Episode 204: Ellen Page, Colum McCann, and Miraculous Fruits
The Dinner Party Download
American Public Media
4.6 • 821 Ratings
🗓️ 7 June 2013
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
This week: Actress Ellen Page (The East) on saving the planet and playing with dolls… National Book Award winner Colum McCann takes us on a Transatlantic trip…Laura Osnes – Tony-nominated Cinderella on Broadway – shares her favorite rags-to-riches stories… Rico stuffs himself with stuffies… Etiquette advice to make air travel a tiny bit more comfortable… […]
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| 0:17.3 | Welcome to the dinner party download. This is your icebreaker. |
| 0:20.6 | I come from a Jewish family, and I love old vaudevillian humor, and I'm... Welcome to the dinner party download. This is your icebreaker. |
| 0:24.6 | I come from a Jewish family, and I love old vaudevillian humor, |
| 0:29.6 | and one of my favorite old chestnuts is there's a group of old Jewish women sitting in a restaurant, |
| 0:31.7 | and the waiter comes up to them, and he says, |
| 0:34.8 | Good evening, ladies. Is anything all right? |
| 0:40.3 | I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum. Hi, I'm Rico Gagliano, and from APM American Public Media, this is The Dinner Party Download, |
| 0:45.3 | the culture show that helps you win your dinner party. |
| 0:48.3 | You just got a joke from Zach Schwartz of the band Rogue Wave. |
| 0:51.3 | That'll help break the ice. |
| 0:52.3 | Nice. |
| 0:53.3 | Their new album Nightingale Floors came out this week. Later, we'll speak with actor Ellen Page, one of the band Rogue Wave. That'll help break the ice. Nice. Their new album, Nightingale Floors, came out this week. |
| 0:55.9 | Later, we'll speak with actor Ellen Page, one of the stars of the new movie, The East. |
| 1:00.1 | Also coming up, Tony-nominated actress Laura Osniss shares her favorite Cinderella stories. |
| 1:05.1 | We learn the weirdest fruits in the world, and National Book Award-winning author, Collin McCann, reads from his new book, |
| 1:11.3 | Transatlantic. But first, as at any dinner party, we start with small talk. |
| 1:17.6 | All week long, you've been hearing these headlines. |
| 1:20.1 | Huge stars like A-ROT may face significant suspensions and a massive doping scandal. |
| 1:25.5 | The NBA finals begin as the Miami Heat hosts the San Antonio Spurs. |
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