Episode 218: Jonathan Lethem, Alt-J, and the Fab Four’s Freda

The Dinner Party Download

American Public Media

Society & Culture

4.6 • 821 Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2013

⏱️ 51 minutes

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This week: Jonathan Lethem goes to New Jersey … Alt-J are kind of over triangles at this point … The Beatles’ secretary gives a peek into music history … Restaurant trends, from bars to bathrooms … Astronaut agriculture … Miss Manners is not telling you to lie, boast, and start rumbles … A tempest in […]

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Dinner Party Download. This is your icebreaker.
0:06.0	Audrey, how does an octopus go to war?
0:09.0	You should ask, Aaron, it goes to war, well armed.
0:12.0	I'm Rico Galliano. I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum, and from APM American Public Media,
0:21.7	this is the Dinner Party Download, the culture show that helps you win this week's dinner
0:26.4	parties. You just got a joke of sorts from Aaron Aates and Audrey Yule, co-directors of the new
0:31.3	documentary, 99% The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film. That'll help break the ice.
0:36.4	Pithy title. Yeah, we'll speak with them later.
0:38.6	Also, we'll hear from award-winning author Jonathan Leatham.
0:41.6	His novel Dissident Gardens came out this week.
0:44.2	Plus, Frida Kelly, former Secretary of the Beatles,
0:46.9	tells us why she stepped off the magical mystery tour.
0:49.9	Bon Appetit Magazine's Andrew Nolton drinks Nebuchadnezzers and Mismaners herself tells you how to avoid hanging out with your coworkers.
0:57.0	Essential, but first, as at any dinner party, we start with small talk.
1:03.5	All week long, you've been hearing these headlines.
1:05.9	President Obama said the U.S. is prepared to hold off on military action against Syria.
1:09.8	Swimmer, Diana Nyat has officially defended herself over accusations that she cheated.
1:14.6	Apple had one of its big unveils.
1:16.6	It's a new iPhone, or should I say iPhones?
1:19.5	Now for a story you might not have heard.
1:21.5	We are speaking with Rehan Harmanci.
1:23.1	She is deputy editor at Modern Farmer.
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