Episode 251: Kevin Spacey, Ruth Reichl, Todd Snider and Elephant
The Dinner Party Download
American Public Media
4.6 • 821 Ratings
🗓️ 3 May 2014
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
This week: Stage & screen star Kevin Spacey channels Richard III (and Bill Clinton)… Food icon Ruth Reichl has us eating her words… folk-rocker Todd Snider meets Tony Bennett in an unlikely place… English pop duo Elephant come together to DJ a dance party… Pluto gets discovered, gets a name – and then gets demoted […]
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Dinner Party Download. This is your icebreaker. |
| 0:06.0 | What did the grapes say when the elephant stepped on him? |
| 0:10.0 | He just let out a little wine. |
| 0:13.0 | I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum. |
| 0:19.0 | I'm Rico Galliano and from APM American Public Media, this is The Dinner Party Download, the show that helps you win your dinner party. |
| 0:26.5 | You just got a joke from Food Writer, Food Icon, Ruth Rachel. |
| 0:30.5 | That'll help break the ice. |
| 0:31.9 | We'll talk with her later about her new novel, Delicious. |
| 0:34.7 | Plus, we chat with actor Kevin Spacey about Shakespeare, House of Cards, |
| 0:39.4 | and Bill Clinton. |
| 0:40.3 | I love that House of Cards. Oh, no, it's good. I'll tell you why. |
| 0:44.3 | Crazy. Also coming up, we drink a bed of wildflowers. Brit pop duo Elephant suggests songs |
| 0:49.4 | that'll make you dance on a bed. And folk musician Todd Snyder tells us about the time he was robbed by Tony Bennett. |
| 0:55.8 | Never trust the crooner. |
| 0:57.0 | They are very slick customers. |
| 0:58.3 | But first, as at any dinner party, we start with small talk. |
| 1:04.0 | All week long, you've been hearing these headlines. |
| 1:06.6 | L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling is out. |
| 1:09.7 | Disney has announced the cast of Star Wars Episode 7. |
| 1:13.2 | An extraordinary wave of violent weather unfurling across the eastern third of the country. |
| 1:17.7 | Now for a story you might not have heard, we are speaking with Stacey Vanek-Smith. |
| 1:21.2 | She is senior reporter at the excellent public radio business show Marketplace. |
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