Episode 320: Peter Capaldi, Paul Scheer, Shamir
The Dinner Party Download
American Public Media
4.6 • 821 Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2015
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Peter Capaldi — star of the beloved sci-fi series “Dr. Who” — brings etiquette advice via TARDIS… Funnyman Paul Scheer revels in terrible movies, pseudo-reality… Filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi explores how the tech boom and gentrification have remade San Francisco, her hometown… Dance-pop star Shamir works it, while working retail, and whips up a party soundtrack… […]
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Dinner Party Download. This is your icebreaker. |
| 0:06.0 | So here's a joke. What did the pencil say to the other pencil? You're looking really sharp. |
| 0:13.0 | I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum. |
| 0:18.0 | I'm Rico Gagliano and from APM American Public Media. |
| 0:22.2 | This is The Dinner Party Download, Culture, Food, and Humor to fuel your weekend conversations. |
| 0:27.3 | You just got a pointedly lame joke from Dance Pop star Shamir. |
| 0:31.8 | That will help break the ice and later he'll suggest a playlist for your next party. |
| 0:35.8 | It's way better, we promise. |
| 0:37.1 | Yes. |
| 0:41.8 | Plus, we speak with Peter Capaldi, star of the legendary TV series Doctor Who. |
| 0:44.6 | He tells us what he brings to the sci-fi hero. |
| 0:46.8 | Unpleasantness, in accessibility. |
| 0:49.1 | The key is to success, in other words. |
| 0:49.6 | Indeed. Other guests this hour include Paul Shear, star of the TV comedy The League. |
| 0:53.5 | And we speak with Alexandra Pelosi about her new documentary, San Francisco 2.0. |
| 0:58.5 | But first up, we need to pay our respects to a friend of the show. |
| 1:01.6 | That's right. |
| 1:02.1 | Novelist Jackie Collins passed away this week. |
| 1:05.0 | She was the undisputed queen of the beach read. |
| 1:07.8 | She wrote over 30 New York Times bestsellers and sold over 500 million |
| 1:11.9 | books. And we had her on the show as often as possible to dispense etiquette advice. |
| 1:16.7 | Yes. We kept inviting Jackie back because she bristled with energy. She had a mischievous |
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