Episode 259: Rich Sommer, Jackie Collins, and Roger Ebert, Remembered
The Dinner Party Download
American Public Media
4.6 • 821 Ratings
🗓️ 28 June 2014
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
The life and legacy of critic Roger Ebert … Secret liaisons with Jackie Collins … Boozing and camping with “Mad Men” actor Rich Sommer … Heavy metal rockers Zig Zags crash your party … A spooky, supernatural adventure … Crafting a symbol of Pride … A joke for book-worms … And dating for super-nerds.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the dinner party download. |
| 0:04.6 | This is your icebreaker. |
| 0:06.6 | Okay, here's a good joke for those of you who like math as much as I do. |
| 0:11.2 | What did one math book say to the other? |
| 0:15.4 | Man, do I have problems. |
| 0:23.6 | I'm Rico Galliano. I'm Brendan Francis Nuneman from APM American Public Media. |
| 0:26.6 | This is the Dinner Party Download, the show that helps you win your dinner party. |
| 0:31.6 | You just got a joke from author Emma Straub. |
| 0:33.6 | That'll help break the ice. |
| 0:34.6 | Her new book, The Vacationers, is on the bestseller list as we speak. |
| 0:38.8 | Later, we'll chat with Hoop Dreams director Steve James about the late beloved film critic Roger Ebert. |
| 0:44.0 | Should insert a thumbs-up joke right here. |
| 0:45.8 | That's right. |
| 0:46.4 | Also coming up, actor Rich Summer of TV's Mad Men tells us about the Sorted Origins of Uno, |
| 0:51.7 | and you'll get etiquette advice from one of our favorite guests, |
| 0:54.4 | Queen of the Beach Reed, Jackie Collins. |
| 0:56.2 | Who definitely knows about bad behavior. |
| 0:58.5 | But first, as at any dinner party, we start with small talks. |
| 1:04.1 | All week long, you've been hearing these headlines. |
| 1:06.6 | The Obama administration is asking Congress to help train and equip moderate rebels battling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. |
| 1:13.2 | Supporters of gay marriage are celebrating two Supreme Court decisions today. |
| 1:17.1 | The United States escapes the so-called group of death. |
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