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Enjoy a collection of poetry and other word artistry curated by WNPR.

We're Scrambling to Insert Our DNA Into MRSA

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Okay, I'm warning you. You're going to have to adjust the band on your thinking cap. Christian Bok, our first guest, is an experimental poet with some fascinating ideas, some of which will strike you as unfamiliar and maybe dissimilar to any other ideas you ever heard. In a nutshell, Bok is part of a small movement of thinkers and writers who want to revolutionize the way literature is produced, stored and consumed. For example, Bok has spent years trying to encode  a poem into the DNA of a bacterium able to survive extreme conditions, like vacuums. In theory, if this works, his poem could survive beyond existence as we know it. 

When your head stops spinning, Catholic analyst, Michael Sean Winter will give us his take on the recent Synod of Bishops, notable for an argument about gay Catholics and divorced Catholics in which a majority of those present roundly rejected the suggestion by Pope Francis that the Church welcome Catholics who are gay and remarried, instead of rejecting them for not following church doctrine. Lord, have mercy!

Lastly,  this weekend's pumkinfest riots in Keene, New Hampshire. 

What do you think? Comment below, email Colin@wnpr.org, or tweet @wnprcolin.

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Colin McEnroe is a radio host, newspaper columnist, magazine writer, author, playwright, lecturer, moderator, college instructor and occasional singer. Colin can be reached at colin@ctpublic.org.
Chion Wolf is the host of Audacious with Chion Wolf on Connecticut Public.
Betsy started as an intern at WNPR in 2011 after earning a Master's Degree in American and Museum Studies from Trinity College. She served as the Senior Producer for 'The Colin McEnroe Show' for several years before stepping down in 2021 and returning to her previous career as a registered nurse. She still produces shows with Colin and the team when her schedule allows.

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