Episode 136: Michel Hazanavicius, New Fruit, and Undead Presidents
The Dinner Party Download
American Public Media
4.6 • 821 Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2012
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
This week: “The Artist” director Michel Hazanavicius breaks the silence… Brendan witnesses the arrival of a fruit sensation… Titanic sound achievements, selected by a 7-time Oscar-winning sound designer… Sharon Van Etten’s moody party soundtrack… the real “Bonfire of the Vanities”… and Comedian Sarah Colonna breaks up with eHarmony. Plus, travel trends, a reality-check for gamers, and a joke from Miranda July.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the dinner party. |
| 0:04.0 | This is your icebreaker. |
| 0:06.0 | Knock knock. |
| 0:08.0 | Who's there? |
| 0:10.0 | Sam and Janet. |
| 0:12.0 | Sam and Janet, who? |
| 0:14.0 | Sam and Janet evening |
| 0:16.0 | when you find your true love. |
| 0:19.0 | I'm Rico Gagliano. When you find your true love. |
| 0:24.8 | I'm Rico Gagliano. |
| 0:26.4 | I'm Brendan Francis Nune. |
| 0:28.4 | And from APM American Public Media, |
| 0:29.8 | this is The Dinner Party, |
| 0:31.7 | the culture show that gives you an edge in your weekend conversations. |
| 0:33.5 | You just got a joke from artist, author, |
| 0:35.1 | and filmmaker Miranda July. |
| 0:37.0 | That'll help break the ice. |
| 0:38.4 | She had a very funny cameo on the TV show, Portlandia, this week. |
| 0:42.0 | Later, we'll speak with the director of the Oscar-nominated silent film, The Artist. |
| 0:46.5 | Also coming up, author and comedian Sarah Colonna, |
| 0:49.4 | a formerly forbidden fruit and a dinner party soundtrack from musician Sharon Van Aden. |
| 0:54.6 | No relation to the Van Halen's, but first the news. |
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