371: Ava DuVernay, Steve Jones, Pancake Cheesesteak

The Dinner Party Download

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Society & Culture

4.5 • 822 Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2017

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Ava DuVernay unpacks the issues at play in her searing documentary, “13th,” then reveals the cheeseball ’80s movie that’s her true fave… Legendary Sex Pistol Steve Jones tells you when it’s OK to steal from your opening act… Indie band Whitney gives a retro playlist that’ll raise the roof… Comedian Baron Vaughn meets a turn-of-phrase… […]

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0:00.0	Welcome to the dinner party download. This is your icebreaker. All right, I got a joke for you. What does the hippie say when they're about to get evicted?
0:11.4	How do you? Namaste. I'm Rico Galliano. I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum, and from APM American Public Media, this is the dinner party download,
0:24.3	culture, food, and humor to fuel your weekend conversations.
0:27.1	You just got a joke from Julian Ehrlich and Max Kakesek of the band Whitney.
0:31.5	That'll break the ice.
0:32.8	Later in the show, they will spin you a rooftop party playlist.
0:35.7	Plus, we'll speak with Ava Duvernay,
0:38.7	the director of Selma,
0:41.0	about her acclaimed Oscar-bound documentary about mass incarceration 13th.
0:43.3	Also coming up,
0:44.3	legendary sex pistol Steve Jones
0:46.2	tells you when it's okay
0:47.4	to steal from your opening act.
0:48.9	Comedian Baron Vaughn gives us an English lesson
0:51.4	and I visit the intersection of pancake and cheese steak.
0:54.7	It's the tastiest address in New York City right now, but first, small talk.
1:00.8	All week long, you've been hearing this in the news.
1:03.0	We must be clear-eyed about our relationship with Russia.
1:05.8	The Golden Globe goes to...
1:08.1	La La Land.
1:09.7	It has been the honor of my life to serve you.
1:13.3	I won't stop.
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