The Colin McEnroe Show

This hour we discuss the problem with pizza boxes and food expiration dates. Plus we look at the history of the donkey and what it can tell us about human history. GUESTS:  Samantha Brooks: Associate Professor of Equine Physiology and a Member of the Genetics Institute at the University of Florida Brian Roe: The Van Buren Professor in the Department of Agriculture, Environmental, and Development Economics at Ohio State University who leads the Ohio State Food Waste Collaborative Scott Wiener: New York Pizza-Tour Guide, Author of Viva la Pizza!: The Art of the Pizza Box, who maintains a Guinness World Record-winning collection of pizza boxes Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’ve been doing these shows a couple times a month where we don’t book any guests, where we fill the hour with your calls. And your calls have been interesting and surprising and amusing — calls about grammar, gardening, long-distance dialing, autotune. Anything. Everything. These shows are fun for us, and they seem to be fun for you, too. So we’re doing another one. In other words: Give us a call during the 1 p.m. EST hour about whatever you want to talk about. 888–720–9677.‌ Or join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. The Colin McEnroe Show is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode!Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Redheads. They smell better. They’re better at sensing temperature changes. They can handle more pain. (Those things are apparently all true.) But. From being associated with witchcraft in the Middle Ages to being portrayed as hot-tempered or even soulless in our present popular culture, the red-haired continue to be seen as another kind of other. This hour, in the era of Prince Harry and Ed Sheeran and Jessica Chastain and Amy Adams, a look at the myths and reality surrounding red hair. GUESTS: Jacky Colliss Harvey: Author of Red: A History of the Redhead Erin La Rosa: Creator of the blog Side of Ginger and author of The Big Redhead Book: Inside the Secret Society of Red Hair The Colin McEnroe Show is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode! Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Colin McEnroe and Chion Wolf contributed to this show, which originally aired in a different form January 16, 2018.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This hour: are too many documents classified in the U.S.? Plus, why the State Department is changing its default font. And, we'll look at the connection between exercise and spirituality. GUESTS:  Matthew Connelly: Professor of International and Global History at Columbia University, author of the forthcoming book The Declassification Engine: What History Reveals About America’s Top Secrets, and principal investigator of History Lab Juan Villanueva: Senior Type Designer at the Monotype Studio, and co-founder of Type Electives, an online school for type design education Cody Musselman: Postdoctoral Research Associate at the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University in St. Louis, who is working on a book called Spiritual Exercises: Fitness and Religion in Modern America Join the conversation onFacebook and Twitter.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week’s Nose never burns anything unless by design — to make delicious. This year’s Academy Award nominations were announced Tuesday morning. Everything Everywhere All at Once leads the pack with 11. Steven Spielberg, nominated three times for The Fabelmans, earned his first-ever screenwriting nod in 45 years of nominations. Tom Cruise is nominated for the first time in 23 years (and for the first time as a producer). The Best Actor field is all first-time nominees (something that hadn’t happened since 1934), and the Best Actress category is among the hardest to predict in recent memory. Lots of good stories. And yet there’s plenty for the internet to get all riled up about, too. There are no women among the Best Director nominees. Jordan Peele and his Nope were completely ignored. Ryan Coogler didn’t get a Best Director nom for his blockbuster Black Panther sequel (though Coogler is actually nominated this year — for Best Original Song). In fact, there are zero movies by Black filmmakers nominated anywhere among the Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, or International Feature categories. The Oscars seem to have taken some steps backwards in certain ways. And: The Menu is a haute cuisine horror/thriller/comedy directed by Mark Mylod and produced by, among others, Adam McKay and Will Ferrell. It stars Ralph Fiennes and Anya Taylor-Joy, who both earned leading actor nominations at the Golden Globes … but not at the Academy Awards. Some other stuff that happened this week, give or take: Paul La Farge, Inventive Novelist, Is Dead at 52 He played with history and narrative techniques whether writing about 19th-century France or H.P. Lovecraft. Panic! at the Disco Is Over, Brendon Urie Says The group’s last remaining original member is turning his attention toward family life M&M’s Ditches ‘Spokescandies’ After Tucker Carlson Complained About Their Sexiness ‘SHOES CAN BE POLARIZING’ Reading is precious – which is why I’ve been giving away my books I’m donating my books to people who can most benefit from them. Why keep a novel that could delight someone else? Twitter Is Obsessed With A Rumor That Shakira Discovered Her Husband Cheated Because Of Strawberry Jam, And The Memes Are Very, Very, Very Good Apparently no one messes with Shakira and her strawberry jam. Ticketmaster Hearing Takeaways: After Taylor Swift Debacle, Some Senators Call Live Nation a ‘Monopoly’ The Senate Judiciary Committee explored whether the merger of Live Nation, the giant concert company, and Ticketmaster, the leading ticket seller, has harmed consumers by stifling competition. Why we all need subtitles now It’s not you — TV dialogue has gotten harder to hear. How Many Peaches Can Justin Bieber Buy With $200 Million? Columbo and Chill How the internet turned a boomer TV cop into a sex symbol and queer icon. We Think Rian Johnson’s Poker Face Is a Superhero Show, and He’s OK With That We asked the Glass Onion director about the mysterious power at the center of his new Peacock detective series. Rian Johnson Mastered the Whodunit. Now He’s on to the “Howcatchem.” In an interview with The Ringer, the ‘Glass Onion’ director discussed his new crime mystery series ‘Poker Face,’ his TV experience with ‘Breaking Bad,’ and why Natasha Lyonne is the perfect collaborator A font feud brews after State Dept. picks Calibri over Times New Roman The Times (New Roman) are a-Changin,’ read the subject line of a cable from Secretary of State Antony Blinken to U.S. embassies as part of an accessibility push NCIS: Los Angeles Is Coming To An End After 14 Seasons And 322 Episodes My Husband Was Right About DVDs All Along Avatar: The Way Of Water Becomes James Cameron’s Third $2 Billion Movie At The Worldwide Box Office 25 Years Of Spice World And The Peak Of ’90s Girl Power There’s Snow on Mars And it would be strangely beautiful to behold. Beyoncé Was Paid Millions To Perform At A Hotel Grand Opening In Dubai, And Fans Aren’t Happy About It Beyoncé was reportedly paid $24 million for her performance. Go Ahead And Cross The Streams With A Ghostbusters Rewatch A Children’s Classic with a Refreshing Lack of Lessons “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day” refuses explicit conclusions. That’s the source of its appeal. Syndicated Late-Night Talk Show With Craig Ferguson Shopped By Sony Pictures TV For Fall 2023 A Radiohead fan has recreated the whole In Rainbows album using sounds from Mario 64 On4word delivers his super Mario odyssey with a little help from the SoundFont format New owner of Astoria Goonies house wants to keep it open for movie fans Asteroid Measurements Make No Sense Is this space rock the size of a train car or 22 penguins? Jimmy Kimmel celebrates 20 years as a (reluctant) late night TV institution Future Cringe One day we’ll look back on this moment and wonder: What were we thinking? GUESTS: Sam Hadelman: Works in music public relations and hosts The Sam Hadelman Show at Radio Free Brooklyn Lindsay Lee Wallace: Writes about culture, health care and health equity, and other stuff, too Bill Yousman: Professor of Media Studies at Sacred Heart University The Colin McEnroe Show is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode! Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Colin McEnroe and Cat Pastor contributed to this show.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There’s more to narcissism than meets the eye. This hour, we reflect on narcissism — our misunderstandings about it, its pervasiveness in our culture, and the personal, public, and political damage it wreaks. GUESTS: Mark Ettensohn: Clinical psychologist specializing in the treatment of narcissists Lee Hammock: “Self-aware” narcissist who shares his experience and insights on social media Pete Hatemi: Distinguished professor of political science at Penn State University The Colin McEnroe Show is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode! Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Colin McEnroe, Jonathan McNicol, Cat Pastor, and Lily Tyson contributed to this show.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You’ve likely heard the Greek myth of Cassandra, a woman given the gift of prophecy who was cursed never to be believed. This hour, a look at the Cassandra story and its relevance today, including some real-life Cassandras, like the diplomat who tried to stop World War II and the public health official who tried to warn us about the COVID-19 pandemic. GUESTS: Joel Christensen: Professor of classical studies at Brandeis University; his newest book is The Many-Minded Man: The Odyssey, Psychology, and the Therapy of Epic Charity Dean: CEO, founder, and chairman of the Public Health Company Steve Kemper: Author of Our Man in Tokyo: An American Ambassador and the Countdown to Pearl Harbor Amanda Rees: Historian of science at the University of York and the author of Human The Colin McEnroe Show is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode! Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Colin McEnroe and Cat Pastor contributed to this show.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This hour we look at the landscape of monuments across the United States and explore how new monuments are created and how old ones are decommissioned. Plus, what could a COVID-19 memorial look like and represent? GUESTS: Sue Mobley: Director of research at Monument Lab Erin Thompson: Professor of art crime at John Jay College and the author of Smashing Statues: The Rise and Fall of America’s Public Monuments Kristin Urquiza: Co-founder and chief activist of Marked by COVID The Colin McEnroe Show is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode! Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Colin McEnroe, Jonathan McNicol, and Cat Pastor contributed to this show, which originally aired July 7, 2022.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Talk of regulating gas stoves in the United States recently ignited a firestorm. This hour we talk about what sparked the debate, the health impacts of gas stoves, and why many have grown attached to them. Plus, we look at what this debate can teach us about climate communications and actions, and the history and culture of cooking. GUESTS:  Daniel Cohan: Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rice University, and author of Confronting Climate Gridlock Megan Elias: Historian, Director of the Gastronomy Program, and Associate Professor at Boston University Rebecca Leber: Senior Climate Reporter for Vox Join the conversation onFacebook and Twitter. The Colin McEnroe Show is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode! Colin McEnroe and Cat Pastor contributed to this show.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week’s Nose has no prince autopilot button that you can press and it just takes you away. The English-language edition of Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex’s Spare reportedly sold 1.43 million copies on the day it was published and 3.2 million copies in its first week. It is now the fastest-selling non-fiction book ever published. And then there’s Harry & Meghan, the six-part docuseries about Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex. Its December debut was the biggest ever for a Netflix documentary, with a total of 81.6 million hours watched, amounting to more than 28 million households, over its first four days, according to Netflix. And there’s the 60 Minutes interview and the Late Show interview and the ITV interview and all their attendant outsized audience numbers. This week’s Nose looks at the present Prince Harry moment. Some other stuff that happened this week, give or take: David Crosby, Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash Co-Founder, Dies at 81 Gina Lollobrigida, Italian Bombshell Movie Star, Dies at 95 Brian Tufano, British Cinematographer Known For Trainspotting And Billy Elliot, Has Died At 83 Alec Baldwin Will Be Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter in ‘Rust’ Killing A gun that Mr. Baldwin was rehearsing with went off, killing the film’s cinematographer. The armorer responsible for weapons on set also faces manslaughter charges. Wikipedia’s Redesign Is Barely Noticeable. That’s the Point. A decade on, the ‘This is fine’ creator wants to put the famous dog to rest This Film Does Not Exist Paramount+ Pivots ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ Marketing to Remove Wounds From Jeremy Renner’s Face “It’s good of the network,” co-creator Hugh Dillon says, adding: “Everybody is sensitive to Jeremy" following his snowplow accident. Channing Tatum Is Back for Magic Mike’s Last Dance And ready to talk about life, love, and learning to be a feminist. ‘The SNL of Sabermetrics’: How a group of message-board misfits changed baseball “Hater” doesn’t have to be a dirty word Meet the influencers who won’t “let people enjoy things.” Sunrise Is The Only Best Picture Oscar Winner The Academy Doesn’t Recognize The Mindy Kaling Backlash Has Lost All Nuance Recent criticism of the comedian’s artistic laziness has fans reexamining her whole career. ‘Night Court’ Is NBC’s Best Comedy Debut in Five Years The update of the 1980s sitcom also has the best 18–49 rating this season for any network entertainment show without an NFL lead-in. In the fight against slowing growth, Netflix and its rivals are all in this together Sexbots Are Liking People’s Instagram Stories And It’s Getting Weird Now “them IG sex bots was there when you weren’t” GUESTS: Theresa Cramer: A freelance writer and editor and the co-founder of Quiet Corner Communications Taneisha Duggan: Associate producer at Octopus Theatricals Carolyn Paine: An actress, comedian, and dancer; she is founder, director, and choreographer of CONNetic Dance The Colin McEnroe Show is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode! Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Colin McEnroe and Cat Pastor contributed to this show.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.