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The Dinner Party Download

Dinner for One: Jordan Peele Reflects on the Real Horrors at the Heart of ‘Get Out’

The Dinner Party Download

American Public Media

Society & Culture

4.6821 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2017

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

This week, something a little different! We’re giving you the first in an all-new series we’re calling “Dinner for One” — essentially, a single, almost unedited conversation with someone amazing. This time, comedy — and now horror — genius Jordan Peele chats with Rico about “Get Out,” the new film he wrote and directed.  The […]

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0:00.0

I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum.

0:05.3

I'm Rico Gagliano.

0:06.7

Welcome to a special podcast-only edition of the Dinner Party Download.

0:10.7

We are honored you chose to bring our voices along on your commute or your gym workout, your Sunday chores.

0:17.1

Or for using us to tune out your parents, who at this moment are shouting at you to take off

0:21.2

the headphones and act like you're part of the family, for God's sake. That's right. For once.

0:25.6

We're very happy to be with you with that weird spat. And this week, we've got something a little

0:30.5

different prepared. That's right. So we have this radio show and our listeners on the radio show

0:35.4

are going to hear a rerun episode this week. But for you special

0:39.1

podcast people, we are nice. We have an all-new series that we're introducing. We're calling

0:43.3

Dinner for One. Can you imagine what it is? It features a single, almost unedited conversation

0:49.1

with an amazing person. And this week, we speak with the comedy and now horror genius, Jordan Peel. It is well worth it. You may know Jordan as half of a comedy duo Key and Peel. Their Comedy

0:59.5

Central show produced what we believe to be some of the funniest and most incisive satire

1:04.0

of the last many moons, often centering around issues of race, here is a clip.

1:09.0

Jordan and I are, we're biracial.

1:11.6

Yes, half black, half white.

1:13.6

And because of that, we find ourselves particularly adept at lying.

1:18.6

Because on a daily basis, we have to adjust our blackness.

1:23.6

You know what I mean?

1:25.6

Oh, no, there's many reasons we do that. I mean, to terrify white people.

1:29.3

Yes, that's one of the main reasons.

1:31.3

One of the main reasons.

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