Episode 253: Conor Oberst, Colson Whitehead, and Freakonomics
The Dinner Party Download
American Public Media
4.6 • 821 Ratings
🗓️ 17 May 2014
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Musician Conor Oberst gives us a topography lesson … A new movie – and fail-safe flirting tips – from actor Griffin Dunne… ’Freakonomics’ Stephen Dubner is your kryptonite …. Colson Whitehead becomes a gambling man … Inventing the futuristic fastener Velcro … Why bad words might be good for you … Annabelle Gurwitch finds lust in […]
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the dinner party download. |
| 0:03.0 | This is your icebreaker. |
| 0:05.0 | All right, so here's a joke I wrote for my son Solomon, who is 12 years old at the time. |
| 0:11.0 | What do you get when you cross a porcupine and a chainsaw? |
| 0:17.0 | I don't know, but I sure don't want it in my underpants. |
| 0:20.0 | I'm Brendan Frumann. I don't know, but I sure don't want it in my underpants. |
| 0:25.7 | I'm Brendan Francis Noonam. |
| 0:29.3 | I'm Rico Gagliano, and from APM, American Public Media, |
| 0:31.3 | this is The Dinner Party Download, |
| 0:34.3 | the culture show that helps you win your week's dinner parties. |
| 0:38.2 | You just got a sophisticated joke from Stephen Dubner, co-author of the Freakonomics books that'll help break the ice. Especially at a 12-year-old's birthday party. |
| 0:43.1 | In case you're attending a ton of those. Later in the show, Stephen offers etiquette advice, |
| 0:47.6 | and we'll talk to musician Connor Oberst about his new album, Upside Down Mountain. Plus, actor |
| 0:52.7 | Griffin Dunn discovers his mojo and author Colson Whitehead deals. |
| 0:57.5 | But first, as at any dinner party, we start with Small Talk. |
| 1:03.0 | All week long, you've been hearing these headlines. |
| 1:05.3 | A formal dedication today in Lower Manhattan for the new National September 11th Memorial Museum. |
| 1:10.3 | Massive flames across San Diego County. |
| 1:12.7 | Donald Sterling told CNN's Anderson Cooper, he's sorry and wants forgiveness. |
| 1:17.5 | Now for something you might not have heard, we are joined by Rahan Harmancy. |
| 1:20.4 | She is the executive editor of Modern Farmer, the Food and Culture magazine. |
| 1:25.0 | Rayhan, what story are you going to be talking about this weekend? |
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