January Archives

• Episode 81: Dan Bejar, Big In Japan, and Double Ducks

  January 28, 2011 1:52 PM

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  This week: Indie rocker/wordsmith Dan Bejar finds himself caught in a (quiet) storm... An athlete goes far - and very wide - to get big in Japan... and we roast awful restaurant websites. Plus, rockabilly legend Wanda Jackson quacks us up, and a new tune from Ducktails. Read more...

• The Nalo Smash

  Kris Holechek Peters

  January 28, 2011 11:25 AM

  Recipes , coconut , honey , mint leaves , nutmeg , scotch , shiso leaf

  This week back in 1993, Chad Rowan, aka Akebono, became the first foreign-born athlete to reach yokozuna - the highest rank in sumo wrestling. Read more...

• Episode 80: Spike Lee, Liquid Smoke, and Prodigious Peppers

  January 21, 2011 1:13 PM

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  This week: Director Spike Lee instigates debate (and dates)... We go back a long way, baby... And a Franken-pepper is born. Plus, a childish joke from comedian Patton Oswalt and a loverly tune from Allo Darlin'. Read more...

• More Spike Lee (the director's cut of the director)

  Rico Gagliano

  January 21, 2011 10:22 AM

  Artists , Movies , People

  Our interview with Spike Lee was a smorgasbord of film history that just couldn't fit into our tapas-sized show. Check out the 16-minute version we'd air if we were Terry Gross, after the jump. Read more...

• Golden Globe *Winner* Paul Giamatti (the director's cut)

  Jackson Musker

  January 17, 2011 12:40 PM

  Artists , Movies , People

  On a Golden Globes night full of cookie-cutter acceptance speeches, Guest of Honor Paul Giamatti broke rank to salute his "trifecta of hottie" co-stars, Godiva chocolates, and the entire nation of Canada. Check out his speech and listen to an extended cut of our interview. Read more...

• Episode 79: Paul Giamatti, Political Animals, and Moby Drinks

  January 14, 2011 2:37 PM

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  This week: Golden-globe nominated actor Paul Giamatti tells a tall tale... Whale secretions wash up in cocktails... And we toast the cartoonist who gave birth to a couple of political animals. Plus, a joke from troubadour Henry Wolfe and a tune from The Radio Dept. Read more...

• The Jackass Neck

  Kris Holechek Peters

  January 14, 2011 10:50 AM

  Recipes , bourbon , ginger ale , gran classico , orange , soda water

  This week in 1870, staunch Republican Thomas Nast lashed out at certain Democrat-owned newspapers... portraying them as a crazed jackass. Later, he drew his own party as a frightened elephant on the edge of a precipice. Read more...

• Episode 78: Tennis, Epic Losers, and Happy Birthday

  January 7, 2011 3:03 PM

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  This week: Indie-pop duo Tennis live la vida luddite... A London conference aims for new, boring heights... We unveil the story behind sports' biggest losers... Plus a joke from director Spike Jonze and a new Happy Birthday song. Read more...

• The Eternal Optimist

  Kris Holechek Peters

  January 7, 2011 10:43 AM

  Recipes , apple juice , benedictine , cynar , lemon juice , whiskey

  This week in 1971, the hapless basketball counterpart to the Harlem Globetrotters - The Washington Generals - won their only game. Read more...

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