Episode 7: Irvine Welsh, D.C. Homes, Sushi Guide

The Dinner Party Download

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Society & Culture

4.5 • 822 Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2008

⏱️ 16 minutes

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This week: superstar author Irvine Welsh talks about his sexual prowess… We learn the history of the only home in Washington, D.C. that hasn’t lost its value… And the Monterey Bay Aquarium ruins dinner.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the dinner party download.
0:03.0	This is your icebreaker.
0:05.0	Here's a joke.
0:06.0	A guy goes to the rabbi and say,
0:08.0	Rabbi, I think my wife is trying to poison me.
0:10.0	Can you talk to her and find out?
0:12.0	The rabbi said, okay, go, come back in two days.
0:14.0	The guy comes back two days later.
0:16.0	The rabbi said, you know what?
0:17.0	I talked to your wife for two hours, maybe three.
0:19.0	And I think you're right.
0:22.5	I think she is trying to poison you.
0:24.2	And if I were you, I would take it.
0:29.4	I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum.
0:30.9	I'm Rico Gagliano.
0:33.9	And from 89.3 KPCC in Los Angeles,
0:35.9	this is the dinner party download,
0:37.6	the show that gives you talking points in Balmose to help you win your next dinner party.
0:40.5	This week's icebreaker came from the funniest behavioral economist we know Dan Ariely.
0:45.0	Thanks, Dan.
0:45.6	And later on, we'll be talking with our guest of honor, author Irvin Welsh.
0:49.0	But first, as with any dinner party, we start off with Small Talk.
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