Episode 175: Wyatt Cenac, Tilly and the Wall, and Kubrick’s Kitties
The Dinner Party Download
American Public Media
4.6 • 821 Ratings
🗓️ 15 November 2012
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
This week: “The Daily Show”‘s Wyatt Cenac gives us some ‘facts’ to chew on… “Life of Pi” author Yann Martel takes us on his favorite literary journeys…’Classic dining’ makes a comeback…A soundtrack from Tilly and the Wall to set the mood… How NOT to feign interest in arthouse cinema… We pay tribute to dunker-in-chief Daryl Dawkins a.k.a. Chocolate Thunder… Stanley Kubrick gets a close-up…Plus, Turkey Day etiquette, flying cellos, and silly headlines.
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| 0:16.2 | Welcome to The Dinner Party. This is your icebreaker. |
| 0:20.3 | Have you heard about corduroy pillows? |
| 0:23.1 | What about them? |
| 0:24.3 | They're making all the headlines. |
| 0:31.5 | I'm Rico Goliano. |
| 0:33.3 | I'm Brendan Francis Nuneam, and from APM American Public Media, this is The Dinner Party, |
| 0:38.8 | the culture show that gives you an edge in your weekend conversations. |
| 0:42.0 | You just got a textured joke from Neely Jenkins and Nick Wyatt of the band Tilly and the Wall. |
| 0:46.7 | That'll help break the ice. |
| 0:48.1 | They have a new album out called Heavy Mood, and we will be hearing some musical suggestions from them later in the show. |
| 0:53.5 | Also, we'll speak with Wyatt Sannack, writer and comic correspondent for The Daily Show with John Stewart. |
| 0:59.2 | Plus, Jan Martel, author of The Seafaring Adventure Life of Pie, takes us on his favorite literary journeys. |
| 1:05.4 | We hear a modern take on retro eats, and the L.A. County Museum of Art takes a shining to Stanley Kubrick. |
| 1:11.1 | I get it, but first, as at any dinner party, we start with Small Talk. |
| 1:17.9 | All week long, you've been hearing these headlines. |
| 1:20.0 | At his first press event since winning the election, President Obama held firm on higher taxes for the wealthy. |
| 1:25.1 | General David Petraeus has resigned as director of the CIA. |
| 1:29.1 | Skyfall, marking the bond franchise's biggest opening weekend at the box office ever. |
| 1:33.3 | Now for something you haven't heard, we're joined by Jessica Cohen. |
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