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The Dinner Party Download

Episode 295: Dev Patel, Dave Barry, Lady Lamb

The Dinner Party Download

American Public Media

Society & Culture

4.6821 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2015

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

This week: “Chappie” star Dev Patel on acting alongside robots and Dames… Dave Barry brings a machete to our etiquette segment… Author Tania James sees life (and loss) through the eyes of a child elephant… Singer Lady Lamb makes a playlist for us, and for her best friend Shervin…”The Cat in the Hat” trumps Dick […]

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Dinner Party Download. This is your icebreaker.

0:06.0

Why did the octopus go to battle?

0:08.0

Why?

0:09.0

Because he was well armed.

0:11.0

It's so bad. It's so bad. That's the end of my career right there.

0:15.0

I'm Rico Gagliano.

0:20.0

I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum and from APM American Public Media.

0:23.9

This is the Dinner Party Download, the culture show that helps you win your week's dinner

0:28.2

parties.

0:28.8

You just got a joke from actor Dev Patel.

0:30.9

That'll break the ice.

0:31.8

His career is clearly not ending as he's in two new movies this week, Chappie and the

0:36.9

second best exotic Marigold

0:38.5

Hotel. We will talk to him later. Also humorous Dave Barry is here and prepared to answer

0:43.9

your etiquette questions. This is why I always carry a machete. Oh my. Also coming up,

0:48.9

Ali Spaltrow, the musician known as Lady Lamb uses our show to serenade her best friend.

0:54.0

And I meet a real-life mustard sommelier.

0:56.1

But of course.

0:56.9

That's right.

0:57.5

But first, as at any dinner party, we start with Small Talk.

1:03.5

All week long, you've been hearing these headlines?

1:05.6

Hillary Clinton trying to quiet criticism of her use of a private email account.

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