Episode 134: Anjelica Huston, Doomsday Planes, and Things about Chicken Wings

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American Public Media

Society & Culture

4.6 • 821 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2012

⏱️ 52 minutes

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This week: Actress Anjelica Huston reveals her secret good-luck charm … Writer-provocateur Caitlin Flanagan blends etiquette, therapy, and cake… “The Artist’s” James Cromwell talks quiet… Chickens with four wings… Greeks invade Britain… We toast the end of the world… A poem from imprisoned dissident Liu Xiaobo… Plus, nurture-over-nature, and a Major find from the Asteroids Galaxy Tour.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the dinner party. This is your icebreaker.
0:04.0	Here's a joke, a North Korean joke from Jay Leno.
0:08.0	According to Kim Jong-yi's biography, he's been constantly accused of dishonesty, drunkenness, and sexual excess.
0:15.0	So if he lived here, he could be in Congress.
0:18.0	I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum. I'm Rico Gagliano. He could be in Congress.
0:23.4	I'm Brendan Francis Nune.
0:27.2	I'm Rico Gagliano, and from APM American Public Media.
0:31.9	This is The Dinner Party, the culture show that gives you an edge in your weekend conversations.
0:36.6	You just got a joke from Jay Leno, stolen by Korean-American author Chris Lee.
0:38.3	That'll help break the ice. Please don't sue her, Jay. Please don't, Jay.
0:39.3	Okay.
0:40.3	Her short story collection Drifting House just came out this week.
0:43.3	Later we'll hear from Angelica Houston, star of the new TV series Smash.
0:47.3	Also coming up, writer Caitlin Flanagan takes on etiquette, we take the Asteroids Galaxy Tour,
0:52.3	and James Cromwell of the silent movie The Artist lists his favorite quiet stars.
0:58.0	But first, this news.
1:00.0	Podcast listeners, you've heard it all before.
1:02.0	Death, weather, bad things.
1:04.0	So let's go straight to the show.
1:10.0	I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum.
1:11.5	I'm Rico Gagliano.
1:13.0	Welcome to The Dinner Party, the culture show that gives you an edge in your weekend
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