Episode 237: Zoe Kazan, Jackie Collins, and Thinking Outside the Pizza Box

The Dinner Party Download

American Public Media

Society & Culture

4.6 • 821 Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2014

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Zoe Kazan, writer/star of “Ruby Sparks” and the new play “Trudy & Max in Love,” uses our show to save a chihuahua… bestselling author Jackie Collins kidnaps our etiquette segment… Actor Sam Harris remembers the little people on his rise to stardom… all about an American who was big in Japan… New software monitors if […]

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0:00.0	Welcome to the dinner party download.
0:03.0	This is your icebreaker.
0:05.0	Okay, here's a joke.
0:06.0	How many actors does it take to screw in a light bulb?
0:09.0	100. One to change it and 99 to say,
0:13.0	you know, I could have done that better.
0:19.0	I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum.
0:21.1	I'm Rico Gagliano, and from APM American Public Media, this is The Dinner Party Download,
0:26.8	the culture show that gives you an edge in your weekend conversations.
0:30.0	You just got a joke from actor and gadfly, Sam Harris.
0:33.5	Indeed.
0:34.0	Author of the new essay collection, Ham, Slices of a Life, that'll help break the ice.
0:38.5	We'll hear more from Sam later.
0:39.9	Plus, we'll speak with actor and writer Zoe Kazan about her new play, Trudy and Max in Love.
0:44.9	Also coming up, musician Jeremy Jay DJs Your Next Party.
0:48.5	We dig into an Oscar-nominated short film, and we learn why fiction writer Jackie Collins
0:52.6	recommends this cure for the common kidnapping.
0:55.5	gag first and then legs second.
0:57.9	But first, as at any dinner party, we start with small talks.
1:03.4	All week long, you've been hearing these headlines.
1:05.9	Heavy snow slammed the East Coast yesterday.
1:08.4	The rough start and the talks for peace in Syria. Well, he's one of the best cornerbacks in the NFL.
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