Episode 183: David O. Russell, George Saunders, and Experiments with Cale
The Dinner Party Download
American Public Media
4.6 • 821 Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2013
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
This week: Director David O. Russell (“Silver Linings Playbook,” “The Fighter”) steals the show…The Velvet Underground’s John Cale experiments with a list… Writer George Saunders weighs man purses and messenger bags…Comedian Nick Kroll (“Kroll Show”) tries to mix Oktoberfest and Yom Kippur – then has to flee Germany…We learn about the birth of Texas Oil Boom, and drink a slick cocktail…And there’s a new French dessert to swoon over…Plus, brilliant hatchet jobs, a viola-nt joke, and a trippy track from Foxygen.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to The Dinner Party. This is your icebreaker. |
| 0:05.0 | Here's a joke. What's the difference for the viola and a trampoline? |
| 0:09.0 | I don't know what is the difference. |
| 0:11.0 | You don't have to tune a trampoline before you jump on it. |
| 0:13.0 | I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum. |
| 0:19.0 | I'm Rico Galliano, and from APM American Public Media, this is The Dinner Party, the culture show that gives you an edge in your weekend conversations. |
| 0:27.9 | You just got a joke from Viola Player and founding member of the Velvet Underground, John Kale. |
| 0:32.9 | That'll help break the ice. |
| 0:34.7 | We'll be hearing more from John later. |
| 0:36.4 | Also, we chat with director |
| 0:37.6 | David O. Russell. His latest film, Silver Linings Playbook, was nominated for eight Academy Awards |
| 0:42.8 | this week. Plus, actor and comedian Nick Kroll talks about getting run out of Munich on a rail. |
| 0:48.5 | Author George Saunders weighs messenger bags versus man purses. We find out why De Quas is the new black, and we inhale the latest musical element, foxygen. |
| 0:58.1 | But first, as at any dinner party, we start with Small Talk. |
| 1:04.2 | All week long, you've been hearing these headlines. |
| 1:06.8 | President Obama's second term cabinet is taking shape. |
| 1:09.7 | Blue season is getting worse. |
| 1:11.1 | Cases are now widespread in more than two-thirds of the country. |
| 1:14.5 | Three of baseball's biggest names were shut out of the Hall of Fame. |
| 1:18.9 | Now for a story you might not have heard. |
| 1:20.7 | We are speaking with Sadie Stein. |
| 1:22.5 | She is deputy editor of the literary magazine, The Paris Review. |
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