September Archives

• Episode 63: Davis Guggenheim, Driving then Drinking, The Situation 2.0

  September 24, 2010 12:00 PM

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  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

  September 17, 2010 1:19 PM

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  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

  Kris Holechek Peters

  September 17, 2010 9:25 AM

  Recipes , campari , lime juice , orange , simple syrup , vodka

  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

  Rico Gagliano

  September 15, 2010 10:06 AM

  People

  An old-school donation to the DPD from "Tony." Read more...

• Episode 61: Panda Bear, Bare Naked Faces, and Baked Goods

  September 10, 2010 1:59 PM

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  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

  Kris Holechek Peters

  September 10, 2010 9:31 AM

  Recipes , frangelico , vodka

  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!

  Brendan Francis Newnam

  September 3, 2010 4:48 PM

  History

  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 Gagliano

  September 3, 2010 4:46 PM

  Artists , Music , People

  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

  September 3, 2010 11:52 AM

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  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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