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The Dinner Party Download

Episode 74: Kid Cudi, Starstruck, and Reindeer a la Palin

The Dinner Party Download

The Dinner Party Download ®

Society & Culture

4.5822 Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2010

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

This week: Rap iconoclast Kid Cudi comes in for a check-up… An Alabama woman gets star-struck… And Sarah Palin slays a reindeer. Plus, a joke/hallucination from Bob Odenkirk, and a classic track from Thin Lizzy.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Dinner Party Download. This is your icebreaker.

0:04.0

I'm getting old and the reason I can tell the symptom is that I've been getting up early and watching infomercials.

0:15.0

I kind of can't help myself. I actually bought something from one the other day. It was, I don't even know what it was, but the guy who was selling it was such a nice young man.

0:26.6

He was so handsome and he believed in it, but I bought it.

0:30.6

It's called The Shoe Magician.

0:33.6

I put it in my closet and I pressed the button, and now I can't find my shoes.

0:43.5

I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum.

0:45.3

I'm Rico Gagliano.

0:46.8

And from American Public Media, this is the Dinner Party Download, the show that equips you to win your next dinner party party.

0:53.1

Our icebreaker this week came from comic Bob Odenkirk.

0:56.0

He's also a regular on the TV show, Breaking Bad.

0:58.0

And that icebreaker isn't so much a joke as a hallucination, but I kind of like it.

1:03.0

Figures.

1:04.0

Coming up, rapper Kid Cutty, a meteoric marriage, earthy beer, and a moonlight dance.

1:08.0

But first, time for Small Talk.

1:14.6

All week long, you've been hearing this.

1:19.1

The man behind WikiLeaks handed himself over to police in London this morning.

1:22.1

Elizabeth Edwards died yesterday at her North Carolina home.

1:24.1

A compromise over tax cuts.

1:32.3

Now for a story that didn't make the front page, we turned to Jacob Weisberg. He's the editor-in-chief of the Slate Group, which includes Slate.com and Slate Culture Gab Fest. Jacob, what story are you going to be talking about this weekend?

1:35.3

Sarah Palin Caraboo Hunter.

1:37.3

Everyone's been talking around our office about the most recent episode of her show, Sarah Palin's

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