Episode 267: Elisabeth Moss, Alice Waters, George Takei, Jon Wurster
The Dinner Party Download
American Public Media
4.6 • 821 Ratings
🗓️ 23 August 2014
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Elisabeth Moss’ supernatural surprise … Taking on George Takei .. Jon Wurster drums in some etiquette lessons … An apple a day won’t keep Alice Waters away … We dig up the story of Daguerreotypes … Greg Poehler is an American fish in an cold Swedish pond … Otis Gibbs rambles about being a ramblin’ man … […]
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the dinner party download. This is your icebreaker. |
| 0:06.0 | I got this jigsaw puzzle for my birthday and I thought, I'm going to put that sucker together. |
| 0:11.0 | I'm going to do it right now. And I hunkered down on it and I got it put together in just nine hours. |
| 0:17.0 | And I felt pretty dang good about that since the box said five to six years. |
| 0:26.0 | I'm Rico Gagliano. |
| 0:31.7 | I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum, and from APM American Public Media, this is the Dinner Party Download, |
| 0:35.1 | the culture show that gives you an edge in your weekend conversations. |
| 0:38.3 | You just got a joke from country folk musician Otis Gibbs. That'll help break the ice. |
| 0:39.3 | He's on tour now and we'll hear more from him later. |
| 0:41.3 | Also, we'll speak with actor Elizabeth Moss, star of the new movie The One I Love, and of course the hit TV show Mad Men. |
| 0:48.3 | Plus, polyamorous indie rock drummer John Worcester provides etiquette tips, food icon Alice Waters, talk school lunches, |
| 0:56.0 | and actor George Dakey tries to make me a trekkey. |
| 0:58.7 | And Greg Polar, star of the new NBC show, Welcome to Sweden, lists his favorite fish out of water stories. |
| 1:05.6 | Which are my favorite kind because a fish out of water is one step closer to my stomach. |
| 1:11.0 | Sure. |
| 1:11.8 | And fish are delicious. |
| 1:12.9 | Also, a swimming fish won't stay on a bagel. |
| 1:15.1 | No, they won't. |
| 1:15.8 | But first, as at any dinner party, we start with small talks. |
| 1:21.2 | All week long, you've been hearing these headlines? |
| 1:23.6 | Dr. Kent Brantley is leaving the hospital after surviving the deadly Ebola virus. |
| 1:28.4 | Attorney General Eric Holder prepares to travel to Ferguson to meet with investigators and community leaders. |
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