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The Nose: Against Football, Petty Debates, and Frozen Eggs

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Here on The Nose today, we're at least potentially talking about high-tech employers who offer egg freezing as a benefit for female employees, a proposal toget rid of high school football, the sinking sensation that it's time - or too late - to fight back against Amazon, and the Florida debate that almost broke down because of a candidate's use of a fan at the podium.

You know, frozen eggs are a nice benefit, unless they constitute a subtle signal to put your life in "park" and give yourself, body and soul, to the company for a while. Maybe they'll eventually offer to freeze everything else - your taste buds, your genitals - anything else, while you give the tech company eight of your most prime, productive years. Then they'll thaw and reanimate the rest of you.

Here's what else we're thinking about for the show:

  1. One man’s war on digital media’s ‘thinkfluencer’ echo chamber
  2. Should we get rid of the head of the CDC because of the new Ebola outbreaks?
  3. Sears removes swastika ring from their marketplace

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.
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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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