September Archives
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Episode 63: Davis Guggenheim, Driving then Drinking, The Situation 2.0
This week: Oscar-winning filmmaker Davis ("An Inconvenient Truth") Guggenheim schools us on his latest movie... We take a trip down memory superhighway... Apple's got a Situation... and a meta joke. Read more...
Episode 62: Dave Eggers, Longshot Journalism, and pseudo-Millionaires
This week: Author/artist/publisher Dave Eggers tells us something he CAN'T do... A British Major fails the cough test... and a long-shot Longshot. Plus a joke from Tony Millionaire and music from Belle & Sebastian. Read more...
Deception
This week in 2001, British Army Major Charles Ingram, his wife Diana, and college lecturer Tecwen Whittock teamed up to win £1 Million on the UK version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" And if you're thinking that show doesn't allow teams... you're right. Read more...
A nice tip
An old-school donation to the DPD from "Tony." Read more...
Episode 61: Panda Bear, Bare Naked Faces, and Baked Goods
This week: Noah Lennox (a.k.a. Panda Bear) gives us a sporting shot... Peter the Great wages war on the hirsute... And Rico meets the baker behind some medical munchies. Read more...
Rasputin
This week in 1698, Tsar Peter The Great tried to change the face of Russia... by instituting a beard tax. Read more...
The New DPD Store!
Check out our new one-stop shop to buy all the stuff Terry Gross would get for free. Read more...
ATTN Angelenos: See Rico & Brendan LIVE Thursday, Sept. 9th
Rico & Brendan will be the special-est guests at a live taping of America's *second* best podcast -- Thursday night at the famed Troubadour nightclub. Read more...
Episode 60: Alasdair MacLean, Flaming Cocktails, and Empty Stadiums
This week: The Clientele's Alasdair MacLean is a minotaur... London's burning... and the NFL tackles falling attendance. Plus: Moody humor, and a lost gem from the Neil who isn't Diamond. 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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