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The Dinner Party Download

Episode 46: Das Racist, Ripple Rock & Alicia Silverstone

The Dinner Party Download

American Public Media

Society & Culture

4.6821 Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2010

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

This Week: Victor Vasquez of rap savants Das Racist talks bop… Canada politely explodes… and Alicia Silverstone tries to veganize Brendan.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Dinner Party Download.

0:04.2

This is your icebreaker.

0:06.2

Why did the lobster not want to share its food?

0:09.2

Because it's shellfish.

0:14.4

I'm Rico Gagliano.

0:16.5

I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum, and from American Public Media, this is the dinner party download,

0:22.1

the show that helps you win your next dinner party.

0:24.3

Our icebreaker this week came from David Gedge, leader of Brit Pop Styleworts, The Wedding Present,

0:29.3

one of my favorites.

0:30.1

And whose song we stole for our small talk theme?

0:32.9

Please don't tell everybody in America that we did that.

0:35.9

Coming up, Rapsavants Das Races,

0:38.1

budget counterfeiters, blowing up ripple rock, anchovies,

0:41.1

not-so-secret vegan, Alicia Silverstone, and gay human bones.

0:45.5

We'll leave that to your imagination.

0:47.5

But first, time for small talk.

0:53.4

So, Rico, the big story this week, if you looked at the news, optimism broke out across America.

0:59.1

It was really weird.

1:00.1

It was.

1:00.5

We got a nuclear reduction treaty.

1:02.3

The dollar is up against the euro.

1:04.1

That's great because I'm going to Europe in the summer.

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