358: America Ferrera, Norm Macdonald, Dinosaur Jr.
The Dinner Party Download
American Public Media
4.6 • 821 Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2017
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Encore Broadcast: “Ugly Betty” and “Superstore” star America Ferrera explains the “super” part of superstores… Comedian Norm Macdonald gives us etiquette advice and reveals why his new memoir, “Based on a True Story,” is full of lies… Childstar-turned-writer Mara Wilson confronts the hereafter… Noise rock pioneer Lou Barlow celebrates soft rock with a soundtrack for […]
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Dinner Party Download. This is your icebreaker. |
| 0:06.0 | Well, I'll tell you my son's favorite joke. |
| 0:09.0 | Roses are gray, tulips are gray. |
| 0:12.0 | Violets are gray because I am a dog. |
| 0:15.0 | I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum. |
| 0:21.1 | I'm Rico Gagliano. |
| 0:22.4 | And from APM, American Public Media, this is the dinner party download, one hour of culture, |
| 0:27.3 | food and conversation to fuel your weekend gatherings. |
| 0:29.8 | You just got a joke from comedian Norm MacDonald. |
| 0:32.3 | That'll help break the ice. |
| 0:33.8 | He's got a memoir called Based on a True Story. |
| 0:36.5 | Later, he'll tell us about it as well as how to use Maws as a sleep aide. |
| 0:40.1 | Finally. |
| 0:40.7 | Plus, we speak with actor America Ferreira about her NBC series Superstore. |
| 0:45.0 | Also, Lou Barlow of Indy Rock Legends Dinosaur Jr. |
| 0:48.7 | DJ's a dinner party for all generations. |
| 0:51.3 | And if that all sounds familiar, that's because this is an encore broadcast of an |
| 0:54.8 | episode we first aired in autumn. So cast your mind back to a time when Trump was still a candidate |
| 1:00.0 | with a bunch of hotels. And when, as at any party, we started with Small Talk. |
| 1:06.6 | Now for a story you might not have heard, we are joined by our friend and a writer for HBO's divorce, Danielle Henderson. |
| 1:12.5 | Hey, guys. |
| 1:13.2 | Danielle, hi. What story are you going to be talking about this weekend? |
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