Episode 329: Alicia Vikander, Randall Munroe, EL VY
The Dinner Party Download
American Public Media
4.6 • 821 Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2016
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Encore Broadcast: Alicia Vikander, star of “The Danish Girl,” on why she hates Pictionary… “xkcd” cartoonist Randall Munroe helps us keep it simple… Matt Berninger and Brent Knopf of the band El Vy quarrel over Cat Stevens… Emily Post’s great-grandchildren on whether it’s OK to bring a half-empty bottle of wine to a party (or is […]
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, this is Brendan. |
| 0:01.4 | And this is Rico, everybody. |
| 0:02.7 | You're about to listen to a handpicked rebroadcast of our show, featuring our chat with the newly minted Oscar winner, Alicia Vakander. Yes, but before we get to that, we wanted to give you a heads up. A fresh dose of dinner party downloadiness will be available next Tuesday. If that's a word. I don't ever want to say that word again, actually. Downloadiness. But that's when we're going to be releasing the latest podcast-only episode of Speak Easy. |
| 0:25.1 | Yes, which for those unaware is an occasional bonus episode. |
| 0:28.8 | We produce just for you podcast subscribers. |
| 0:31.5 | This one will feature behind-the-scenes clips from our interviews with the likes of Alan |
| 0:35.1 | coming, rocker Dave Navarro, and Oscar-winning writer-director Adam McKay, plus lots of us rambling goofily about whatever pops into our heads. Yeah. Think of it as the casual bistro next to the dinner party download, which is more of our flagship restaurant, you know, with white tablecloths. Yes, and those special trays they serve snails in and a long marble bar. |
| 0:55.5 | And we don't serve vodka. And there's like a $30 burger where we refuse to provide ketchup. That's right. That's us. And Letter Nimoy is the bartender. Wait, he is? I think he'd be a great listener. Okay. And I'd like to have him back. Anyway, download Speak Easy this Tuesday, March 15th from wherever podcasts are podcasted. |
| 0:55.9 | Until then. Okay. And I'd like to have them back. Anyway, download Speak Easy this Tuesday, March 15th from wherever podcasts are podcasted. |
| 1:14.2 | Till then, here is your icebreaker. |
| 1:16.5 | Did you hear about the fire in the circus? |
| 1:18.8 | Oh, no, there's a fire in the circus? |
| 1:20.3 | It was intense. |
| 1:25.2 | I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum. |
| 1:26.9 | I'm Rico Gagliano. |
| 1:28.3 | And from APM, American Public Media, this is The Dinner Party Download, the best arts, culture, and food of the week delivered in tidy one-hour audio form. |
| 1:36.7 | That's right. |
| 1:37.4 | You just got a joke from Matt Burninger, frontman for indie bands The National and his new project, El Vi. |
| 1:43.0 | That'll help break the ice. |
| 1:44.3 | We'll hear more from him later. |
| 1:45.7 | Plus, we speak with actor Alicia Vakander about her Oscar-winning performance in the film The Danish Girl. |
| 1:51.2 | Also coming up, comedian Josh Thomas, star of the Pivot Channel series Please Like Me, |
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