Episode 219: Colin Firth, Bobby Flay, and Molly Ringwald’s Vault
The Dinner Party Download
American Public Media
4.6 • 821 Ratings
🗓️ 20 September 2013
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
This week: Oscar-winning actor Colin Firth explores masks and the mind… We grill star chef Bobby Flay on etiquette… Food writer Michael Pollan says we are because we cook…Molly Ringwald sets a new standard for musical standards… Jane Fonda’s headbands & home videos inspire a health-crazed cocktail… And Mike Wolfe of “American Pickers” strikes it […]
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Dinner Party Download. This is your icebreaker. |
| 0:06.0 | This is a joke I heard last weekend. Why do cows wear bells? |
| 0:10.0 | Because their horns don't work. |
| 0:13.0 | I'm Rico Galliano. |
| 0:18.0 | I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum and from APM American Public Media, this is The Dinner Party Download, |
| 0:24.6 | the culture show that gives you everything you need to win this week's dinner parties. |
| 0:28.6 | You just got a joke from Elliot Bergman, half of rock duo Wild Bell, that'll help break the ice. |
| 0:33.6 | The band's on tour now and all autumn long. |
| 0:36.6 | Later actor Colin Firth tells us about his movie Arthur Newman. |
| 0:40.1 | It just came out on DVD. |
| 0:41.6 | And if that sounds familiar, that's because this is an encore broadcast of one of our favorite past episodes. |
| 0:46.4 | Indeed. |
| 0:46.7 | It also features conversation with food writer Michael Pollan and chef Bobby Flay. |
| 0:50.9 | You can see why it is a favorite episode. |
| 0:53.1 | So cast your mind back to April when, as at any |
| 0:56.2 | dinner party, we started with small talks. All week long, you've been hearing these headlines? |
| 1:02.9 | The NFL draft gets underway tonight at Radio City Music Hall in New York. The city of West. People are |
| 1:07.9 | helping each other recover from the disaster. The dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum. |
| 1:14.7 | Now for something you haven't heard, we are joined by Rahan Harmanci. |
| 1:17.5 | She's the deputy editor of Modern Farmer, which is a magazine dedicated to food and farming. |
| 1:23.2 | Rehan, what story are you going to be talking about this weekend? |
| 1:25.7 | Well, we have all heard of the new share economy. |
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