Episode 103: Bonnie Jo Campbell, 2nd Class Babies, and Getting Outta Dodge

The Dinner Party Download

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Society & Culture

4.5 • 822 Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2011

⏱️ 18 minutes

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This week: Author Bonnie Jo Campbell goes zonkeys…The rowdies get out of Dodge…And Ashton Kutcher’s twitter account solves traffic crises. Plus, a joke from celebrated author Matthew Gallaway, and a new track from the Unknown Mortal Orchestra.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Dinner Party Download. This is your icebreaker.
0:04.0	This is an old joke from like elementary school. It's a lifelong favorite. It's three parts.
0:09.0	First part, what's the same about an elephant in a grave?
0:12.0	I don't know. What?
0:14.0	They're both purple, except for the elephant.
0:16.0	What did Tarzan say when he saw the elephants coming over the hill?
0:20.0	What did he say? Here come the elephants. But what did Jane say when he saw the elephants coming over the hill? What did he say?
0:21.6	Here come the elephants.
0:22.6	But what did Jane say when she saw the elephants coming over the hill?
0:25.6	I don't know.
0:26.6	Here come the grapes.
0:27.6	Jane was colorblind.
0:29.6	I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum.
0:34.6	I'm Rico Gagliano and from APM American Public Media, this is the Dinner Party Download,
0:40.3	the show that helps you win your next dinner party.
0:42.3	Our icebreaker this week came from writer Matthew Galloway.
0:45.3	His debut novel is called the Metropolis Case.
0:48.3	A Pittsburgh homeboy.
0:49.3	Good on you, Matthew.
0:50.3	Where are you from again?
0:51.3	Pittsburgh.
0:52.3	Coming up, acclaimed author Bonnie Joe Campbell, Wild West Bulls,
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