Episode 312: Tim and Eric, Juan Felipe Herrera, UnREALity TV

The Dinner Party Download

American Public Media

Society & Culture

4.6 • 821 Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2015

⏱️ 50 minutes

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This week: Comedy duo Tim and Eric get into the Etiquette Zone… New U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera wears many hats, counts many lizard tails… An “UnREAL” new show skewers reality TV… Debut novelist Naomi Jackson links Brooklyn and Barbados…The best form-breaking talk shows, handpicked by comedian Chris Gethard (“The Chris Gethard Show”)… And we […]

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0:00.0	Welcome to the dinner party download. This is your icebreaker.
0:06.0	Okay, so here's a joke that might not be that funny, but bear with me.
0:10.0	What did the left eye say to the right eye?
0:13.0	Between you and me, something smells.
0:16.0	I'm Rico Gagliano.
0:21.7	I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum, and from APM American Public Media, this is the Dinner Party Download,
0:27.2	the culture show that helps you win your dinner party.
0:29.6	You just got a joke from Naomi Jackson.
0:31.6	Her novel, The Star Side of Bird Hill, just came out.
0:34.1	We will hear more from her later.
0:35.6	Plus, we speak with Tim Heideker and Eric
0:37.5	Weirheim, aka comedy duo Tim and Eric, about a system they created that will change your
0:42.8	life. And all you have to do is rip your guts out. It's easy. It's a little creepy. Also coming
0:47.8	up, we explore a fake show about reality TV, and fittingly for the Fourth of July weekend,
0:53.0	America's poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera makes a declamation.
0:56.6	But first, as at any dinner party, we start with small talk.
1:02.3	All week long, you've been hearing these headlines.
1:04.7	More bad news on the business front for Donald Trump today.
1:08.1	The Greek government is seeking a third bailout.
1:10.3	The United States has agreed to
1:11.7	formally reestablish diplomatic relations with the Republic of Cuba. Now for a story you might not have
1:17.2	heard. We are here with Lizzie O'Leary. She is the host of Marketplace Weekend. Lizzie, what story
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