Episode 290: Patricia Arquette, Weird Al, and Jenny Lewis
The Dinner Party Download
American Public Media
4.6 • 821 Ratings
🗓️ 31 January 2015
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Pop-parodist “Weird Al” Yankovic on being weird (and Weird, and “Weird”) … “Boyhood” star Patricia Arquette’s stolen Santa Clauses … How singer Jenny Lewis kicks people out … A trademark-licensing dispute that lead to a big hit … Visiting a magical-realist Virgin Islands with author Tiphanie Yanique … New York Philharmonic conductor Alan Gilbert counts coughs to judge […]
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the dinner party download. This is your icebreaker. |
| 0:05.0 | My friend told this joke to Meryl Streep of all people. |
| 0:09.0 | And she laughed. And the joke was, how many hipsters does it take to screw in a light bulb? |
| 0:17.0 | How many? |
| 0:18.0 | You don't know? |
| 0:19.0 | I'm Rico Gagliano. I'm How many? You don't know? |
| 0:24.4 | I'm Rico Gagliano. |
| 0:29.9 | I'm Brendan Francis Nune, and from APM American Public Media, this is the Dinner Party Download, |
| 0:33.0 | the culture show that gives you an edge in your weekend conversations. |
| 0:35.8 | You just got a joke from indie music star Jenny Lewis. |
| 0:37.0 | That'll help break the ice. |
| 0:37.8 | Later in the show, |
| 0:42.6 | she'll suggest tunes to play at your next dinner party. Plus, we will speak with Patricia Arquette about her Oscar-nominated role in the groundbreaking film Boyhood. Also coming up, Alan Gilbert |
| 0:47.6 | of the New York Philharmonic conducts an interview. Get it? Author Tiffany and Neek tells an |
| 0:52.7 | island tale. And Weird Al Yankovic answers your etiquette questions like a surgeon. |
| 0:57.1 | Oh, yes. And if that lineup sounds familiar, that's because this is an encore broadcast of an episode we first aired back in July. |
| 1:03.6 | So cast your mind back to a time before blizzards, when, as at any dinner party, we started with Small Talks. |
| 1:12.1 | All week long, you've been hearing these headlines. |
| 1:14.4 | The mounting immigration crisis along the southern border. |
| 1:17.2 | Israel has stepped up its offensive against Hamas and the Gaza Strip. |
| 1:20.6 | Brazil's World Cup dream turning into a nightmare. |
| 1:23.5 | Now for a story you might not have heard, we are joined by Dave D. Benedetto. |
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