Episode 276: Jason Schwartzman, Weezer, Barbara Kruger, Tenacious D
The Dinner Party Download
American Public Media
4.6 • 821 Ratings
🗓️ 25 October 2014
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Actor Jason Schwartzman – star of the new film “Listen Up Philip” – pits his ego against Brendan’s… A soundtrack from Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo inspires hand-holding… Iconoclastic artist Barbara Kruger points and doesn’t shoot… And Jack Black and Kyle Gass of Tenacious D shred etiquette to pieces. Also, humorist Simon Rich ponders barbarism and hamsters, […]
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the dinner party download. This is your icebreaker. |
| 0:06.0 | Here's my awesome joke. What do you get when you drop a piano into a mine shaft? |
| 0:12.0 | What? A flat minor. |
| 0:14.0 | Miner get it. I'm Rico Goliato. |
| 0:21.6 | I'm Brendan Francis Nune. |
| 0:23.1 | And from APM, American Public Media, |
| 0:25.2 | this is the Dinner Party Download, |
| 0:27.1 | the culture show that gives you an edge |
| 0:28.7 | in your weekend conversations. |
| 0:30.1 | You just got a joke from Rivers Cuomo |
| 0:32.1 | of the band Weezer. |
| 0:33.4 | That'll help break the ice. |
| 0:34.7 | They've got a new album called |
| 0:35.7 | Everything Will Be All Right in the End, |
| 0:37.4 | and we'll hear more from Rivers later. |
| 0:39.2 | Plus, we'll speak with actor Jason Schwartzman about behaving like a jerk in the new movie, Listen Up, Philip. |
| 0:45.3 | Also coming up, contemporary artist Barbara Kruger reflects on her career. |
| 0:49.5 | Humorous Simon Rich confesses to destroying a family. |
| 0:52.4 | Tough stuff. |
| 0:52.8 | And Jack Black and Kyle Gass, |
| 0:55.0 | aka Comedy Rock Duo, Tenacious D, answer your etiquette questions. |
| 0:58.9 | At last. |
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