The Colin McEnroe Show

Weekdays 1 PM, Saturdays 12 PM, available as a podcast

Hosted by Colin McEnroe

Public radio鈥檚 most eclectic, eccentric program.

Tackling subjects like Neanderthals, tambourines, handshakes, the Iliad, snacks, ringtones, punk rock, Occam鈥檚 razor 鈥� you get the idea. Plus, on Fridays, we convene an informal roundtable about the week in culture.

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It Can Be an Art, Too: On Murder and More in Hitchcock with The Colin McEnroe Show

at Hartford Stage 鈥� 50 Church Street, Hartford, CT

DATE: Monday, October 13 | TIME: 7:00 pm

Attend the live taping of the Colin McEnroe Show with special guests Sidney Gottlieb, a Hitchcock scholar from Sacred Heart University, Illeana Douglas, actor and film historian, and Jeffrey Hatcher, playwright of Hartford Stage鈥檚 Rope. RSVP to reserve free, general admission tickets.

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