June Archives
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Episode 155: The All-Movie Episode
This week, it's our first ever ALL-MOVIE EPISODE - a blockbuster hour of our favorite film-centric interviews, starring John C. Reilly, Miranda July, Terry Gilliam and more: Val Kilmer plays Mark Twain playing an etiquette expert... Jackie Collins invites us to a Hollywood party... author Jonathan Lethem casts Drew Barrymore in his surreal fiction... One of cinema's greatest sound designers lists some of cinema's greatest sounds... and Michel Hazanavicius, Oscar-winning director of "The Artist," *doesn't* enjoy the silence. Plus: rockers Howlin' Rain suggest the most unlikely dinner party soundtrack ever, and Molly Ringwald barks like a dog. Read more...
The Throne of Stone and "The Kelvin Car Bomb"
This week back in 1996, the British government announced the Stone of Scone was going home. The Stone, a 340-pound sandstone block, sat on a shelf within Britain's coronation chair for 700 years... much to the chagrin of the Scots, from whom it was taken back in the 13th century. Read more...
Episode 154: Benh Zeitlin, All-American Etiquette, and the Automat
This week: Filmmaker Benh Zeitlin ("Beasts of the Southern Wild") paints with an axe... Michael Ian Black and Meghan McCain swear they can answer your etiquette questions peacefully... Actress Alison Pill, of Aaron Sorkin's new show "The Newsroom," takes us behind-the-scenes... New Yorker receptionist Janet Groth reflects on (almost) being Mrs. John Berryman... Lunching at the 'Automat'...Plus, doubled data, a summer fashion preview, and a soundtrack from playful pop band Micachu and the Shapes. Read more...
The Smoke-Filled Room and "The Dark Horse"
This week back in 1920, a group of politicians gathered in a hotel suite... and a political cliche was born. Learn about the original "smoke-filled room," then take a deep drag of this murky cocktail. Read more...
Episode 153: Patti Smith, Bryan Cranston, and Drinkable Shrubs
This week: Punk icon Patti Smith dreams of little black dresses... "Breaking Bad's" Bryan Cranston builds green houses, not meth labs... Zosia Mamet (Girls, Mad Men) picks other 'against-type' actors... we inhale the tale of the original "smoke-filled room"... and novelist Nathaniel Rich finds a rhino with all the answers. Plus: drinkable shrubs, a new track from Odd Future's Frank Ocean, and the fastest road in the USA. Read more...
Episode 152: Stephen Merchant, Demon Children, and The War on Drugs
This week: We revisit one of our favorite episodes..."The Office" co-creator Stephen Merchant spars with Brendan... fashion guru Simon Doonan advocates mullets... humorists Dave Barry & Alan Zweibel (attempt to) read their epic epilogue... The soundtrack of The War on Drugs... Artist Chris Burden's slot-cars on steroids... And Rico digs into Frito Pie. Plus: silent senators, illin' crosswords, and far-out jokes. Read more...
Love! Ray
Rico remembers a close encounter with the late great Ray Bradbury. 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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