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The Dinner Party Download

Episode 326: Allison Janney, Norman Lear, John Mulaney

The Dinner Party Download

American Public Media

Society & Culture

4.6821 Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2015

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Allison Janney, star of the CBS sitcom “Mom,” on the humor in life’s heavy stuff… Alan Palomo, better known as Neon Indian, DJs your bomb shelter dinner party (but you’ll have to bring your own food)…  Bon Appetit’s Adam Rapoport on how to pre-game for a food coma… The veteran producer behind “The Jeffersons” and […]

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0:00.0

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

0:06.0

So what's the, what's the tricky thing about making butter?

0:10.0

There's little margarine for error.

0:13.0

I'm Brendan Francis Nune.

0:18.0

I'm Rico Galeano and from APM American Public Media, this is the Dinner Party Download,

0:23.9

the culture show that helps you win this week's dinner parties.

0:26.4

You just got a joke from Alan Palomo, the man behind the band Neon Indian.

0:31.0

That'll help break the ice.

0:32.4

He's on tour now, and we'll hear more from him later.

0:35.2

Also coming up, actress Alison Janney tells us about her

0:38.2

multiple Emmy-winning work on the West Wing and the sitcom mom. Plus, you'll hear comedian John

0:43.0

Malaney describe how dumb he looks watching TV. Bon Appetitit editor, Adam Rappaport, tells us how

0:48.5

to keep Thanksgiving clever and classic, and TV icon Norman Lear draws on 92 years of life experience to bring you this etiquette advice.

0:56.8

Get lost.

0:58.1

Two words of wisdom.

0:59.1

Exactly.

0:59.4

But first, small talk.

1:03.0

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

1:05.4

The Republican presidential candidates debated taxes in foreign policy last night.

1:10.0

Astronomers spotted what they think is the most

1:12.5

distant object ever seen in the solar system. In Myanmar, initial vote counts show the pro-democracy

1:18.0

opposition is headed for a decisive victory. Now for a story you might not have heard, we are joined by

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