The Colin McEnroe Show

You may have heard there was an election last week. You may have heard that the outcome... surprised some people. You may have heard that the press made some mistakes, here and there, in its coverage. This hour, we look at this election season's media winners and losers . Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Okay, this show comes with a trigger warning. We talk about things people eat , and some of those things are not for the squeamish . This is a conversation about disgust, and specifically, how our reflexive response of disgust may get in the way of things we probably need to think about doing. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Patti Smith wasn't seeking fame when she landed in Manhattan in 1969.  She was a fan of the greats of the day - like Dylan, Mapplethorpe, Pollock, Ginsberg - who she followed and emulated, hoping to find her own creative space next to those she most admired.  Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The one thing we knew for sure was that by the time we got to today, yesterday would be over. And it is. And we have a new President-elect . Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're all a little tired of this election. I vacillate between excitement, fear, anger, fatigue - sometimes all in the same hour. What will become of the country after this election? Will we accept the results? Will there be 'revolution?' Will Congress come together to legislate in the best interests of the country?  Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for...

American democracy is limping to the finish line this election week, dehydrated and injured from many stumbles during this race. Can it recover before Americans lose faith that America has the will or ability to help them? Can it recover before foreign friends and foes alike lose faith in America's sanity and stability?  Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener...

He's an Academy Award winner, a Golden Globe winner, a BAFTA Award winner. He's the star of American Graffiti , Jaws , Close Encounters of the Third Kind , What About Bob? , Mr. Holland's Opus , W. , Madoff , and many more movies and TV shows. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

George Leonidas Leslie robbed the Manhattan Savings Institution of $3 million in 1878. At the time, it was considered one of the safest buildings in the world. He made detailed models of the bank and its vault from blueprints he charmed from a bank employee.  Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Amidst the increasing concern over a nuclear armed North Korea, it's easy to forget the nearly 25 million citizens who live there. Their stories, while not matters of national security,  do reveal valuable insights into the secretive nation they call home. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

FBI Director James B. Comey wrote in a Friday memo to Congressional leaders that "the FBI has learned of the existence of emails that appear to be pertinent to the investigation" of Hillary Clinton's use of a personal email server. The memo sparked a firestorm that rages hotter by the day, resisting all attempts to contain its damage.  Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystud...

Leonard Cohen's 14th studio album, You Want It Darker , dropped last Friday. Coupled with a new David Remnick profile of Cohen in The New Yorker , the reviews have been pretty gushing . The Nose's take isn't quite as one-note. 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...

Al Capone told everyone who asked him what he did for a living that he was a "property owner and taxpayer in Chicago." He was really a powerful multimillionaire in 1920's Chicago who made money from the illegal sale of alcohol during Prohibition and the vices that usually accompanied it: gambling and prostitution. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

Everybody loves a bulldozer. In fact, we all grew up loving bulldozers, didn't we? From Benny the Bulldozer to Katy and her big snow, from all the Tonka toys to all the die cast model Caterpillars, the bulldozer is more of an icon in American popular culture than we maybe realize. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Against Everything  is a book about self-improvement. Before you tune out, I ask you to challenge your notion of 'self-improvement.'  Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's just by happenstance that we ran into three short films this week that are both remarkable and newly available online. One of them is really something , and because of that, you have to figure, it won this year's Oscar for Best Live Action Short. One of them is merely clever and well done. And the last is an animated short that will utterly defy your expectations of an animated short. And the...

Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump met in Las Vegas last night for their third and final debate before the November 8 election.  "I will look at it at the time. I'm not looking at anything now...I'll keep you in suspense. Okay?" This was Donald Trump's response to Chris Wallace asking if he would honor the outcome of the election. His answer is unprecedented in the histo...

A lot of you reading this are familiar with the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder because you watched the popular "Little House on the Prairie" television show that ran from 1974-1983. But the television show came long after Laura Ingalls Wilder began sharing the story of her family's journey through the open frontier. She shared her memories in a series of beloved Little House books that...

History and literature are filled with their antics. From the Renaissance's Triboulet to Shakespeare's Feste from "Twelfth Night," jesters and fools have delighted us for centuries with their subversive humor and quick wit. But while comedy was their brand, there existed hardships for these characters as well. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf...

Donald Trump spent the recent days creating an alternate reality filled with 'global conspiracies' against him he claims are led by Hillary Clinton and the global elite. This is in response to several women who came forward last week to accuse Donald Trump of sexually harassing and/or assaulting them after a 2005 tape was released on which Trump was bragging about how easy it was for him to "...

We've never sent a Nose panel to a play before. So this week, we figured we'd try it out. So we've all gone to see Steve Martin's world premiere at the Long Wharf in New Haven: Meteor Shower . Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I wasn't sure anyone would show up for a live, on-stage discussion about this year's election. I mean, no one's starving for content about this. We're all bombarded. But show up, they did! We got about 200 people and packed the amphitheater, and I think that says something about our  basic human need to be together as bodies, talking and relating in a very humanly embodied way, especially in...

If Anthony Bourdain and Wes Anderson were to ever collaborate, chances are they'd end up creating something like Atlas Obscura . The founders of the website -- dedicated to strange, forgotten and hidden wonders around the world -- are now out with a new book featuring 700 of their most spectacular examples. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy i...

The job of the media is to inform voters on views and behaviors that relay how a political candidate will behave once elected to office. Fair and honest treatment does not necessarily lead to equal coverage. In the case of Donald Trump, it can lead to asymmetrical coverage of a candidate whose behavior appears to undermine the standards of democratic discourse.  Support the show: http://www.w...

Everyone was wondering how Donald Trump would handle the 2005 tape of him talking with Billy Bush about sexually-assaulting women because "you can do anything" when you're a star. Republican support wavered this weekend under the strength of the video, with many Republicans in Congress calling for Trump to relinquish his spot at the top of the GOP ticket. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/dona...