Episode 114: Steve James, Must-See Docs, and Jens Lekman

The Dinner Party Download

American Public Media

Society & Culture

4.6 • 821 Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2011

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

This week: Steve James, director of “Hoop Dreams” and “The Interrupters,” interrupts our regularly scheduled programming to list some docs you’ll love, even if you’re doc-avoidant. Plus, Swedish singer-songwriter Jens Lekman gets up in his own grill. Much more to come as we prep for a longer, tastier DPD… stay tuned.

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0:00.0	I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum.
0:05.8	I'm Rico Gagliano and welcome to the Dinner Party Download, the show that helps you win
0:10.2	this weekend's dinner party.
0:11.7	Coming up, a new tune from one of Sweden's greatest exports, right up there with those
0:16.1	little red fish, Yen's Lechman.
0:18.0	Yes.
0:19.0	But first, something a little different.
0:20.3	As we mentioned last week, we will soon be expanding the show.
0:23.9	Kind of like what we do to your mind, except we're doing it to the show.
0:27.1	Exactly.
0:27.8	We got some government investment to expand our infrastructure.
0:31.6	No, we didn't.
0:32.3	I wish.
0:33.1	Basically, the episodes are going to be a little longer in the future.
0:35.9	So in addition to the segments you know and love, we're going to add some new ones.
0:39.0	Yes.
0:39.3	Like possibly one called The Guest List, in which we have an interesting person, lists some interesting things.
0:45.2	It's another high concept.
0:46.6	There you go.
0:47.2	And second, we are going to play you our first crack at it, starring documentary filmmaker Steve James. He is best known for his movie Hoop Dreams,
0:54.8	which The New York Times lists as one of the greatest movies ever made.
0:58.6	Really?
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