Episode 83: Chris Burden, Small Weddings, and Sushi Burritos

The Dinner Party Download

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Society & Culture

4.5 • 822 Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2011

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

This week: Artist Chris Burden revokes your driver’s license… We look back on the biggest little wedding of the 19th century… And the “Sushirrito” is born. Plus, PJ Harvey’s new tune kills, and Weird Al Yankovic makes a rare foray into comedy.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the dinner party download.
0:03.0	This is your icebreaker.
0:05.0	Okay, here's a joke that I always like to tell at parties just to kind of break the ice and kind of get everybody feeling comfortable.
0:12.0	Okay, it's a riddle. Okay.
0:15.0	Why didn't Hitler drink alcohol?
0:18.0	Okay? Because it made him mean.
0:25.6	I'm Brendan Francis Nune.
0:27.4	I'm Rico Gagliano, and from American Public Media, this is the dinner party download,
0:32.6	the show that equips you to win your next dinner party.
0:35.2	Our icebreaker this week came from none other than America's Paradus Laureate, Weird Al Yankovic.
0:40.0	Yes.
0:40.6	I made that up, Paradis Lariat.
0:42.0	That's nice.
0:42.4	Is that an elected position?
0:43.9	Yeah, you're nominated for life.
0:45.9	Coming up, artist Chris Burton, a short wedding, a Scottish canal, sushi-ritos, and the words that makeeth murder.
0:52.2	But first, the words that maketh small talk.
0:59.5	So Brendan, the headlines this week were all about aging tigers giving one more roar.
1:05.0	Oh, I see we were going with this.
1:07.0	Yes, metaphorically.
1:08.0	All right.
1:09.0	For example, Egyptian President Mubarak spent all week roaring about not stepping down, and then he did.
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