Episode 138: Stephin Merritt, Vengeance Eating, and Alka-hol
The Dinner Party Download
American Public Media
4.6 • 821 Ratings
🗓️ 2 March 2012
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
This week: Stephin Merritt’s attraction to love… Actress Amy Brenneman adjudicates listener etiquette… A vengeful lunch with Joel Stein… an Alkaholic drink… Neil deGrasse Tyson defends space… Bill Plympton’s favorite animation… and a 3-song prescription from Dr. Dog. Plus: Aggie yells, a Dinner Party Timeout, and a cross-word joke from singer Cate le Bon.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the dinner party. |
| 0:04.0 | This is your icebreaker. |
| 0:06.0 | Okay, I've got a joke for you. |
| 0:08.0 | Two nuns are driving and a vampire jumps out in front of the car. |
| 0:14.0 | And one nun says to the other, |
| 0:16.0 | Quickly Mary, get out and show me across. |
| 0:18.0 | So Mary gets out the car and says to the vampire, |
| 0:21.6 | I am so angry with you right now. |
| 0:27.6 | That'll show him. I'm Rico Gagliano. |
| 0:29.6 | I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum. |
| 0:31.6 | And from APM American Public Media, this is The Dinner Party, |
| 0:34.6 | the culture show that gives you an edge in your weekend conversations. |
| 0:38.1 | You just got a joke from Welsh singer-songwriter Kate LeBahn. |
| 0:41.4 | That'll help break the ice. |
| 0:42.7 | She's on tour now. |
| 0:44.1 | Later, we'll speak with Stephen Merritt about the new album from his band, The Magnetic Fields. |
| 0:48.4 | Also coming up, judging Amy's Amy Brennaman judges your etiquette questions. |
| 0:52.8 | Yes. |
| 0:53.3 | And science facts from the sexiest astrophysicist alive. |
| 0:56.6 | But first, some Earth news. |
| 0:59.3 | But since podcasts are timeless, let's go straight to Small Talk. |
| 1:06.3 | I'm Rico Galliano. |
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