Episode 264: Margaret Atwood, Tim Gunn, and Hulk Hogan: Hero
The Dinner Party Download
American Public Media
4.6 • 821 Ratings
🗓️ 1 August 2014
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
This week: literary giant Margaret Atwood is prepared for giant bears… Tim Gunn returns, just in time for Project Runway’s 13th season debut, to save listeners from the ‘comfort trap’… Guitarist Steve Gunn (no relation to Tim, as far as we know) spins a mellow party playlist… The author behind the bestselling “Jack Reacher” series […]
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| 0:00.0 | And a couple more things, folks. I'm RICO, by the way. We wanted to let you know the next three |
| 0:04.8 | episodes of the dinner party download will be some of our favorite shows from the archives. |
| 0:10.2 | That is because it's August, and for the first time and a long time of doing this thing, |
| 0:14.1 | we are taking a summer break to rest up and to stock up on interviews for the episodes ahead. |
| 0:19.3 | But never fear for you, the special citizens of our podcast nation. |
| 0:24.8 | We've got a podcast-only mini episode or two waiting in the wings, |
| 0:28.2 | including one we're uploading on Tuesday, August 5th, |
| 0:32.3 | featuring music from our recent live show in North Carolina, |
| 0:35.3 | played by the great pop band Teenage Fan Club. So keep checking |
| 0:39.9 | your podcasting app of choice for that. Meanwhile, a very happy summer to you. And now, here's |
| 0:45.2 | your icebreaker. What does the Canadian in Los Angeles say when they get ill? |
| 0:51.5 | Get me to an airplane. |
| 0:57.0 | I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum. |
| 0:59.0 | I'm Rico Gagliano and from APM American Public Media, this is The Dinner Party Download, |
| 1:04.0 | the culture show that helps you win your weekend dinner parties. |
| 1:07.0 | You just got a joke from novelist and Canadian Margaret Atwood. |
| 1:10.0 | That'll help break the ice. |
| 1:12.1 | Her novel, Mad Adam, comes out this month in paperback, and we'll speak to her later. |
| 1:16.3 | Also, America's favorite fashion friend Tim Gunn stops by to tell you how to dress and behave. |
| 1:21.7 | And if all that sounds familiar, that's because this is an encore broadcast of a show we |
| 1:25.1 | first aired last September. |
| 1:27.2 | Trust us, anything with Tim Gunn is worth a second listen. |
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