Episode 284: B.J. Novak (live!), The Dukes of Hazzard, and Miriam Toews
The Dinner Party Download
American Public Media
4.6 • 821 Ratings
🗓️ 20 December 2014
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
A special fireside chat with writer-actor B.J. Novak, from our “Holiday Frolic” road show … Also: Canadian author Miriam Toews’ tale of two sisters… We tag along on “The Search for General Tso” … The stars of classic 1970’s “The Dukes of Hazzard” play holiday DJ for us … Actor Joel Edgerton swims right into a punchline […]
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the dinner party download. This is your icebreaker. |
| 0:06.0 | Okay, I have a joke. It's a really good joke, by the way. |
| 0:10.0 | What did the fish say when he ran into the wall? |
| 0:14.0 | What? |
| 0:16.0 | Damn. |
| 0:22.5 | I'm Rico Galeano. I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum, and from APM American Public Media, this is The Dinner Party |
| 0:27.4 | Download, the culture show that helps you win your dinner party. |
| 0:31.2 | You just got a joke from actor Joel Edgerton. |
| 0:33.3 | That'll help break the ice. |
| 0:34.5 | Joel stars in Exodus, currently the number one movie at the box office. |
| 0:38.4 | Later, we'll speak with BJ Novak, actor and author of the best-selling children's book, The Book with No Pictures. |
| 0:44.9 | A perfect subject for radio. |
| 0:46.5 | Indeed. |
| 0:46.8 | Plus, we search for General So of Chicken Fame. Author Miriam Taves reads from her new novel, and we're not making this up. |
| 0:53.3 | Tom Wopat and John Schneider, |
| 0:55.1 | a.k.a. the Dukes of Hazard, sing Christmas tunes. Because, but first, as at any dinner party, |
| 1:00.8 | we start with Small Talk. All week long, you've been hearing these headlines? Sony |
| 1:06.9 | canceled its scheduled release of a comedy based on a fictional plot to assassinate Korean leader Kim Jong-un. |
| 1:12.0 | The Church of England appoints its first female bishop. |
| 1:14.8 | Through these changes, we intend to create more opportunities for the American and Cuban people. |
| 1:19.9 | Now, for something you might not have heard, we are joined by Sadie Stein. |
| 1:22.7 | She is a contributing editor at the Parish Review, whose winter issue just came out this week. |
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