Episode 37: George Saunders, New Look Turkey Sandwich, Getting Hit On By A Star

The Dinner Party Download

American Public Media

Society & Culture

4.6 • 821 Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2009

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

This Week: Writer George Saunders pitches a tent… an Alabama housewife gets hit on by a star… and a famed deli just can’t quit cold turkey.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Dinner Party Download.
0:04.0	This is your icebreaker.
0:06.0	There was actually a large research project to find out the funniest joke in the world
0:09.0	that got broken down by country, and this is the funniest joke to Belgians.
0:14.0	Why do ducks have webbed feet?
0:16.0	Answer to stamp out fires.
0:18.0	Why do elephants have flat feet? The answer being to stamp out burning
0:23.3	ducks.
0:27.6	I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum. I'm Rico Gagliano. And from the Frank Stanton Studios in Los Angeles,
0:33.5	this is the dinner party download, the show that helps you win your next dinner party.
0:37.7	Our icebreaker this week came from the godfather of nerdcore hip-hop MC Frontal Lot.
0:41.7	Thank you.
0:42.7	Front?
0:43.3	Should I call him Front?
0:44.0	You can call him Front.
0:44.9	His friends call him Front.
0:46.3	All right.
0:46.7	Coming up, we have writer George Saunders, North Korean pants, a teenage Warren Civan,
0:50.7	a stone from outer space, and ideas for leftover Turkey.
0:53.7	Not all of them involving Turkey.
0:56.0	Mysterious.
0:57.0	But first, time for small talk.
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