Episode 160: Rashida Jones, LeVar Burton, and Parody Picks
The Dinner Party Download
American Public Media
4.6 • 821 Ratings
🗓️ 2 August 2012
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
This Week: Actress Rashida Jones plays matchmaker… “Reading Rainbow”‘s LeVar Burton wields a knife – with discernment… Comic Paul Scheer’s parody picks… Les Savy Fav bassist Syd Butler talks hockey, Joy division and secret identities… We speak — and drink — Esperanto… author Ariel S. Winter channels 3 crime-lit legends… and Rico eats the best Pop Tart ever. Plus: the death of chivalry and a pop lullaby from The Babies.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the dinner party. This is your icebreaker. |
| 0:05.0 | What happened when Ralph Waldo Emerson got too drunk? |
| 0:09.0 | He was throwing up. |
| 0:11.0 | Can I tell another one that is kind of related? |
| 0:13.0 | Okay, why couldn't Henry David Thoreau leave his room? |
| 0:17.0 | Because he was Walden. |
| 0:19.0 | I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum. |
| 0:24.6 | I'm Rico Gagliano and from APM American Public Media, this is The Dinner Party, the culture |
| 0:30.1 | show that gives you an edge in your weekend conversations. |
| 0:33.1 | You just got a joke from Cassie Ramon from indie band Vivian Girls. |
| 0:36.6 | That'll help break the ice. Later on we'll hear a new tune from Cassie Ramon from indie band Vivian Girls. That'll help break the ice. |
| 0:38.4 | Later on, we'll hear a new tune from Cassie's side project, The Babies. |
| 0:42.5 | Also, we'll speak with actress Rashida Jones, writer and star of the new movie Celeste |
| 0:46.8 | and Jesse Forever. |
| 0:48.0 | Plus, comedian Paul Shear lists his favorite TV parodies, and Reading Rainbow host, |
| 0:52.9 | LaVar Burton teaches you how to behave |
| 0:54.6 | at dinner parties and book clubs. |
| 0:56.6 | Of course. |
| 0:57.6 | But first, reality. |
| 0:59.8 | And if you were listening on the radio, this is where you'd hear the hourly NPR news, |
| 1:03.5 | but you're listening by podcast, so you get to skip straight to fun. |
| 1:07.7 | I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum. I'm Rico Gagliano. fun. |
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