Episode 245: Steve Martin, Stradivariuses, and Switchel

The Dinner Party Download

American Public Media

Society & Culture

4.6 • 821 Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2014

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

This week: Steve Martin puts on a show as well as a concert … Emily Posts’ progeny pocket dial us … Switchel, a.k.a. Herman Melville’s fave energy drink… Filmmaker Davy Rothbart celebrates beautiful losers – in basketball and life … A British Invasion of radio pirates inspires a rum cocktail – naturally. Plus, a two million dollar puppy, mute violins, and […]

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0:00.0	Welcome to the dinner party download.
0:04.8	This is your icebreaker.
0:06.5	Okay, here's a joke.
0:07.6	Yasha Haifitz was one of the most extraordinary and famous violinists there ever was.
0:12.5	And after a concert, a member of the audience went up to him and said,
0:15.4	Wow, your violin sounds really great.
0:18.0	He held the violin up close to his ear and replied,
0:20.1	Funny, I don't hear anything.
0:25.3	I'm Rico Colliano. I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum. And from APM, American Public Media, this is the
0:31.3	dinner party download, culture, food, and humor to fuel your weekend conversations. You just got a
0:36.4	joke from Margaret Bajer,
0:37.9	concert master for the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.
0:40.2	That'll help break the ice.
0:41.4	We will hear more from her and Estradivarius violin later.
0:44.9	Fantastic.
0:45.5	Plus, we speak with another musician and actor and comedian Steve Martin.
0:50.3	A dinner party heavyweight, folks.
0:51.8	Also coming up, we learn where Pirate Radio got its name, and filmmaker Davy Rothbart lists some beautiful losers.
0:58.2	Plus, switchel.
1:00.1	Don't worry, we're going to tell you what that is.
1:01.9	But first, as at any dinner party, we start with small talks.
1:07.8	All week long, you've been hearing these headlines.
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