Episode 151: Michael Apted, Buddy Guy, and Defordometrics
The Dinner Party Download
American Public Media
4.6 • 821 Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2012
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
This week: Director Michael Apted on “56 Up” — the new installment of one of the greatest film series ever… Sportswriting legend Frank Deford tackles your etiquette questions… Guitar master Buddy Guy revisits his Louisiana roots… author Leigh Bardugo lists her favorite fictional worlds… A filmmaking duo plug in to the world of indie video games… and a sweet roll gets a savory twist on Manhattan’s High Line. Plus: We fear the food world’s revolutionary new robot, and spin a Bad Thing from Vermont rocker King Tuff.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to The Dinner Party. |
| 0:04.3 | This is your icebreaker. |
| 0:06.2 | Okay, here's a joke. |
| 0:07.8 | Knock, knock. |
| 0:08.5 | Who's there? |
| 0:09.3 | The KGB. |
| 0:10.4 | KGB, who? |
| 0:11.0 | We will ask the questions. |
| 0:16.1 | I'm Rico Galliano. |
| 0:18.0 | I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum, and from APM American Public Media, this is The Dinner Party, |
| 0:23.3 | the culture show that gives you an edge in your weekend conversations and where we will |
| 0:27.6 | ask the questions. |
| 0:28.6 | Dah! |
| 0:29.6 | You just got a joke from Lee Bardugo. |
| 0:31.6 | That'll help break the ice. |
| 0:32.6 | Lee wrote the new young adult novel, Shadow and Bone, and we'll hear from her later. |
| 0:36.6 | We're also going to interrogate master filmmaker Michael Apted, director of the new young adult novel Shadow and Bone and we'll hear from her later. We're also going to interrogate master filmmaker Michael Apted, director of the new documentary 56 Up. |
| 0:42.6 | Also, blues legend buddy guy talks about his first gig. We hear a new song from King |
| 0:47.5 | Tuff and we sink our teeth into some sticky pork rolls. Yes, actually we don't even use |
| 0:53.2 | our teeth. We just inhale the rolls. |
| 0:55.0 | We just inhale them. It is quite a show. But first, as at any dinner party, we start with Small Talk. |
| 1:01.0 | All week long, you've been hearing these headlines. |
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