July Archives

• Zamenhof Fizz

  Kris Holechek Peters

  July 30, 2010 2:18 PM

  Recipes , apricot liqueur , ginger beer , lemon juice , simple syrup , sugar , vodka

  This week in 1887, linguophile L.L. Zamenhof completed his decade-in-the-making magnum opus: the Lingvo Internacia -- a universal language that came to be called Esperanto. Read more...

• Episode 55: Molly Ringwald, Esperanto, and Raven #2

  July 30, 2010 11:05 AM

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  This week: '80s teen icon Molly Ringwald barks like a dog (and talk about her new book)...William Shatner speaks the language of hope... And Brendan eats corn smut. Read more...

• Corrigan's Bluff

  Kris Holechek Peters

  July 23, 2010 2:14 PM

  Recipes , cherry liqueur , creme de violette , lemon juice , whiskey

  This week in 1938, aviator Douglas Corrigan took a fateful wrong turn into the history books. Inspired by Charles Lindbergh, Corrigan pledged to fly his own junker of a plane across the Atlantic. Which he did, despite the efforts of safety regulators... and with some help from what he insisted was the world's worst sense of direction. Read more...

• Episode 54: Venus Williams, Wrong Turns, and Cloud Control

  July 23, 2010 11:53 AM

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  This week: Tennis superstar Venus Williams lives long and prospers...Texas criminals get literate...And a befuddled (or brilliant!) aviator takes a wrong way turn into the history books. Plus, rocker Cass McCombs on cloud control. Read more...

• A slick cocktail

  Rico Gagliano

  July 21, 2010 11:44 AM

  Cocktails

  DPD listener Cathryn Poff sent us this sadly timely drink recipe. Read more...

• Meter Walk

  Kris Holechek Peters

  July 16, 2010 2:10 PM

  Recipes , goldschlager , irish cream , peppermint schnapps

  This Week in 1935, Carl C. Magee joined Benedict Arnold and John Wilkes Booth in the annals of American villainy. The ex-newspaperman invented the "park-o-meter" and proceeded to rake in the hard-earned nickels of Oklahoma City's befuddled residents. His first victim? A priest! Read more...

• Episode 53: Sebastian Junger, Evil Machines, WWII Food

  July 16, 2010 10:24 AM

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  This week: Sebastian Junger joins Afghanistan's band of brothers... a devilish Okie spawns the parking meter... and Rico gets a (tiny) taste of rationed food during WWII. Plus, a joke from author/satirist Gary ("Absurdistan") Shteyngart... and Cults to join. Read more...

• DINNER PARTY DOWNLOAD GOES WEEKLY

  Brendan Francis Newnam

  July 13, 2010 12:21 PM

  Trends

  There're tons of exciting developments brewing in the DPDniverse. We're pleased to get you up to speed... Read more...

• Episode 52: Blitzen Trapper, the Throne Stone from Scone, Eating Dirt

  July 2, 2010 2:32 PM

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  This week: Portland sextet Blitzen Trapper eyes us up...the throne stone from Scone...and Brendan meets an artist who bites the dust...literally. Plus Top Chef Ludo Lefebvre eats his own, and new Wavves. Read more...

• Kelvin Car Bomb

  Kris Holechek Peters

  July 2, 2010 2:04 PM

  Recipes , beer , drambuie , scotch

  This week back in 1996, the British government announced the Stone of Scone was going home. The Stone, a 340-pound sandstone block, sat on a shelf within Britain's coronation chair for 700 years... much to the chagrin of the Scots, from whom it was taken back in the 13th century. Read more...

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  The Dinner Party Download is a fast and funny ‘booster shot’ of news and culture designed to help you dazzle your friends and family at this weekend’s dinner party. Hosts Rico Gagliano and Brendan Francis Newnam set the table every Friday. Hear what our guests are saying about us inside... more

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