Episode 34: Klosterman, Kidnapping and Killer Kandy
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4.5 • 822 Ratings
🗓️ 23 October 2009
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
This week: pop savant Chuck Klosterman is sharp as a tiger’s whiskers… we lend an ear to the tale of a billionaire kidnapping… and Brendan celebrates Halloween by tasting the worst candy in the world.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the dinner party download. |
| 0:04.6 | This is your icebreaker. |
| 0:06.4 | I have a joke that I can't take credit for it, and I don't actually want to take credit for it. |
| 0:10.8 | So we were on tour, and we've been having this argument in the van about how to pronounce the name of the town. |
| 0:17.4 | We go back and forth. Is it Versailles or is it Versailles? |
| 0:20.3 | We pulled off to get some coffee and said to the woman behind the go back and forth, is it Versailles or is it Versailles? We pulled off to get some coffee |
| 0:21.9 | and said to the woman behind the counter, tell me very clearly and slowly, so there's no |
| 0:26.9 | mistaking about it. Where am I? And she says, Duncan Donuts. |
| 0:36.9 | I'm Rico, Goliano. |
| 0:38.3 | I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum, and from the Frank Stanton Studios in Los Angeles, this is the |
| 0:43.3 | Dinner Party Download, the show that helps you win your next dinner party. |
| 0:46.3 | Our icebreaker this week came from Merge Records mogul MacMacon of the band Super Chunk. |
| 0:51.3 | Super Chunk. |
| 0:52.3 | And later we'll be speaking with our guest of honor, |
| 0:55.1 | pop savant Chuck Klosterman. |
| 0:56.9 | But first, small talk. |
| 1:02.8 | So, Brendan, this week, the Obama administration said they weren't going to prosecute |
| 1:07.1 | medical marijuana growers. |
| 1:09.8 | And... And... And... |
| 1:11.6 | And... |
| 1:12.6 | And I would love some Pringles. |
| 1:16.1 | Oh, man. |
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