Episode 248: Jim Jarmusch, Lavender Country, and Horseradish Hazards
The Dinner Party Download
American Public Media
4.6 • 821 Ratings
🗓️ 11 April 2014
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
This week: Filmmaker Jim Jarmusch sinks his teeth into a new genre and Tom Waits metaphors… Comedy writer Carol Leifer (“Seinfeld,” “SNL”) kicks off her shoes… Lavender Country brought gay rights to country … ”Review” star Andy Daly reviews other reviewers … Rock music insider Lisa Robinson shares her backstage stories (and takes credit for U2) […]
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the dinner party download. This is your icebreaker. |
| 0:05.0 | Here's a joke. A child told me recently, which was a hamburger and a hot dog walk into a bar, |
| 0:12.0 | and the bartender says, hey guys, I'm sorry we don't serve food in here. |
| 0:18.0 | Not good. Not a good show. |
| 0:30.2 | I'm Rico Galeano. I'm Brendan Francis Nune. And from APM, American Public Media, this is the Dinner Party Download, the culture show that helps you win your dinner party. |
| 0:34.5 | You just got not a good joke from filmmaker Jim |
| 0:37.5 | Jarmish. It was sort of charming though. It was charming, |
| 0:39.8 | so that'll help break the ice. We'll talk to him later about his new film. |
| 0:43.5 | Also, we'll chat with comedian Carol Leifer, |
| 0:45.7 | rock music writer of Lisa Robinson, |
| 0:47.9 | and Andy Daley, star of the new Comedy Central show review, |
| 0:51.0 | lists his favorite guinea pigs. Plus, we learn |
| 0:53.4 | about ping pong diplomacy and snored horse radish. |
| 0:56.6 | And that's not a euphemism. |
| 0:57.9 | Nope. |
| 0:58.2 | But first, as at any dinner party, we start with small talk. |
| 1:04.3 | All week long, you've been hearing these headlines. |
| 1:06.7 | A security flaw in one of the most popular encryption programs on the web is raising alarms. |
| 1:11.7 | Growing optimism that search teams are honing in on the remains of Flight 370. |
| 1:16.3 | The day after the Huskies men's team knocked off Kentucky, Connecticut, hammered Notre Dame to win the NCAA women's title. |
| 1:21.6 | Now for something you might not have heard, we are joined by Stacey Vanek-Smith. |
| 1:24.8 | She is a senior reporter at the Public Radio Business Show Marketplace. |
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