Episode 110: Miranda July, a Stolen Smile, and the Waterguns of Brixton

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4.5 • 822 Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2011

⏱️ 17 minutes

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This week: Filmmaker and artist Miranda July reveals her secret identity…The Mona Lisa takes an Italian vacation…And Bobbies crack down on super-soakers. Plus, a joke from musician Forrest Day and a mesmerizing tune from Lana Del Rey.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Dinner Party Download. This is your icebreaker.
0:05.0	What do you call a fish with no eyes?
0:09.0	A psh...
0:10.0	I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum.
0:16.0	I'm Rico Galeano and from APM American Public Media. This is the Dinner party download, the show that helps you win your next dinner party.
0:23.7	You just got a joke from Artie Party Rocker, Forrest Day.
0:26.8	Love that.
0:27.2	That'll help break the ice, me too.
0:29.1	And coming up, filmmaker Miranda July, the water guns of Brixton, a stolen smile, and video games.
0:35.5	But first, small talk.
0:39.6	All week long, you've been hearing this.
0:41.6	Another selloff on Wall Street today.
0:43.5	There appears no end to the brutality, the Syrian government.
0:46.1	The governor of Texas, Rick Perry, to enter the race.
0:49.0	Now for something you haven't heard, we are speaking with Adam Felber.
0:52.0	He's a writer for real time with Bill Marr and
0:54.5	regular panelist on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me. Adam, what story are you going to be talking about this
0:58.9	weekend? Well, I'm going to be talking about youthful criminality in England, but not obviously
1:03.3	the riots because that's not good. No, Brendan actually saw that. I was just there last week.
1:08.0	There were helicopters flying overhead in the east end. It felt like LA.
1:11.6	That must have been, it must have startled you as you stood there with a rock in your
1:14.6	hand.
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