Episode 291: Eddie Redmayne, Issa Rae, Andrew Jarecki

The Dinner Party Download

American Public Media

Society & Culture

4.6 • 821 Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2015

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Eddie Redmayne reveals his egg-y fears … Issa Rae gives tips for shutting down awkward asks … Why not leaving a tip might be the nicest thing you can do for a waiter … Swedish star Seinabo Sey warms us up … A documentarian tells us why audiences love true-crime stories … We get some […]

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0:00.0	Welcome to the dinner party download.
0:04.2	This is your icebreaker.
0:06.5	So here's a joke that makes me feel great.
0:10.6	Why did the yogurt go to the art exhibit?
0:15.3	To get more cultured.
0:17.1	I'm Rico Gagliano.
0:22.6	I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum, and from APM American Public Media,
0:26.3	this is the Dinner Party Download,
0:28.2	the culture show that helps you win your week's dinner parties.
0:31.0	You just got a refined artistic joke from Webstar and author Issa Ray.
0:35.8	That'll help break the ice.
0:37.1	She's got a new book, and we'll hear her read from it later.
0:39.5	Plus, we speak with actor Eddie Redmayne.
0:41.9	He is up for an Oscar for his portrayal of physicist Stephen Hawking in the movie The Theory of Everything.
0:47.2	Also coming up, documentarian Andrew Jarecki talks about his new HBO series and why he's attracted to monsters.
0:53.7	Singer Sainabose, DJ's your winner dance party, and we get tips on not tipping.
0:59.0	But first, as at any party, we start with small talks.
1:04.1	All week long, you've been hearing these headlines.
1:06.6	Winners of Super Bowl 49, the Patriots, congratulations.
1:10.1	$3.99 trillion.
1:11.6	That's the budget the president is sending to Congress.
1:14.6	Harper Lee is publishing a second novel, 55 years after the release of the classic to kill a mockingbird.
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