Episode 344: Anderson Cooper, Nahnatchka Khan, Parquet Courts
The Dinner Party Download
American Public Media
4.6 • 821 Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2016
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Journalist and TV host Anderson Cooper dazzles us with details from the new memoir he co-wrote with his heiress mom, Gloria Vanderbilt… Nahnatchka Khan, showrunner for the sitcom “Fresh Off the Boat,” thanks her Dad for trapping her in a car… Atlas Obscura’s Reyhan Harmanci regales us with tales of lab rats with cold feet… […]
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the dinner party download. This is your icebreaker. |
| 0:06.1 | I'm not big on jokes, but I guess my favorite joke is the old Monty Python joke, which was |
| 0:10.0 | two peanuts for walking down the Strasser. In front of them was assaulted. |
| 0:19.7 | Hi, I'm Rico Gallagliano. |
| 0:21.3 | I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum. |
| 0:22.9 | And from APM American Public Media, this is the dinner party download, the culture show |
| 0:27.6 | that gives you an edge in your weekend conversations. |
| 0:30.1 | You just got a joke from Newsman, Star TV host, author, and Monty Python geek apparently |
| 0:34.7 | Anderson Cooper. |
| 0:36.2 | That'll help break the ice. |
| 0:37.4 | He's written a new memoir along with his his mother, Gloria of Vanderbilt. |
| 0:40.6 | He's going to tell us about partying with her and MJ at Studio 54, and then he'll answer your etiquette questions. |
| 0:46.7 | Also coming up, Parquet Courts, one of Rock and Roll's Last Great Hopes, spins us a party playlist. |
| 0:52.0 | Nanachka Khan, showrunner for the sitcom fresh off the boat, thanks her dad for trapping her in a car. |
| 0:57.1 | And Rico gets his pawn on. |
| 0:58.6 | All true, but first, as at any party, we start with small talks. |
| 1:04.1 | All week long, you've been hearing these headlines. |
| 1:06.4 | Anti-slavery crusader Harry Tubman will replace Andrew Jackson on the currency. |
| 1:11.2 | Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have won their respective primaries in New York State. |
| 1:15.7 | The Pulitzer for Fiction went to a first-time novelist, and to no one surprised, the Drama Award went to Hamilton. |
| 1:21.1 | Now, for a story you might not have heard, we are speaking with Rahan Harmancy. |
| 1:24.5 | She is editor-in-chief of the online cabinet of curiosity is called Atlas Obscura. |
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