May Archives
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Episode 151: Michael Apted, Buddy Guy, and Defordometrics
This week: Director Michael Apted on "56 Up" -- the new installment of one of the greatest film series ever... Sportswriting legend Frank Deford tackles your etiquette questions... Guitar master Buddy Guy revisits his Louisiana roots... author Leigh Bardugo lists her favorite fictional worlds... A filmmaking duo plug in to the world of indie video games... and a sweet roll gets a savory twist on Manhattan's High Line. Plus: We fear the food world's revolutionary new robot, and spin a Bad Thing from Vermont rocker King Tuff. Read more...
Blue Jeans and "the Arcuate"
This week back in 1873, Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis landed a patent for what may be the best-known item of clothing ever - denim jeans. Learn about the surprisingly international history of the All-American "waist overalls," then salute your shorts/pants with this custom cocktail. Read more...
Episode 150: James Franco, Paul Theroux, and a Cowardly Display
This week: Actor/polymath James Franco rebels against beds... Preeminent travel writer Paul Theroux offers etiquette advice to globetrotters (and public radio hosts)... Nashville raconteur Todd Snider tells of his brush with NASCAR fame... The NY Public Library remembers Noel Coward... and Hollywood's top auctioneer remembers memorabilia. Plus: We learn the history of blue jeans, hear a new Twin shadow tune, and listen to some (Guinness) rock records. Read more...
Spider-Dan and "Trumped"
On Memorial Day, 1981, Dan Goodwin did some climbing. Which sounds normal enough for a guy who was a rock climber... except his target was the surface of the (then) tallest building in the world - Chicago's Sears Tower -- and he scaled it dressed as Spider-Man. Read more...
Episode 149: Richard Linklater, Christopher Buckley, and Independent Spirits
This week: Acclaimed filmmaker Richard Linklater takes us behind "the Pine Curtain"... Satirist Christopher Buckley on international (etiquette) relations... Actor Rich Sommer goes Mad about board games... Brooklyn band Violens cues up a dinner party soundtrack... Brendan sips indie spirits... We toast Spider-Dan's [sic] epic climb... Three hysterical histories... Plus, sexy literary hoaxes, humor from troubadour Todd Snider, and a listener letter - from a dolphin. Read more...
Astor Place Riots and the "Cobbler Rouge"
This week back in 1849, New Yorkers rioted...over Shakespearean acting. Learn about Edwin Forrest, William Charles Macready and the brawl they spawned... and then smash down a custom, era-appropriate cocktail from a Broadway bar. Read more...
Episode 148: Santigold, Manly Manners and a Pilgrim's Process
This week: musician Santigold pines for a day job...Time's gonzo humorist Joel Stein offers some manly etiquette tips...Three ancient art treasures we HAVEN'T found...Rico visits crawfish country...Shakespearean theater worth fighting for...Writer Gideon Lewis-Kraus walks us through pilgrimages...Plus, humor from Violens, Sendak remembered, and the canine brain. Read more...
Episode 147: The All-Music Episode
This week: It's our first ever All-Music Episode! Willie Nelson gets lost in the haze of memory...Patton Oswalt on public radio's music problem...The Shins' James Mercer tells a Cold War secret...America's #1 hit writer Lamont Dozier on a miss...And we get back - to the Beatles final rooftop concert. Plus, sound and silliness from Billy Bragg, Wanda Jackson, and Cass McCombs. Read more...
WEB EXTRA: Rollins Meets Cash Meets Clash
During our fall 2011 taping with Henry Rollins, he told an unbelievable story about a backstage encounter between himself, Joe Strummer of the Clash, and Johnny Cash. The tale was, alas, too epic for our radio time constraints...but it SCREAMS to be heard, so here it is. Enjoy! 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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