basketball didn't take up residence in the White House in January 2009, the game nonetheless played an outsized role in forming the man who did, according to Sports Illustrated 's Alexander Wolff, author of The Audacity of Hoop: Basketball and the Age of Obama . Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clive James called Dick Cavett one of the great intellectuals who shaped the 20th century. Cavett combined wit with serious discussion for ninety-minutes each night as host of   The Dick Cavett Show , welcoming a staggering roster of cultural icons that spanned the worlds of art, culture, literature, music, and politics: Groucho  Marx , Laurence Olivier, Judy Garland, Bett...

For the third year in a row, "Big Al" Anderson and Jim Chapdelaine sing some songs and tell some stories as we usher out 2016. Anyone in the WNPR newsrooom who isn't still home for the holidays will become for one day only, the Dankosky Tabernacle Choir and sing their hearts out after such a tumultuous year. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor...

The octopus has always been the stuff of spine-tingling legend, like that of the Kraken, the many-armed sea monster believed to drag ships to the bottom of the sea after dining on the crew. Or   Gertie the Pus , the giant Pacific octopus that lives under the Narrows Bridge connecting Tacoma, Washington to Gig Harbor. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for...

Every year, an all-star panel of musicians and critics join the show to go through a painfully short list of the best jazz of the year. Will this year be vocalist-heavy? Any repeat winners, or any newcomers? Is there an overall sound to the year? Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Scientists say that the asteroid that exploded over Chelyabinsk , Russia four years ago was a rare event, unlikely to happen more than every 100 -200 years. But a research in the scientific journal Nature said the earth should expect and plan to get hit by Chelyabinsk-sized asteroids more often -  maybe every decade or two!  And we thought the election was rough.  Support the s...

Rogue One is the eighth live-action Star Wars movie. It's the first movie in the Star Wars anthology series , and its story happens between Star Wars Episodes III and IV, which is to say that it happens just before the very first Star Wars movie. Confused yet? That's okay. We'll explain. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Everybody knows the Boy Scouts. They're the scouts who don't sell cookies. (That's the Girl Scouts.) But for more than a century the Boy Scouts have been an organization devoted to, in their own words, keeping boys "physically fit, mentally awake, and morally straight." Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.