Betsy Kaplan
Producer, The Colin McEnroe ShowBetsy began producing for Where We Live and the Colin McEnroe Show in 2011, shortly after obtaining a Master's Degree in American and Museum Studies from Trinity College. She began as an intern.
She was the Senior Producer of the Colin McEnroe Show between 2013-2021, during which time the show received three national awards from the Public Radio News Directors Association (PRNDI), and a 2015 Mental Illness Media Award from the 黑料新闻 Psychiatric Society, the National Alliance on Mental Illness-CT, and the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services for a show titled, 鈥淯nlocking the Mysteries of Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease.鈥�
Prior to that, Betsy worked as an intensive care registered nurse in several 黑料新闻 hospitals and raised three daughters with her husband, Keith. In 2021, she decided to step down and return to the nursing field. However, she still produces some shows with Colin and the team when her schedule allows.
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The U.S. Postal Service was one of our earliest experiments in democracy. The vast transportation networks that led to more than 30,000 post offices remain at the heart of many communities and still reach into the most remote parts of our country. This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, a look at the past and the future of the post office. -
We tend not to think much about that pat of butter we put on our morning toast. Nor, do we think about butter sculpture, butter bogs, pleasure dairies, or the dairymaids, those once respected and well-paid artisans and economic powerhouses of our nations earliest days. This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, a show about butter. -
Smiling is a universal way to show happiness. But not all smiles are happy. In reality, we smile less for happiness than for social reasons that have nothing to do with happiness. This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show is all about smiles and smiling.
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This episode of The Colin McEnroe Show is really going to be the cat鈥檚 pajamas. We鈥檙e talking today about what we wear to bed and whether pajamas should have their day in the sun. -
Termites are kind of fascinating. Scientists study them to learn ways to mitigate drought, to create biofuels, to maybe colonize Mars. This hour: our tribute to termites. -
This hour, a look at disgust 鈥� and, specifically, the ways and places disgust and food intersect and interact. -
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This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, we talk about public toilets, including one that people like. -
This hour, everything you ever wanted to know about pigeons but were afraid to ask. -
