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The Nose Needs To Go Home: 'Promising Young Woman' And More

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Carey Mulligan in Emerald Fennell's 'Promising Young Woman.'

It might just be that the pandemic is starting to wind down. Advertisers are . We're all maybe , or maybe we'll all just always be anxious about hugs. And: How does this all work for ? Plus: The Nose sees some parallels in the .

And: Promising Young Woman is Emerald Fennell's feature-film debut as a writer, director, and producer, and it's made her an Academy Award-nominated writer, director, and producer. The movie is nominated for five Oscars overall, including Best Picture and Best Actress for Carey Mulligan.

Some other stuff that happened this week, give or take:


  • Well known for playing hardened personalities, he was also seen in movies like "Midnight Run" and the TV show "Homicide: Life on the Street."

  • Less than a day after E! News confirmed reports that Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez were going their separate ways, the music superstar and actress and retired MLB star issued a joint statement

  • Reducing Asians, women and sex workers to flat punchlines isn't just degrading -- it's dangerous

  • The good: 'Minari' and 'Nomadland' leading a far less local slate. The bad: Delroy Lindo getting snubbed.

  • For nearly 130 years, the distance between pitchers and batters has remained the same. But as pitchers get better and bigger -- and balls in play become increasingly rare -- MLB could benefit from giving hitters some space.

  • Since the advent of analog TVs, channel 37 has always been static. Here's why.

  • Up next on our trek through the decade: "Stinkfist," one of the hardest, crudest songs from one of rock's hardest, crudest bands

  • Experts brightly offer to help create a society so safe, clean, inoffensive, and nontoxic art disappears. Show them the door.

  • The hiring of Alexi McCammond, who was supposed to start at the Condé Nast publication next week, drew complaints because of racist and homophobic tweets she had posted a decade ago.

  • An experiment by Japanese researchers revealed how just a few distracted walkers really can throw off the movements of a whole crowd.

GUESTS:

  • Tracy Wu Fastenberg - Development officer at ǻ Children's
  • Bill Yousman - Professor of Media Studies at Sacred Heart University

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Colin McEnroe and Catie Talarski contributed to this show.

Jonathan is a producer for ‘The Colin McEnroe Show.’ His work has been heard nationally on NPR and locally on ǻ’s talk shows and news magazines. He’s as likely to host a podcast on minor league baseball as he is to cover a presidential debate almost by accident. Jonathan can be reached at jmcnicol@ctpublic.org.

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