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• Episode 68: Noomi Rapace, World War Welles, and Legitish Quidditch

  October 29, 2010 1:29 PM

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  This week: Swedish starlet Noomi Rapace removes her Dragon Tattoo... America's fake World War... And Quidditch vies for legit-ish-macy. Plus a joke from Talking Head Chris Frantz, and music from The Smith Westerns. Read more...

• Episode 67: Judd Apatow, Beer Tsunamis, and Conflict Cuisine

  October 22, 2010 12:27 PM

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  This week: Comedy juggernaut Judd Apatow courts disaster... London's suds flood... and Rico experiences the sweet taste of Conflict. Plus, a joke from author du jour Dinaw Mengestu and new music from Kiwi band Secret Knives. Read more...

• The Last Call to Porter

  Kris Holechek Peters

  October 22, 2010 10:01 AM

  Recipes , beer , benedictine , bourbon , green chartreuse

  This week back in 1814, enormous vats of ale at London's Meux Brewery burst, letting loose a tsunami of beer. Sound awesome? Not for the people it killed. Read more...

• Episode 66: Paul F. Tompkins, Uncivil Wars, and Tennis Marathons

  October 15, 2010 10:28 AM

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  This week: Comedian Paul F. Tompkins is no longer driven...A congressional beatdown for the ages...And the cult draining Seagram's...Plus, new music from the band Tennis. Read more...

• The Abolitionist's Old Fashioned

  Kris Holechek Peters

  October 15, 2010 9:48 AM

  Recipes , bitters , napoleon liqueur , rum , soda water , sugar

  This week back in 1856, Massachusetts senator Charles Sumner fell victim to a seious congressional beatdown at the hands of his southern cousin, Sen. Preston Brooks of South Carolina. Read more...

• Episode 65: Robert Reich, Killer Talkies, and Illegal Eats

  October 8, 2010 12:29 PM

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  This Week: Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich gets exposed... the death of silent movies... and Rico is presented with a menu of crimes. Plus Small Black... Guam's rain of rodents... and a so-so So So Glo joke. Read more...

• The Corpse Reviver Royale

  Kris Holechek Peters

  October 8, 2010 9:43 AM

  Recipes , absinthe , cointreau , gin , lemon juice , lillet

  This week in 1927, on the eve of releasing the first "talkie" feature, a tooth infection rendered studio chief Sam Warner forever silent. Read more...

• Episode 64: Sam Taylor-Wood, Unhappy Happy Meals, Inventions that Suck

  October 1, 2010 2:12 PM

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  This week: Artist-turned-filmmaker Sam Taylor-Wood reveals a secret... San Francisco takes the happy out of meals... And we learn about an invention that really sucked. Plus: new music from Deerhunter. Read more...

• Suck It Up

  Kris Holechek Peters

  October 1, 2010 9:37 AM

  Recipes , amaretto , lemonade , soda water , whiskey

  Around this time back in 1901, Englishman Hubert C. Booth patented the vacuum cleaner. But it took another few years (and ditching the horse-drawn cart) for the dust-busting device to take off as a consumer product, thanks to an Ohio janitor and a business baron named Hoover. 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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