December Archives

• Episode 129: The List Show

  December 30, 2011 9:24 AM

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  This week: We celebrate the year's end with an all-list show. Film critic A.O. Scott explains the art (and anxiety) behind list-making... The Colbert Report's Opus Moreschi curates the year in comedy... sleeper hit films... Lists with identity crises... And the Onion lists the year's top news stories that never happened. Plus, a glimpse of the future feat. jetpacks, platefuls of bark, and your favorite artists of *next* year (like Jhene Aiko and the XX). Read more...

• Episode 128: The Best of 2011

  December 23, 2011 4:39 PM

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  This week: We celebrate the best of 2011 Hear Guest of Honor interviews with Spike Lee, Carrie Brownstein, and Randy Newman... groove to disco godfather Nile Rodgers' tale of the birth of "Le Freak"... feast on a heart-stopping sandwich and a 100-year-old egg... toast Sweden's turn to the right... ponder a bigger Small Talk... then set your New Year's playlists with Song Of The Year picks from listeners like you. Read more...

• Vote for Best Icebreaker of '11

  Rico Gagliano

  December 19, 2011 2:56 PM

  Jokes

  We're compiling our annual "Best Of" show. Click "Read More" to chime in with your votes for the year's best Icebreaker joke: Read more...

• Episode 127: Patton Oswalt, Dinner for Breakfast, & Pre-Holiday Post Etiquette

  December 16, 2011 11:44 AM

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  This week: Patton Oswalt rocks our public radio world... A travel list from essayist Sloane Crosley... A shot-less heist inspires a shot-full cocktail... The "Rules of Regifting," according to etiquette royalty... Author Jay Kirk tells the tale of Barnum versus Britannia... a dinner party soundtrack from Kathryn Calder of the band The New Pornographers... and Rico gets a brief history of breakfast. Read more...

• Episode 126: Gary Oldman, Top Chef: Etiquette, and Instant History

  December 9, 2011 1:55 PM

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  This week: Actor Gary Oldman turns our world upside-down... Top Chef's Gail Simmons spills some sweet and saucy etiquette tips... Artist/Musician Terry Allen uncovers 3 lost gems... We toast the instant replay (twice)... and author Lou Beach tells 6 stories with 420 characters. Plus, a crash course in video games, a joke from Brit-com phenom Stephen Merchant, and a tune from Chairlift. Read more...

• The Instant Replay

  Kris Holechek Peters

  December 9, 2011 11:00 AM

  IPA , Jamaica rum , Recipes , acid phosphate , blackberry syrup , lemon juice , rye whiskey

  This week, back in 1963, CBS' Tony Verna changed the world of sports by replaying a crucial moment in an Army v. Navy college football game. Learn about the history of instant replay, then toast Tony repeatedly with this custom drink. Read more...

• WHYY extends Brotherly Love to The Dinner Party

  Rico Gagliano

  December 3, 2011 8:07 AM

  Trends

  Starting December 3rd, Philly's WHYY is airing "The Dinner Party" Saturdays at 9pm! And our half-Philly, all-Pennsylvanian hosting team couldn't be more pleased. Read more...

• Episode 125: Michelle Williams, Inspired Vodka, and GZA the Genius

  December 2, 2011 3:34 PM

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  This week: Actress Michelle Williams channels Marilyn... GZA of the Wu-Tang Clan proves his Genius... New Yorker critic Alex Ross shares the best of his "Best Of"... child star Barry Livingston picks his favorite characters... Gossip and Etiquette collide... Rico inhales some world-class vodka... and 7 ways to read a sandwich. Read more...

• The Pong Pong

  Kris Holechek Peters

  December 2, 2011 10:56 AM

  Recipes , drambuie , gin , lemon juice

  This week in 1972, a fledgling company called Atari unveiled its first-ever video game. Hear the story of how the simplest game ever launched a $60-billion-dollar industry... then bounce this custom cocktail down your gullet. 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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