Episode 145: Emily Blunt, Proper Partying, and SubliminalsexScience
The Dinner Party Download
American Public Media
4.6 • 821 Ratings
🗓️ 19 April 2012
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
This week: Actress Emily Blunt explains dolphin break-ups… Rocker Andrew W.K. teaches us how to party properly… New Coke gets remixed… We graze at the Grilled Cheese Invitational… Bestselling science writer Leonard Mladinow decodes subliminal messages… A never-ending note from Jenny Lawson, a.k.a. “The Bloggess”… And Of Montreal’s schizophrenic party soundtrack. Plus, TV for dogs, the art of vinyl, and a folk-joke from duo Mike and Ruthy.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the dinner party. This is your icebreaker. |
| 0:05.0 | Okay, this one's one of my favorites. How many folk singers does it take to screw in a light bulb? |
| 0:10.0 | How many? Four. One to screw in the light bulb and three to sit around and talk about how much better the old one was. |
| 0:16.0 | I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum. |
| 0:21.8 | I'm Rico Gagliano, and from APM American Public Media, this is The Dinner Party, a culture |
| 0:27.3 | show that gives you an edge in your weekend conversations. |
| 0:30.3 | You just got a joke from folk duo Mike and Ruthie. |
| 0:33.0 | That'll help break the ice. |
| 0:34.3 | They've got a new EP out this month. |
| 0:36.2 | Later, we'll speak with actor Emily Blunt, |
| 0:38.0 | star the new movie The Five Year Engagement. Also coming up, rocker and motivational speaker, |
| 0:43.1 | Andrew W.K. tells you how to party. Kevin Barnes from the band of Montreal gives you a party |
| 0:48.0 | soundtrack, and physicist Leonard Miladnau tells you about the party happening in your unconscious. |
| 0:53.9 | Not how to party till your unconscious? |
| 0:55.7 | No, we need these people awake. |
| 0:57.1 | Too bad. |
| 0:57.5 | But first, the news. |
| 1:00.1 | But this is a podcast, so no news. |
| 1:02.1 | Just more fun. |
| 1:07.9 | I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum. |
| 1:09.6 | I'm Rico Galeano. |
| 1:11.0 | Welcome to the dinner party, the culture show that gives you an edge in your weekend conversations. |
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