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The Dinner Party Download

Episode 233: Liev Schreiber, Wild Belle, and Cheese Drama

The Dinner Party Download

American Public Media

Society & Culture

4.6821 Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2013

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

This Week: We take a brief holiday break (and hope you’re able to do the same) and leave you with this choice episode from earlier in the year … Liev Schreiber (just nominated for a 2014 Golden Globe) talks canine engineering and bad answers … Choire Sicha, founder of The Awl, offers etiquette quips … Chicago […]

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0:00.0

Hi, everybody. You know, the dinner party download wouldn't exist without listeners like you.

0:04.7

True. If this podcast helped you dazzle your friends in 2013, please support it as part of your year-end giving.

0:10.9

You can think of it as a tip for good service, but this time you get a tax deduction in return and a special gift from our show.

0:17.0

Very special. It is. Donate at dinner party download.org. Welcome to the show. This is your

0:22.2

icebreaker. All right. So how many hipsters does it take to screw in a lifeboat? I don't know how many.

0:28.7

It's like an obscure number. You've probably never heard of it.

0:35.1

I am Rico Galliano. I'm Brendan Francis Noonamam, and from APM American Public Media, this is the Dinner Party Download,

0:42.3

the culture show that helps you win your week's dinner parties.

0:45.3

You just got a joke from filmmaker Jordan Vote Roberts. That'll help break the ice.

0:49.3

Jordan directed the hit indie movie The Kings of Summer.

0:52.3

Just the guy to provide a joke this winter.

0:55.0

It is a little ironic.

0:56.0

Later we will speak with actor Leav Schreiber.

0:58.0

He is up for a Golden Globe Award for his title role in the Showtime series Ray Donovan.

1:03.0

Also coming up, writer Corey Sika tells you how to behave.

1:06.0

Journalist Daniel Patternetti tells us a cheesy story.

1:09.0

And in a few minutes, brother and sister musical

1:11.4

duo Wild Bell, suggest tunes to play at your next dinner party.

1:14.7

And if this all sounds vaguely familiar, that's because this is a rebroadcast of one of our

1:18.5

favorite shows of the year.

1:20.3

We're replaying it because it's full of great stuff, and because we wanted to visit our folks

1:24.6

for the holidays, frankly.

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