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The Colin McEnroe Show — 1000 episodes
All calls (and emails!): Maybe Graham Nash caused all of this
The Nose looks at ‘One Night Only’ and ‘Two People Exchanging Saliva’
The sky, a mood, a color, a political affiliation... This hour we've got the blues
Even a fact has a half-life
All calls: Celebrate your stinkiness
The Nose looks at ‘Furious’ and the apparent moviegoing renaissance
A look at unfinished projects, from literature to our roads
What “pleading the Fifth” actually means
All calls: It’s good for incumbents to feel some hot breath on their neck
The Nose looks at ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’
Long live teh typo! The history and future of mistakes and misprints
An Odyssey in the making: A look at the epic poem and the new movie
The unfolding evolution of origami
How nihilism can help us find meaning in this moment
The Nose looks at ‘Backrooms’ and ‘Obsession’
The Poet Laureate of Rock ’n’ Roll: A look at Bob Dylan
Fleshing out the truth about fruit, from sweetness and seasonality to the apple in Eden
All calls: This is not your great-great-great grandfather’s Thucydides Trap
What’s done is done ... or is it? We make the case for undoing
The Nose looks at ‘The Invite’ and ‘The Featherweight’
Singer-songwriter Nicole Zuraitis and the modern songbook movement
Everybody loves an underdog. Should we?
Shedding light on the mystery of Mary
All calls: This whole thing is a screwjob
‘Love’s in need of love today’: A look at Stevie Wonder
If you're bored, are you boring? A look at boredom in all its forms
Who wants to live forever? A look at the quest for immortality
What counts as 'classical music'?
All calls: The tenuous connection between the separation of powers and cheese
The America250 Nose looks at the American Revolution in pop culture
What is a revolution anyways? What the history of an idea can teach us
Benedict Arnold: Unscrupulous traitor or unsung hero?
All Calls: If Miss Piggy and Kermit had babies, what would they eat?
The Nose looks at the new ‘Cape Fear’ and Boots Riley’s ‘I Love Boosters’
He Made A Hat: A look at the life and music of Stephen Sondheim
From spiritual to practical: We could learn a lot from modern (and Sixteenth-century!) nuns
Exploring the landscapes and legacy of painter Frederic Church
A look at human stupidity, from Socrates to today
Song of the summer, 2026
Regional accents: Why we sound the way we do
A look at the next pandemic with Michael T. Osterholm
Chion Wolf takes your calls!
The Nose looks at Steven Spielberg’s ‘Disclosure Day’
What if we were addicted to forgiveness instead of revenge?
Mysteries, hoaxes, and magic: Decoding mystifying manuscripts
What can we learn from the myth of Antigone? For one, it’s so 2026
'A pretty low bar to clear' — Ask or Tell Me Anything gets a compliment
The bold, beautiful, and dramatic world of soap operas
Fly with us to Neverland: Why we’re forever hooked on Peter Pan
How Marshall McLuhan and Neil Postman can help us break the spell of technology on our lives
What is culture without the guidance of critics?
The Nose looks at ‘The Sheep Detectives’ and ‘Marty, Life Is Short’
As ‘The Late Show’ ends, a look at the state of late-night comedy
We don't need politicians. Hélène Landemore makes the case
Why does "like" bother us so much?
All Calls: Stop spraying your sperm-laden dust on my Subaru Outback
You may be wrong, but you may be right: A look at Billy Joel
The day the clowns cried: A look at ‘Circus Fire’ and the Hartford circus fire
The intangibility of ‘good taste,' from literature to food
All calls: deChardin will take you on a hot air balloon ride you weren’t expecting to go on
What the golden age of Condé Nast can tell us about the future of magazines
The Nose looks at ‘Lord of the Flies’ and ‘The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins’
Listen and you shall hear the lore and legend of Paul Revere
George Orwell saw it coming
Monsters: A look at the real, the fake, and the friendly
All calls: ‘I’ll never call while eating a hamburger again’
An hour with Rupert Holmes
O Romeo (and Juliet): The lasting appeal of Shakespeare’s tragedy
Occam’s razor makes the case for simplicity in a complex world
Beverly Gage's road trip through American history
All Calls: Rome is kind of like a lasagna
Wild and crazy guys: A look at ’80s comedies
Beam me up! A look at teleportation
Rope has been knotting humanity together for centuries
The value of introspection in an outward-looking world
All Calls: My mom heard 'Jesus Christ Superstar' and joined a cult
How critics and creatives grapple with spoilers and plot twists, like those in 'The Drama'
‘A most confounding affliction’: A look at headaches
Every weirdo in the world: A look at Thomas Pynchon
An hour with poet Christian Wiman
All calls: Could the Statue of Liberty be they/them?
All calls: Special make-up Friday edition
Sycophancy: From Shakespeare to AI
Sycophancy: From Shakespeare to AI
All calls: The Grackle kept Colin up all night, then broke the phones
Combating corrosion: The war on rust
The Nose looks at ‘Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie’ and ‘Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere’
Demystifying the life, and legacy, of Henry David Thoreau
‘Murder in the Dollhouse’: Jennifer Dulos and our fascination with true crime
Americans love the idea of royals. So why do we hate the idea of kings?
All calls: "Let's Go Culverts!" (Is not an actual radio show)
The Nose looks at ‘Project Hail Mary’ and ‘Saturday Night Live UK’
How nihilism can help us find meaning in this moment
What do rising measles cases say about public health and trust?
The backbone of rock and roll: The drummer
All calls: The ninjas next door took my parents’ stuffed owl
How WWE got a chokehold on U.S. politics
How do we calculate the cost of war?
March Madness 2026
All calls: Crows make better noise than Oasis
The Noscars 2026
What if tug of war were still an Olympic sport? And other questions with Mike Pesca
How cowboys, action movies, and hypermasculinity can help us understand the war with Iran
What happens when we can bet on anything?
All calls: Marty the Robot is gonna kill Colin first chance he gets
Attention must be paid: A look at ‘Death of a Salesman’
How reality TV shapes our politics
From Mr. Rogers to Minneapolis, what does it mean to be a 'neighbor'?
What is the role of faith leaders right now?
All Calls: Mr. Picky wants to be a pirate, not a cowboy
The Nose looks at ‘The Secret Agent’ and ‘Network’
A look at the art of casting
All Calls: You had me at consciousness.
A refresher on your rights and why they’re worth fighting for
Alissa Wilkinson on Joan Didion, Hollywood, and American mythmaking
Love, revenge, moors: why we’re haunted by ‘Wuthering Heights’
The animating power of rivers with writer Robert Macfarlane
Shedding light on the mystery of Mary
All calls: Name a musician who is not from Connecticut
The Nose looks at ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ and ‘Hamnet’
Why whistles are becoming the symbol of the moment
The wonder of termites
A look at the Kennedy Center, the Melania luxury brand, and more
All calls: The fleeting joy of waking up in the United States of Bunny
The Nose tries to figure out how to deal with … all this
What counts as 'classical music'?
All calls: You caught me mid-Burger
Nothing lasts forever, except maybe Stoicism
The Nose looks at ‘The Night Manager’ and ‘Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!’
Historian Joanne Freeman on reckoning with where we are and where we want to be
Do you hear the people sing? A celebration of protest songs
All calls: Fishing for an invite to a peaceful protest potluck
The romance of the north
The Nose looks at ‘Song Sung Blue’ and ‘Merrily We Roll Along’
Kalaallit Nunaat: An exploration of Greenland
All calls: Fear and present danger: Listeners react to Trump’s obsession with Greenland
From totes to Birkins, handbags hold the keys to the world (along with your wallet and phone)
The Nose looks at ‘Marty Supreme’ and ‘Good Night, and Good Luck.: Live on Broadway’
A look at human stupidity, from Socrates to today
Two thumbs up: A show all about fingers
All calls: Boomy babers are the ones who worry about the mail
The value of expertise in a world where everybody knows everything
The Nose catches up on some of the 2025 movies it had missed
The humble fly
All calls: Spraying compressed air at anything is a good idea
What Wikipedia can teach us about truth, information, and random trivia
Historian Timothy Snyder helps us understand this current moment through the lessons of history
Our favorite jazz of 2025
List making, listicles, lists of lists: An hour devoted to list culture
Live from Watkinson, it’s part 2 of our 2025 holiday spectacular
Live from Watkinson, it’s part 1 of our 2025 holiday spectacular
Checking in on self-checkout
All calls: Vultures tend not to eat Episcopalians
The Nose looks at ‘The Mastermind’ and ‘Sorry, Baby’
The echoes of the Red Scare can be heard today
A look at the quiet power of the Schuyler sisters, Eliza and Angelica
Why the American dream and the tragedy of 'The Great Gatsby' still resonate today
All calls: The thing about cats and comets is that you can’t reason with either one
‘Love’s in need of love today’: A look at Stevie Wonder
How robots, and our attitudes toward them, have evolved
Nothing to see here: Erasure in history, art and more
What the history of the McKinley era, tariffs, and the Gilded Age can teach us about the present
All calls: Should we be less worried about the Netflix deal and more worried about the collapse of the CDC?
The Nose looks at ‘PLUR1BUS’ and ‘Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5’
A look at cultural manias from Liszt and orchids to the Beatles and beyond
Trinity College's new president, Daniel G. Lugo, reflects on the transformative power of higher education
All calls: Guess the song; Win a free starling
Remembering Sir Tom Stoppard
Wednesday is Soylent Day
The art of the recipe: Gravestones, fictional worlds, and cookbooks (of course)
‘Betcha can’t eat just one’: The science and art of snacking
A (Paul) Winter’s Tale
There are rules for punctuation, but we don’t always agree on them
From spiritual to practical: We could learn a lot from modern (and Sixteenth-century!) nuns
Happy Little Trees: The joy of Bob Ross (and Thomas Kinkade)
All calls: Beware Pandora's crawlspace, it's FULL of sprickets
The Nose looks at ‘SNL’s Trump, Pope Leo’s favorite movies, and ‘Death by Lightning’
What the world needs now: The chemistry of Burt Bacharach and Dionne Warwick
Why stories about heists, real or in movies, steal our hearts
All Calls: Wiggingham, CT overrun with stomping, jumping spiders
The Nose looks at ‘Blue Moon’ and ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere’
Shall we dance?
What if we were addicted to forgiveness instead of revenge?
From jelly beans to Diet Mountain Dew, how politicians eat and why it matters
All calls: Does anybody even know what time it is on Lord Howe Island anyway?
The Nose looks at ‘A House of Dynamite’ and ‘Task’
A look back at more than 200 years of Frankenstein (and his monster)
Mysteries, hoaxes, and magic: Decoding mystifying manuscripts
The road to sainthood: Who’s on it and how did they get there?
All Calls: Not everyone involved in this episode went to the bathroom beforehand
The Nose looks at ‘Mr. Scorsese’ and ‘No Other Land’
A tribute to the proud and peaceful pigeon
The ‘father of history’ would have some thoughts about our present
From hot mics to mic drops, a celebration of the microphone
All Calls: Trump’s AI video is so Skibidi Toilet
It can be an art, too: On murder and more in Hitchcock’s close quarters
A look at the women buried in the footnotes of scientific discovery
Rope has been knotting humanity together for centuries
Today: Did episode on notebooks & diaries, bought kiwi fruit, had teeth cleaning
Chion Wolf takes your calls (again)!
From chorus lines to emus: A look at the stage musical
A look at the next pandemic with Michael T. Osterholm
Words, words, words: A look at style guides and Britishisms in American English
A tribute to cereal: Kid tested, mother approved
All calls: Be who you want to be. Not who the midges want you to
The Nose looks at ‘One Battle After Another’ and ‘The Lowdown’
The secret lives of numbers
Multiple wars rage on. Does the Nobel Peace Prize still matter?
It’s time to talk about the alphabet in the room
All calls: In a world of Gumby folk, I’m a Pokey
The music and mystery of Nick and Molly Drake
What can we learn from the myth of Antigone? For one, it’s so 2025
Shark fever: The lore of the great white
Necks: More than just something we have a pain in
All Calls: If you give a mouse a vasectomy, can you keep your Hulu subscription?
The Nose looks at Jimmy Kimmel, ‘The Paper’ and ‘The Naked Gun’
A show about psychics! (But they already knew that)
Fly with us to Neverland: Why we're forever hooked on Peter Pan
Turns out common sense isn’t all that common
Chion Wolf takes your calls!
Laura Nyro was the Emily Dickinson of American pop music
‘Never be the same’: 24 years in the shadow of 9/11
Sugar highs (and lows): A history of "white gold"
Neither snow nor rain nor heat... A history of the U.S. Postal Service
All calls: What's the name of the zip line at the Robert Frost Fantasy Camp?
How Marshall McLuhan and Neil Postman can help us break the spell of technology on our lives
Beyond woods and roads: The life and poetry of Robert Frost
An ode to the sun
An ode to the sun
Rum raisin, Ryan Reynolds, flies grooming themselves … the acid is starting to kick in
What’s wrong with men: A look at Michael Douglas movies with Jessa Crispin
Colin and Dylan tell you what the song of the summer should have been
Tangle's Isaac Saul has us look at both sides and beyond
The battle for butter
First Colin takes your calls and then Senator Chris Murphy does
Senator Chris Murphy takes your calls and reflects on the fight to save democracy
The Nose looks at ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ and ‘Alien: Earth’
What is culture without the guidance of critics?
Why does "like" bother us so much?
The unfolding evolution of origami
All calls: Why ABBA will never win the Nobel Peace Prize
What the golden age of Condé Nast can tell us about the future of magazines
190 years after his birth, Mark Twain is as relevant (and funny) as ever
One leg at a time: The history of women and pants
Smiling will get you everywhere
All calls: If you try to talk on the radio with your radio on your head will explode
You may be wrong, but you may be right: A look at Billy Joel
This show is the cat’s pajamas
The intangibility of ‘good taste,' from literature to food
Combating corrosion: The war on rust
All calls: Mordor is no longer theoretical
The Nose looks at ‘Eddington’ and ‘Sunday Best’
Monsters: A look at the real, the fake, and the friendly
‘A most confounding affliction’: A look at headaches
'Tis a show about castles, me Lord
All calls: You probably bought a Joni Mitchell Toaster
What if tug of war were still an Olympic sport? And other questions with Mike Pesca
How reality TV shapes our politics
‘Sing, O muse!’ A look at muses and how we evoke them
The wonder of termites
All calls: Do you mind if I borrow your linen closet?
The Nose looks at ‘Superman’ and Stephen Colbert
‘Murder in the Dollhouse’: Jennifer Dulos and our fascination with true crime
The secret language of animals and how we're learning to understand it
Eventually the world will end. Why can't we stop imagining it?
All calls: The first rule about invisible rabbits is you do not talk about invisible rabbits
Alive and well in our imaginations: Dinosaurs in pop culture
Alissa Wilkinson on Joan Didion, Hollywood, and American mythmaking
Nothing lasts forever, except maybe Stoicism
An appreciation of squirrels
All calls: Bug poop and happy elks hold the world together
The Nose looks at ‘Ironheart’ and The New York Times’ best 100 movies of the century list
The story of book chapters, one page at a time
All calls: Are you car shopping in an animated movie?
Socrates' lessons on life, death, and conversation with Agnes Callard
‘A kind of musical Mark Twain’: A look at Randy Newman
The real lives of the Vikings
Our relationship with rest is changing, and it’s about time
Who are epigraphs for?
All calls: Why don’t people say ‘you’re welcome’ anymore? Good question
Live from Watkinson: The legacy of Brian Wilson
Exploring astrology: Do stars really impact us?
You want me to eat what?! An examination of disgust
The toll of perfectionism
The Nose says goodbye to Brian Wilson and looks at ‘The Phoenician Scheme’
Song of the summer, 2025
The animating power of rivers with writer Robert Macfarlane
We're reading fewer books. That's not good
All calls: Sometimes the goo gets out
The Nose looks at ‘Dept. Q’ and ‘Pee-wee as Himself’
This show isn’t waterproof, but your raincoat might be: The history of waterproofing our tech and everyday products
From totes to Birkins, handbags hold the keys to the world (along with your wallet and phone)
Two thumbs up: A show all about fingers
All calls: This is your host on ketamine
An hour with Griffin Dunne
The humble fly
How robots, and our attitudes toward them, have evolved
Building utopia
We can never escape The Rock: A look at Alcatraz
The value of expertise in a world where everybody knows everything
All calls: Just because you’re exhausted doesn’t mean you have to turn into a Ringwraith
From zeppelins to dirigibles to the Goodyear Blimp, airships capture our imagination
Why ticks are on the rise and how humans are fighting back
Is this just the worst era of American pop culture … ever?
A salute to accordions
What Wikipedia can teach us about truth, information, and random trivia
All calls: Which is worse, translating Cicero or laughing to death?
Our tribute to Jill Sobule
Fashion Critic Vanessa Friedman discusses Trump's (second) first hundred days in fashion, clothes and politics, and more
Are you still the you that you used to be? And other questions of self-continuity
O Romeo (and Juliet): The lasting appeal of Shakespeare’s tragedy
All calls: Are we living in a simulation? Are you thinking of leaving the U.S.? Book bans, gaslighting, the economy, and more
The Nose looks at ‘Sinners’ and our culture consumption in anxious times
From boredom to handwriting: Christine Rosen on the embodied experiences we lose to technology
There are rules for punctuation, but we don’t always agree on them
We're still pushing the boulder on the meaning of Sisyphus
All calls: Temporary tattoos, Americans emigrating, ‘MobLand,’ and more
Cut for time: More from our Bacharach / Warwick show at Watkinson
The Nose looks at ‘Conclave’ and ‘MobLand’
What the world needs now: The chemistry of Burt Bacharach and Dionne Warwick
Nothing to see here: Erasure in history, art and more
The fungus among us
All calls: Remembering Pope Francis, grammar complaints, face touching, and more
Long live the movie musical
Why both the American dream and tragedy of 'The Great Gatsby' still resonate today
Where have all the public toilets gone?
The echoes of the Red Scare can be heard today
All calls: Protests, comedy, universities, bees, and more
Wild and crazy guys: A look at ’80s comedies
‘The Good Place’ creator Michael Schur explains how to be a good person
Why Jane Austen’s work endures, on the page and screen
Damn the torpedo (bats): Baseball is back!
All calls: Rhododendrons, the economy, pickleball, and more
The joy of bad movies
Shall we dance?
We’re still bananas for The Monkees
A look at cultural manias from Liszt and orchids to the Beatles and beyond
All calls: Sen. Chris Murphy, John Donne, rooting for blowouts (or not), and more
The Nose looks at ‘Adolescence’ and ‘Long Bright River’
A tribute to the proud and peaceful pigeon
Historian Timothy Snyder helps us understand this current moment through the lessons of history
From hot mics to mic drops, a celebration of the microphone
All calls: The zipper merge, ‘American Pie,’ music streaming services, and more
From The Bad Ideas Dept.: Today’s show is not about tapirs
Live from a forest: Discussing hiking, archaeology, invasives, and Connecticut's trails
March Madness 2025
What the history of the McKinley era, tariffs, and the Gilded Age can teach us about the present
All calls: Will we ever get back to The Shire? Is Colin ok? Is anyone? And more
The Nose looks at ‘I’m Still Here’ and the dearth of old movies on Netflix
An unusually strange event: Nikolai Gogol, ‘The Inspector,’ and ‘The Nose’
Necks: More than just something we have a pain in
Bring back the beaver!
All calls: Dissent, Adam and Eve, therapy, and more
How WWE got a chokehold on U.S. politics
Turns out common sense isn’t all that common
The secret lives of numbers
All calls: Booing, showering, pinball (again), suits, and more
The Noscars 2025
The Nose looks at ‘Severance’ and ‘Rosebud Baker: The Mother Lode’
The romance of the north
A show about how we pick the music for shows
All calls: Pinball, voting with your dollars, winter, model trains, and more
Beyond woods and roads: The life and poetry of Robert Frost
‘Live from New York!’ A look at ‘Saturday Night’ and ‘SNL’
One man’s bureaucracy is another’s “deep state”
Shell we talk about eggs?
All calls: Reacting to Trump's presidency, football, the genius of younger generations, and more
A look at one of our most forgotten presidents: Chester A. Arthur
Should theaters have to tell us the real movie start times?
The secret language of animals and how we're learning to understand it
An appreciation of squirrels
Everyday Carry: Unpacking what we carry with us and why
All calls: Talking with friends, the King of Haiti, worrying about the future, and more
The Nose looks at ‘Sing Sing’ and ‘American Primeval’
'I once had a dentist named Dr. Fillmore': Stories of nominative determinism
It’s time to talk about the alphabet in the room
Eventually the world will end. Why can't we stop imagining it?
All calls: Connecticut’s Grammy winners, the ‘SNL’ music doc, and just a general searching for the way forward
From ‘Ninotchka’ to ‘Love Actually’: A celebration of the romantic comedy
Occam’s razor makes the case for simplicity in a complex world
The weird and fundamental idea that is zero
A big, hulking, concrete look at brutalism
I'm having writer's block writing this headline about writer's block
‘A kind of musical Mark Twain’: A look at Randy Newman
How should we treat the dead?
Socrates' lessons on life, death, and conversation with Agnes Callard
All calls: The inauguration, ‘The Price Is Right,’ Van Gogh, Klaus Schulze, and more
The Poet Laureate of Rock ’n’ Roll: A look at Bob Dylan
The story of book chapters, one page at a time
Why we’re still mesmerized by the myth of Rasputin
Are we thinking about travel the wrong way?
All calls: How our music tastes change, movie credits, red and blue states, and more
The King: Before there was Lebron, there was Elvis
The power of promises, from inaugural oaths to marriage vows
Alcohol is bad for us. So why have humans been drinking it for thousands of years?
The real lives of the Vikings
All calls: Robot throuples, The Golden Globes, AI and music, and more
A look at the bullying impact of the canon and the zeitgeist
All Calls: Stealing punchlines, judging Colin, chaos Muppets part 2, and more
Live from Watkinson, it’s part 2 of our 2024 holiday spectacular
From the cereal aisle to the ballot box, how groceries shape our lives
Our favorite jazz of 2024
Our relationship with rest is changing, and it’s about time
All calls: Bathroom signage, Chaos Muppets, secrets, and more
Live from Watkinson, it’s part 1 of our 2024 holiday spectacular
The joy of Christmas movies, from the classics to the NFL and ‘Hot Frosty’
The legends of King Arthur and why they still matter today
Our hour with the late Hal Holbrook
Who are epigraphs for?
All calls: Corniness, sappiness, Irishness, words like ‘personally,’ the Packers, and more
A look at the current Irish invasion of the popular culture
A look at ‘brain rot,' from TikTok to Thoreau
The Bard’s the thing: A show about Shakespeare
From can openers to ricers, a look at what’s in our kitchens
All calls: Colin's favorite song, reading, The Whalers, and more
The Nose looks at ‘Lioness’ and ‘The Remarkable Life of Ibelin’
We're reading fewer books. That's not good
From a jar to a box — How we misunderstand Pandora and her legacy
The music, medicine, and mystery of humming
All calls: ‘Say Nothing,’ ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas,’ the windshield phenomenon, and more
What makes a book a classic? A read of the Western canon and how it’s changing
Want to really know someone? Look in their fridge
‘Though the heavens fall’: The JFK assassination in our media and culture
We're still pushing the boulder on the meaning of Sisyphus
The weird and fundamental idea that is zero
Why some women ‘boycott’ men, from Ancient Greece to the 4B Movement
All calls under the influence (of Novocain): Jethro Tull, making love courteously, Yeats, and more
An hour with Griffin Dunne
Brian Reed wants you to “Question Everything” about journalism
Kafka and his legacy, 100 years after his death
All calls: tables, Keri Russell, the election, and more
How algorithms shape our world, for better and for worse
Roommates wanted: How the people you live with impact your life
OK. Well. The election is over
‘Citizen Observers’ share their voting stories from around the state
All calls: A cargo transportation idea, early voting, football superstition, and more
The Nose helps you get through this last weekend before Election Day
Does democracy have a design problem?
From jingles to Beyoncé: How music shapes political campaigns
From jelly beans to Diet Mountain Dew, how politicians eat and why it matters
All calls: Election stress, comedy vs. journalism, Declan the Dog … and stuff like that
‘Hey, boppers, keep your radio tuned tight’: A look at ‘The Warriors’
The year in horror, 2024
Some people are considering whether it’s time to leave the United States
Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat on global authoritarianism and the future of democracy
All calls: Retirement, early voting, dragonflies, and more
‘Live from New York!’: A look at ‘Saturday Night’ and ‘SNL’
George Washington is having a moment
Is print dead or is it making a comeback?
Christian nationalism, religiosity, and the 2024 election with Brad Onishi
All calls: Columbus Day, textures, textiles, Tolkien, and more
Playwright Jeffrey Lieber on truth, lies, memory and ‘Fever Dreams’
Today: Did episode on notebooks & diaries, bought kiwi fruit, had teeth cleaning
All calls: How to find an artsy community, towns governed by oral tradition, toothpaste, and more
Words, words, words: A look at style guides and Britishisms in American English
An hour with Rupert Holmes
Monologuist Josh Kornbluth wonders if our society is suffering from political dementia
From boredom to handwriting: Christine Rosen on the embodied experiences we lose to technology
The political importance of Gen Z with journalist Rachel Janfaza
Author A.J. Jacobs says he “will never take elastic or democracy for granted again”
All calls: Fat Bear Week, sports, call-in shows, Mars, and more
An hour with Percival Everett
The role of journalism in the 2024 election with writer Mark Jacob
The art and politics of political speechmaking
Let us pray — A salute to our favorite mantis
All calls: Colin says you don't want to meet him, hummus, robins, and more
A look at the bullying impact of the canon and the zeitgeist
I'm having writer's block writing this headline about writer's block
A conversation with Don Winslow about love, money, murder, and why free food tastes better
Are we thinking about travel the wrong way?
All calls: Shrews, praying mantises, the power of Taylor Swift, and more
‘Riding the line between art and pulp’: A look at cult classic cinema
Inside the confusing, time-sucking, unequal world of taxes
‘Never be the same’: 23 years in the shadow of 9/11
A look at our ‘toxic love story’ with plastic
How to be wrong
The Nose looks at ‘Chimp Crazy’ and the right way to load your dishwasher
From the cereal aisle to the ballot box, how groceries shape our lives
A look at one of our most forgotten presidents: Chester A. Arthur
All calls: Bird identification, The World's Fair, third places, and more
25 years later, a look at the movies and TV of 1999
From a jar to a box — How we misunderstand Pandora and her legacy
We’re having crisis fatigue
It’s a vibe! A look at what makes a vibe a vibe
All calls: Celebrity endorsements, car registration, a sandwich, and more
‘If the wind is right’: A deep dive into the smooth sounds of yacht rock
From jingles to Beyoncé: How music shapes political campaigns
Invisible and essential, scanning through the history and impact of barcodes
You know that political memoir you pretend to have read? Carlos Lozada read it
All calls: Billy Ocean, the Israel-Hamas war, and what happened to the bus Colin promised us?
‘SNL,’ Kamala’s laugh, Hannibal Lecter: Culture and the 2024 election
2024 takes a look back at 1968: Movies, music, media, and the DNC
‘To The Hobbits’: Celebrating ‘The Lord Of The Rings’ and its enduring appeal
From privacy to paper jams, a look at printer problems
All calls: Sandwiches, credit card interest, Olympic basketball, and more
The Nose looks at ‘America’s Sweethearts’ and ‘Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes’
The New York Times' Astead Herndon on the run-up to the 2024 election
What's in a pseudonym?
‘These are weird people’: A look at weirdness in politics and beyond
All calls: Vice presidential picks, debates, a book recommendation, and more
The joy of bad movies
Where is this election taking place?
From ‘Iowa nice’ to New England blunt, how do we define ‘nice’ in America?
The legends of King Arthur and why they still matter today
All calls: The election, the Olympics, Elon Musk, and more
The art of political satire with Samantha Bee and Sophia McClennen
The music, medicine, and mystery of humming
What makes a book a classic? A read of the Western canon and how it’s changing
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Another ho-hum week in the 2024 election
Finding hope in dark times
How should we treat the dead?
How political violence hurts democracy
Eternal flame: The continued relevance of the myth of Prometheus
3 things to think about that aren’t the election: Wimbledon, (not) hugging sloths, and mapping apps
Want to really know someone? Look in their fridge
The latest from the Supreme Court: Presidential immunity, gratuities and the Chevron doctrine
The cars have eyes: Data privacy (or lack thereof) and your vehicle
Kafka and his legacy, 100 years after his death
The Nose looks at ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ and ‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’
Veepstakes aside, do running mates matter?
Go with your gut: All about the gut-brain connection
From Barbra to Beyoncé: A look at the appeal of divas
It’s a whole song and dance: The joy of marching bands
The (abridged) Colin McEnroe Show midnight spectacular
Cash is no longer king: How does that impact us personally and culturally?
A look at buttons, couch potatoes, and the rise of the remote control
The Colin McEnroe Show midnight spectacular
From ‘Star Trek’ to ‘Arrival’: How pop culture helps us imagine extraterrestrial life
The (so-called) dying art of dinner parties
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Yascha Mounk discusses ‘The Identity Trap’ and the future of democracy
The Bard’s the thing: A show about Shakespeare
Sun, sand, and a book — a look at the beach read
Our (maybe) 14th (almost) annual song of the summer show
The first presidential debate is June 27. But will it matter?
Every step you take: How walking and walkability shape our lives
The Nose looks at ‘Godzilla Minus One’ and the current crisis at the box office
The latest culture war is a beef over meatless meat
An hour with Percival Everett
Why the Roman Empire is worth thinking about
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‘It always means something’: Connecticut in the movies
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Take a seat and listen to our hour on chairs
Emily Wilson brings 'The Iliad' alive for a modern audience
The Nose looks at ‘Challengers’ and ‘Spacey Unmasked’
Roommates wanted: How the people you live with impact your life
How algorithms shape our world, for better and for worse
‘Books can be mirrors or books can be windows’: How to decide what kids should read
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Those were the days: Nostalgia in our popular culture
Is print dead or is it making a comeback?
Osculate me, you fool! A brief history of romantic kissing
Everyday Carry: Unpacking what we carry with us and why
How ’bout them apples?
The Nose looks at ‘Baby Reindeer’ and our (maybe) era of mid TV
The collective heartbreak in a dog’s death, from Kristi Noem to ‘Old Yeller’
Fumble! The state’s failed bid to bring the Patriots to Hartford, 25 years later
Author A.J. Jacobs says he "will never take elastic or democracy for granted again"
How charisma shapes our world
An hour with mystery writer Adrian McKinty
From abortion to homelessness: A dive into the Supreme Court cases you may have missed
The storied history of people sleeping through things
How the weight of family ‘truths’ can get heavier with each generation
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The Nose looks at ‘Fallout’ and ‘Conan O’Brien Must Go’
‘Our president is not a king’: Examining the January 6 and presidential immunity cases in the Supreme Court
The late Daniel Dennett on consciousness, faith, and more
A look at juries, from '12 Angry Men' to the Trump trial
An hour with Rupert Holmes
The Nose looks at ‘Civil War’ and ‘Manhunt’
A look at Trump’s hush money trial, the Golden Divorce, and slouching
Where does the idea of the tortured poet come from?
Unburying the truth about pirates with Rebecca Simon
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The Nose looks at ‘Ripley’ and a new version of Scrabble
‘Riding the line between art and pulp’: A look at cult classic cinema
From alief to phronesis, Tamar Gendler makes the case for why we should care about ancient philosophy
The luck of the draw: A deeper look at lotteries
Let us pray — A salute to our favorite mantis
Cringe comedy, awkward moments and the legacy of 'Curb Your Enthusiasm'
From logistical nightmares to ancient omens, a look at the dark side of the eclipse
A conversation with Don Winslow about love, money, murder, and why free food tastes better
Radical or relevant? How the Luddites can help us relate to today’s technology
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The Nose looks at ‘3 Body Problem’ and ‘Ramy Youssef: More Feelings’
Inside the confusing, time-sucking, unequal world of taxes
From ‘The Lord of the Rings’ to ‘Dune,’ a look at the world of constructed languages
Reverence? Rejection? Reckoning with the actions of our ancestors
A look at our ‘toxic love story’ with plastic
A triptych of celebrity scandals: Kate Middleton, Dan Schneider, and Jonathan Glazer
Our 14th* (almost) annual March Madness show
How to be wrong
The hidden joys of searching
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What’s happening to the Great American Songbook?
Shiver me timbers! A show about sea chanteys
From ‘Memento’ to ‘Oppenheimer,’ the movies, mysteries, and marvels of Christopher Nolan
Spilling the beans about secrets
The Nose looks at ‘Dune: Part Two’ and ‘The Greatest Night in Pop’
‘If the wind is right’: A deep dive into the smooth sounds of yacht rock
A look at one of our most forgotten presidents: Chester A. Arthur
Keeping it brief: A celebration of short stories
Lunch: It's so much more than what we eat
The Nose looks at ‘Poor Things’ and Jon Stewart’s return to ‘The Daily Show’
We’re having crisis fatigue
Voting for the lesser of two evils
Are you an ENFP? An ISTJ? A look at the history, validity, and potential of Myers-Briggs
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‘Always getting it wrong’: A look at the state of awards shows
Invisible and essential, scanning through the history and impact of barcodes
Stop making sense: A salute to incoherence
Unpacking the impact of J. Edgar Hoover on the FBI and 20th century America
The Nose looks at ‘American Fiction’ and ‘Criminal Record’
From privacy to paper jams, a look at printer problems
What's in a pseudonym?
Our second hour with Joyce Maynard
From the Super Bowl to streaming, commercials are back
The art of the ending
Finding humanity in humanism
We take your calls
From therapy-speak to armchair psychology, conversations around mental health are changing
Did we even have a choice to do this episode about free will?
The Nose looks at ‘In the Know’ and ‘Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative’
Songs getting shorter, fish-poop beach sand, and Scramble the Duck
An ode to yodeling
A look at the state of philanthropy
Our hour with the late Hal Holbrook
The Nose looks at the current "hard-boiled women in cold climates" phenomenon
From "Iowa nice" to New England blunt, how do we define "nice" in America?
From plagues to climate change, a look at how 2024 was imagined
What’s going on with loneliness?
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The Nose looks at ‘Saltburn’ and ‘The Holdovers’
“A safety valve”: The impact of ballot measures on democracy
Eternal flame: The continued relevance of the myth of Prometheus
What our tears can tell us
A look at the state of stand-up comedy
The cars have eyes: Data privacy (or lack thereof) and your vehicle
It’s kind of Civil War days right now
What’s spoken flies away: The history and art of reading aloud
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The Nose looks at ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ and the state of sex in movies
When authenticity’s in crisis, we value it more
Political merchandise can tell us a lot about an election
Humanity’s ongoing quest to end epidemics and escape contagion
The year-end Nose looks back at 2023
Our favorite jazz of 2023
Invisibility fascinates and frightens us. But will it ever become reality?
We ❤️ romance novels
Our 10th annual holiday spectacular with ‘Big Al’ Anderson and Jim Chapdelaine
The Nose looks at Bradley Cooper’s ‘Maestro’
Back from the dead: Exploring the cutting edge of de-extinction
Checking in on self-checkout
What does it mean to treat something as sacred?
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The Nose looks at the glut of cult docuseries
Let’s hear your endorsements!
Drowning in packages, junk, and other consumerism woes with 'Atlantic' writer Amanda Mull
Meet Connie Converse, the haunting songwriter whose work stayed hidden for decades
From can openers to ricers, a look at what’s in our kitchens
The Nose looks at ‘May December’ and ‘John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial’
Go with your gut: All about the gut-brain connection
From Barbra to Beyoncé: A look at the appeal of divas
The art of the dial: Why we like hotlines and phone calls with strangers
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From ‘Star Trek’ to ‘Arrival’: How pop culture helps us imagine extraterrestrial life
An hour with astronauts!
From flying saucers to flying saints: Belief and how we react to the “impossible”
Astrophysicists Adam Frank and Neil deGrasse Tyson discuss the search for extraterrestrial life
Garrett Graff on the history of UFOs and our government’s attempts to make sense of them
‘Though the heavens fall’: The JFK assassination in our media and culture
Who gets the part? There are no small actors or roles
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The Nose looks at ‘The Killer’ and ‘Albert Brooks: Defending My Life’
A COVID update: New vaccines, new variants, and new data on Paxlovid rebound
Heather Cox Richardson helps us make sense of this moment in American history
Don’t sleep on bedtime stories: What we can all learn from these nighttime tales
It’s a whole song and dance: The joy of marching bands
'The Golden Bachelor' and reality TV's real-life draw
First impressions are everything. Especially when you’re a headline
Cash is no longer king: How does that impact us personally and culturally?
A look at buttons, couch potatoes, and the rise of the remote control
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The Nose on the ‘last’ Beatles song and the new Scorsese picture, ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
Every step you take: How walking and walkability shape our lives
The perks of being a wallflower: Unpacking House Speaker Mike Johnson
Shell we talk about eggs?
A 50-year retrospective on ‘The Exorcist,’ plus what’s a Skelly?
FOMO? Rage? Pleasure? How and why we hate-watch
The (so-called) dying art of dinner parties
Why the Roman Empire is worth thinking about
The psychology of fandom: Why we care so much about fictional characters
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The Nose looks at Taylor Swift and ‘The Eras Tour’
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Emily St. John Mandel talks with us about how we treat one another, the simulation hypothesis, autofiction, and more
Emily Wilson brings 'The Iliad' alive for a modern audience
‘It always means something’: Connecticut in the movies
Life is hard. This philosopher wants to help us deal with that
Unburying the truth about pirates with Rebecca Simon
We take your calls
The Nose looks at the Hasan Minhaj controversy and Wes Anderson’s Roald Dahl shorts
From alief to phronesis, Tamar Gendler makes the case for why we should care about ancient philosophy
Yascha Mounk discusses ‘The Identity Trap’ and the future of democracy
I’ve Got Two Chickens to Paralyze: A celebration of mondegreens, malapropisms, and more
Osculate me, you fool! A brief history of romantic kissing
‘It’s OK with me’: The Nose rewatches ‘The Long Goodbye’ at 50
Lost in my mind: What happens when we daydream
Listen! Now!! Don’t miss!!! our show about the exclamation point.
Why do AI voice assistants default to female voices?
Raising consciousness about lowering height
Rocking the charts and reckoning with inequity: The dichotomy of country music
“I once had a dentist named Dr. Fillmore”: Stories of nominative determinism
‘Books can be mirrors or books can be windows’: How to decide what kids should read
Everyday Carry: Unpacking what we carry with us and why
In politics, is age really just a number?
The art of political satire with Samantha Bee and Sophia McClennen
An hour with mystery writer Adrian McKinty
From Consumer Reports to Wirecutter, recommendation sites are ruling our shopping habits
What our monsters say about us
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A look at ‘Strike Force Five’ and the value of physical media, plus endorsements
How ’bout them apples?
How charisma shapes our world
The fungus among us
Not Necessarily The Nose: What’s happening to the Great American Songbook?
Why ticks are on the rise and how humans are fighting back
What is public health?
Narcissists, we bet you think this show is about you. You’re right, it is
We take your calls
Out of tune: The challenges of keeping a band together
How the weight of family ‘truths’ can get heavier with each generation
The luck of the draw: A deeper look at lotteries
Exploring the myth and metaphor of Cassandra and the price of foresight
Radical or relevant? How the Luddites can help us relate to today’s technology
Reverence? Rejection? Reckoning with the actions of our ancestors
The hidden joys of searching
There are 20 quadrillion ants on Earth. How do we make sense of a number like that?
We take your calls
The Nose looks at ‘Full Circle’ and ‘Justified: City Primeval’
Examining the narrative takeover and its impacts
Spilling the beans about secrets
‘Rules rule’: How rules, both written and unwritten, shape our world
Keeping it brief: A celebration of short stories
The Nose looks at movie monsters, ‘Hijack,’ and more
Are you an ENFP? An ISTJ? A look at the history, validity, and potential of Myers-Briggs
Shiver me timbers! A show about sea chanteys
Beneath the surface: A deep dive into Connecticut shipwrecks
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‘You can be anything’: A look at Barbie and ‘Barbie’
The Barbenheimer Nose looks at ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’
Unpacking the impact of J. Edgar Hoover on the FBI and 20th century America
‘There is no substitute’: Tom Cruise’s impossible missions
Our second hour with Joyce Maynard
From therapy-speak to armchair psychology, conversations around mental health are changing
The Nose looks at ‘Showing Up’ and ‘The Whale’
Don’t hit snooze on this show: Breaking down the history and norms of sleep
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The art of the recipe: Gravestones, fictional worlds, and cookbooks (of course)
The new normal of UFOs, UAPs, and the search for extraterrestrial life
The Nose looks at the SAG strike, the Emmy noms, and ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’
Finding humanity in humanism
What’s going on with loneliness?
Beauty and the Butt: A look ‘back’ at our complicated relationship with butts
Is Twitter toppling? Can Threads sew salvation?
The Nose looks at ‘Asteroid City’ and continued OceanGate Titan fascination
What our tears can tell us
What’s spoken flies away: The history and art of reading aloud
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Read after watching: How episode recaps became part of our TV experience
This show is so bad, it's good
Has everything original been done?
Cross-examining the history and the future of the Supreme Court
From The New York Times’ ‘Spelling Bee’ to orthography, a look at all things spelling
The Nose looks at Marvel’s takeover of Hollywood, ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,’ and more
Humanity’s ongoing quest to end epidemics and escape contagion
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‘Everyone is involved’: Watergate in our popular culture
The Nose looks at ‘The Binge Purge’ and ‘Turn Every Page’
Hippo ranching, a poop vault, and orcas sinking boats
Our (maybe) 13th (almost) annual song of the summer show
A look at the philosophy, ethics, science, and emotion of time travel
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The Nose looks at ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ and ‘The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’
It’s a vibe! A look at what makes a vibe a vibe
Why a show about fog? We haven’t the foggiest
It’s no mystery why we’re drawn to crime fiction
‘Our national pageant of stupidity’: Andy Borowitz on American politicians today
The Nose looks at all the prestige TV shows ending at once, plus ‘White House Plumbers’
We ❤️ romance novels
Invisibility fascinates and frightens us. But will it ever become reality?
How two Connecticut outsiders transformed treatment for traumatic blood loss and fought Army insiders
The Nose looks at the Supreme Court, Andy Warhol, Prince, and ‘Jury Duty’
An irreverent reimagining of US history’s most revered (and reviled) idols
Remembering Martin Amis
Why you like the music you like
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‘It’s OK with me’: The Nose rewatches ‘The Long Goodbye’ at 50
Back from the dead: Exploring the cutting edge of de-extinction
The art of the ending
Incarcerated content producers challenge the myth of prison reform
What does it mean to treat something as sacred?
The Nose looks at ‘Liz’ Holmes and ‘Bupkis’
Let’s go down a rabbit hole about rabbit holes
The art of the dial: Why we like hotlines and phone calls with strangers
First come, first served: There is an art, and an etiquette, of queues
We take your calls
The Nose looks at the writers’ strike and ‘Mrs. Davis’
Who gets the part? There are no small actors or roles
Don’t sleep on bedtime stories: What we can all learn from these nighttime tales
Meet Connie Converse, the haunting songwriter whose work stayed hidden for decades
The Artist Formerly Known as The Colin McEnroe Show: Conversations about rebranding
The Nose looks at ‘The Diplomat’ and ‘John Mulaney: Baby J’
Shell we talk about eggs?
Wisdom can save us from bad thinking
You tried, you did not conquer: When a book becomes unreadable
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The Nose says goodbye to its blue check mark and looks at ‘Beef’
Everything you know has an expiration date
Digging into the roots of our food with Mark Bittman
How emoji have changed how we communicate and why we ❤️ them
Life is hard. This philosopher wants to help us deal with that
The Nose looks at the COVID pop culture canon and ‘The Power’
Exploring astrology: Do stars really impact us?
Exploring the divide between ‘brokenists’ and ‘status-quoists’
FOMO? Rage? Pleasure? How and why we hate-watch
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The Nose looks at ‘The Night Agent’ and ‘Rabbit Hole’
‘Megafauna mania’: Our obsession with mountain lions and other large predators
What does it mean to be a good citizen today?
Our Trump pre-arraignment show
The psychology of fandom: Why we care so much about fictional characters
The Nose looks at ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ and ‘Daisy Jones & the Six’
Emily St. John Mandel talks with us about how we treat one another, the simulation hypothesis, autofiction, and more
I've Got Two Chickens to Paralyze: A celebration of mondegreens, malapropisms, and more
Historical reenactments can deepen our relationship to history
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From ‘Ninotchka’ to ‘Love Actually’: A celebration of the romantic comedy
Put your hands together for a show about clapping
Please don’t give this show on the art of the online review one star
Tuberculosis has shaped history, art, and architecture — and it’s still here today
Stop, drop, and stay there: A look at leisure
The Nose looks at Adam Sandler’s Mark Twain Prize, ‘Star Trek: Picard,’ and more
Our 13th* (almost) annual March Madness show
Lost in my mind: What happens when we daydream
Why our food looks different from grandma’s
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The Nose’s guide to the 95th Academy Awards
Listen! Now!! Don’t miss!!! our show about the exclamation point.
‘Betcha can’t eat just one’: The science and art of snacking
Why Jane Austen’s work endures, on the page and screen
Why do AI voice assistants default to female voices?
The Nose looks at ‘Women Talking’ and ‘The Consultant’
Raising consciousness about lowering height
The state of COVID, three years into the pandemic
From mall music to dead malls: The past, present, and future of American malls
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The Nose looks at Best Animated Feature Oscar nominees
There’s always a reason to celebrate: A look at the world of unusual holidays
Our relationship to UFOs is changing
Anger, politics, death: Revisiting ‘The Iliad’ through a modern lens
‘A very particular set of skills’: A look at late-career Liam Neeson movies
“I once had a dentist named Dr. Fillmore”: Stories of nominative determinism
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First dates and lockdown love stories: a look at romance during COVID
Hey, Burt, these folks are in love with you
The Nose looks at ‘The Last of Us’ and ‘Triangle of Sadness’
Out of tune: The challenges of keeping a band together
What our monsters say about us
How robots, and our attitudes toward them, have evolved
The fungus among us
The Nose looks at ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ and ‘Poker Face’
Pizza boxes, expiration dates, and donkeys
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Redheads: From stereotypes to superpowers
Classified documents, font controversies, and the connection between exercise and spirituality
The Nose looks at the Oscar noms and ‘The Menu’
Narcissists, we bet you think this show is about you. You’re right, it is
Exploring the myth and metaphor of Cassandra and the price of foresight
‘Monuments aren’t history lessons’: A look at the present and future of monuments
Now we’re cooking with gas! But should we be?
The artful todger: The Nose looks at ‘Spare’ and the present Prince Harry moment
It’s a flu! From COVID to pregnancy, a look at home testing
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From Achilles to Harry Potter: How the hero’s journey helps, and limits, our storytelling
The Nose looks at ‘Decision to Leave,’ bids adieu to Stoned Wheat Thins, and more
There are 20 quadrillion ants on Earth. How do we make sense of a number like that?
Late night TV’s idea of diversity is a white guy not named Jimmy
Hey, ho, let’s go! 50 years of punk rock
Never bring a cane to a knife fight and other lessons of Congress's chaotic week
The Nose looks at ‘White Noise’ and ‘The Recruit’
Read after watching: How episode recaps became part of our TV experience
Lost in translation: Our ode to the art of translating
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Our favorite jazz of 2022
The nighttime Nose looks back at 2022
List making, listicles, lists of lists: An hour devoted to list culture
Examining the narrative takeover and its impacts
The Nose looks at the state of prestige TV and movies, plus ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’
Our 2022 holiday spectacular with ‘Big Al’ Anderson, Jim Chapdelaine, and friends
“Rules rule”: How rules, both written and unwritten, shape our world
Beauty and the Butt: A look ‘back’ at our complicated relationship with butts
The Nose looks at ‘The Fabelmans’ and ‘The White Lotus’
The Nose’s holiday gift guide
"I have learned so much in the last ten years": The lasting impact of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Saying goodbye to the leap second, misinterpreting animism, and a look at verdicts
Brainwashing: From the Korean War to cults to today
The Nose investigates ‘She Said’ and ‘Bone Valley’
Has everything original been done?
The triple-demic is here
From The NY Times’ ‘Spelling Bee’ to orthography, a look at all things spelling
What our search for extraterrestrial life can tell us about ourselves
Long live the movie musical
Two thumbs up: A show all about fingers
What our attitude toward the Middle Ages can teach us about ourselves today
The zipper: An invention overlooked yet essential
Shaking assumptions about the humble tambourine
The Pre-Thanksgiving Nose considers Bono and ‘Tár’
The art of the recipe: Gravestones, fictional worlds, and cookbooks (of course)
The fax machine is dead. Long live the fax machine
The Nose worries about Twitter and looks at ‘Amsterdam’
A look at the philosophy, ethics, science, and emotion of time travel
What’s in a word? A look at the ways words change
It's a vibe! A look at what makes a vibe a vibe
The art of the ringtone
The Nose looks at the Taylor Sheridaniverse: ‘Yellowstone,’ ‘1883,’ and ‘Mayor of Kingstown’
Why we’re still mesmerized by the myth of Rasputin
At long last, Election Day is behind us
‘Citizen Observers’ share their voting stories from around the state
Some people are considering whether it’s time to leave the United States
The Nose looks at Taylor Swift, ‘Don’t Worry Darling,’ and more
What’s next for the Republican Party?
Three poets celebrate the freedom of poetry
Why a show about fog? We haven’t the foggiest
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The Nose looks at ‘Bros’ and ‘The Watcher’
A bigger table: A look at third parties and our political system
The year in horror, 2022
How U.S. policy makers do and don’t factor in public opinion
Demystifying Thoreau
The Nose looks at ‘Confess, Fletch’ and ‘Athena’
State politics are changing as we focus more on national politics
It’s no mystery why we’re drawn to crime fiction
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Why you like the music you like
The Nose looks at ‘Andor’ and ‘I Love You, You Hate Me’
Digging into the roots of our food with Mark Bittman
Is centrism critical to maintaining democracy? A look at the middle
The toll of perfectionism
The Nose looks at ‘Blonde’ and ‘Elvis’
Why should we care about politics?
A history of men mistaken for gods
List making, listicles, lists of lists: An hour devoted to list culture
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‘A very particular set of skills’: A look at late-career Liam Neeson movies
‘Literature as resistance’: Azar Nafisi on the subversive power of reading in troubled times
An hour with John Waters
An hour with Harvey Fierstein
Incarcerated content producers challenge the myth of prison reform
The Nose looks at ‘Abbott Elementary,’ Apple’s Will Smith problem, and more
First come, first served: There is an art, and an etiquette, of queues
Wisdom can save us from bad thinking
The road to sainthood: Who’s on it and how did they get there?
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The Nose looks at ‘She-Hulk: Attorney At Law’ and ‘Paper Girls’
Jill Sobule sings, reflects on the impact of music, and celebrates finding lost things
You tried, you did not conquer: When a book becomes unreadable
‘Our national pageant of stupidity’: Andy Borowitz on American politicians today
Honk if you’re listening to this show about bumper stickers
The Nose looks at ‘House of the Dragon’ and ‘The Rings of Power’
Historical reenactments can deepen our relationship to history
There’s no shame in schadenfreude
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The ‘Nope’ Nose looks at Jordan Peele’s latest and more
Tuberculosis has shaped history, art, and architecture — and it’s still here today
What chess, Scrabble, and Monopoly can teach us about life
Put your hands together for a show about clapping
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The Nose rides into the danger zone: ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ and more
Please don’t give this show on the art of the online review one star
From ‘Ninotchka’ to ‘Love Actually’: A celebration of the romantic comedy
‘Megafauna mania’: Our obsession with mountain lions and other large predators
Warning: If you have a heart, it will likely get broken (in more ways than one)
The Nose settles the top sheet debate and looks at ‘The Sandman’
There’s still a pandemic going on, by the way
How indexes help organize our world
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‘Tackiness is joyfulness’: A celebration of all things tacky
PODCAST EXCLUSIVE: The Nose looks at ‘I Am Groot’
The Nose looks at James Franco as Castro, ‘The Rehearsal,’ ‘I Am Groot,’ and more
Stop, drop, and stay there: An episode all about leisure
The rise of conspiracy theories following Sandy Hook
Why our food looks different than grandma’s did
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We’re still bananas for The Monkees
From geckos to gum: The science of stickiness
Who’s inventing new instruments?