Episode 24: Alain De Botton, Mudville, and Parkside Dining

The Dinner Party Download

American Public Media

Society & Culture

4.6 • 821 Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2009

⏱️ 18 minutes

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This week: bestselling author Alain De Botton gets worked over… joy is found in Mudville… and Rico digs the new wave of on-site restaurant gardens.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Dinner Party Download.
0:04.0	This is your icebreaker.
0:06.0	Two guys are on safari, they're taking pictures of the wildlife,
0:09.0	and they come across his pride of lions, and they're taking pictures of him,
0:13.0	and then the lion sort of starts to creep over to them.
0:16.0	He notices them, and the next thing you know, he's stalking.
0:19.0	So one of the guys, like, you know, puts his camera down and starts tying his shoes really tight.
0:22.7	And the other guy looks at him and goes, dude, if that lion decides to charge, there's no way you're going to be able to outrun him.
0:28.9	He says, I know, I just got to be able to outrun you.
0:34.4	I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum.
0:36.0	I'm Rico Gagliano and from 89.3 KPCC in Los Angeles, this is the dinner party download,
0:42.4	the show that helps you win your next dinner party.
0:45.0	Our icebreaker this week came from G5, bass player of the little heavy metal band that could,
0:50.1	Anvil.
0:50.6	We love you, Anvil.
0:51.7	Later we'll be speaking with our guest of honor, best-selling author, Alain de Botton.
0:55.9	We're like a Renaissance show.
0:57.3	It's extremely varied.
0:59.1	But first, time for small talk.
1:05.1	So, Brendan, this week, an airplane disappeared.
1:07.6	Sadly.
1:08.3	GM disappeared.
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