392: Lake Bell, Ted Leo, and Not Dumplings
The Dinner Party Download
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4.5 • 822 Ratings
🗓️ 1 September 2017
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Actor-director Lake Bell turns her lens on marriage — the good, the bad, and the ugly… Author Jenny Zhang suggests a few super “sour” bites of culture… Punk Rocker Ted Leo brings us tunes that’ll make you dance and think… The Posts demonstrate how NOT to tick off your college roommate… And Brendan tries Kubeh […]
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Dinner Party Download. This is your icebreaker. |
| 0:05.0 | What's the difference between an onion and a clarinet? |
| 0:08.0 | I don't know. What? |
| 0:10.0 | Nobody cries when you cut up a clarinet. |
| 0:13.0 | I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum. |
| 0:18.0 | I'm Rico Gagliano. And from APM American Public Media, this is the Dinner Party Download, one hour of culture, |
| 0:24.5 | food, and humor to fuel your weekend conversations. |
| 0:26.9 | You just got a joke from musician Ted Leo. |
| 0:29.2 | That'll help break the ice. |
| 0:30.8 | He'll be here later to DJ a politically conscious dinner party. |
| 0:33.6 | Oh, yes. |
| 0:34.1 | Plus, writer, director, and actor, Lake Bell tells us everything about her new movie, |
| 0:38.2 | I do until I don't. The title says it all. Also coming up, Jenny Zhang, author of the new book |
| 0:43.5 | Sour Heart, shares a list of her favorite sour things. We learn about a Middle Eastern dumpling, |
| 0:48.4 | which you shouldn't call a dumpling, and Emily Post, great, great grandkids, answer your etiquette |
| 0:53.0 | questions. Plus, Chris Taylor, the Van Grizzly Bear, recommend some music. |
| 0:56.4 | But first, small talk. |
| 1:00.4 | All week long, you've been hearing these headlines. |
| 1:02.6 | Boats are being navigated through city streets to get to those stranded by Tropical Storm Harvey. |
| 1:07.2 | Thousands of people turned out in Berkeley, California to protest a rally planned by white |
| 1:11.9 | supremacist. World champion Floyd Mayweather beat Connor McGregor last night. Now for something you might |
| 1:17.4 | not have heard, we're joined by Sadie Stein. She is a contributing editor at the parish review. Look for |
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