Episode 273: Jeffrey Tambor, Perfume Genius, and Quincy Jones
The Dinner Party Download
American Public Media
4.6 • 821 Ratings
🗓️ 4 October 2014
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Actor Jeffrey Tambor comes to terms with a catch-phrase … Perfume Genius really wants you to care as much about these songs as he does … Quincy Jones shares what he learned from jazz man Clark Terry … What a jar of baby food teaches us about society … Edgar Allan Poe’s creepy demise – […]
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the dinner party download. This is your icebreaker. |
| 0:06.0 | Here's a joke I just saw on the internet. Why shouldn't you write with a broken pencil? |
| 0:12.0 | It's pointless. |
| 0:15.0 | I'm Rico Galliano. I'm Brendan Francis Nune, and from APM American Public Media, this is the Dinner Party |
| 0:25.2 | Download, the culture show that helps you win your dinner parties. |
| 0:28.7 | You just got a joke from musician Mike Hedraeus, better known as Perfume Genius. |
| 0:32.8 | That'll help break the ice. |
| 0:34.1 | His new album Too Bright is out now, and we'll hear more from him later. Plus, we'll speak |
| 0:38.3 | with beloved actor Jeffrey Tambor, star of the Larry Sanders show, Arrested Development, |
| 0:43.0 | and the celebrated new show, Transparent. Also coming up, music legend Quincy Jones talks about |
| 0:48.1 | music legend Clark Terry. Comedian and author Bob Odenkirk advocates for his abdomen, and baby |
| 0:53.9 | food through the ages. |
| 0:55.2 | We talk about it and eat it. |
| 0:56.8 | Because that's our job. |
| 0:57.8 | But first, as at any dinner party, we start with small talk. |
| 1:03.2 | All week long, you've been hearing these headlines. |
| 1:05.6 | Julia Pearson is out as director of the Secret Service. |
| 1:09.1 | Dallas, the first American city to see someone show up in an emergency room with Ebola. |
| 1:14.4 | The biggest challenge to Beijing's authority in Hong Kong since 1997. |
| 1:18.6 | Now for something you might not have heard, we are joined by Lizzie O'Leary. |
| 1:21.9 | She is the host of Marketplace Weekend. |
| 1:24.5 | Lizzie, what story are you going to be talking about at your dinner parties this week? |
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