Episode 159: Zoe Kazan, Passion Pit and New Wave Fish Sandwiches
The Dinner Party Download
American Public Media
4.6 • 821 Ratings
🗓️ 27 July 2012
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
This week: Actor/writer Zoe Kazan makes a psychic connection… Passion Pit’s Michael Angelakos provides the soundtrack for a party for two… Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson shares the gold medal’s shocking secret… Author Charles Yu feels your pain… Brendan catches the fish sandwich wave… and we travel back in time with bestselling essayist Sloane Crosley. Plus: Snoop Lion, the birth of Bugs Bunny, and dudes! — the Posts are back with etiquette tips.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the dinner party. This is your icebreaker. |
| 0:06.0 | I'll tell you the joke that my sister made up, all right? |
| 0:09.0 | Okay. Knock, knock. |
| 0:11.0 | Who's there? Tickle. |
| 0:12.0 | Tickle who? |
| 0:13.0 | Tickle Rico! |
| 0:15.0 | I'm Rico Galeano. |
| 0:21.6 | I'm Brendan Francis Nunaman from APM American Public Media. |
| 0:25.6 | This is The Dinner Party, the culture show that gives you an edge in your weekend conversations. |
| 0:30.6 | You just got a joke from actress and writer Zoe Kazan, the punchline of which was indeed her tickling me. |
| 0:36.6 | That'll help break the ice with someone who doesn't mind being tickled by a stranger. |
| 0:41.5 | We will speak with Zoe later about her new film, Ruby Sparks. |
| 0:45.2 | Also coming up, three-time Olympic medalist Sean Johnson does not tickle me, |
| 0:49.3 | but gets us behind the scenes of that big sports event happening this week in London, |
| 0:53.6 | and the band Passion Pit suggest some tunes. |
| 0:56.2 | But first, as at any dinner party, we start with Small Talk. |
| 1:02.2 | All week long, you've been hearing these headlines. |
| 1:04.3 | In the Midwest, the drought is doing a number on corn. |
| 1:07.6 | The president of Chick-fil-A has taken a very public stand against same-sex marriage. |
| 1:11.4 | The U.S. women's soccer team defeated France four to two. Now for something you haven't heard, |
| 1:15.9 | we turn to Amber Bravo. She is the deputy editor of the fader, which is a culture magazine. Amber, |
| 1:21.8 | what story are you going to be talking about this weekend? I'm going to be talking about Snoop Dog's |
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