October Archives
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A History Lesson with Booze: Headaches and Cures
A History Lesson with Booze: Headaches and Cures&type=POPUP" --> This week in 1899, Bayer Corp. patented a little pill they called “aspirin.” For a healthy heart, listen to the history of it’s creation once a day, then take two... Read more...
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Episode 172: Stephin Merritt, Vengeance Eating, and Alka-hol
This week: Stephin Merritt's attraction to love... Actress Amy Brenneman adjudicates listener etiquette... A vengeful lunch with Joel Stein... an Alkaholic drink... Neil deGrasse Tyson defends space... Bill Plympton's favorite animation... and a 3-song prescription from Dr. Dog. Plus: Aggie yells, a Dinner Party Timeout, and a cross-word joke from singer Cate le Bon. Read more...
Getty's Mis-trust and the "Young American"
A History Lesson with Booze: Getty's Mis-trust and the "Young American"&type=POPUP" --> This week back in 1973, the Italian kidnappers of young John Paul Getty III demonstrated to his skinflint billionaire grandfather they meant business. Just in time for... Read more...
Episode 171: Ben Gibbard, Jens Lekman, and Fake Presidents
This week: Ben Gibbard, of the band Death Cab For Cutie, goes solo... Political comedian W. Kamau Bell lists his favorite fake presidents... Swedish rocker Jens Lekman tells of his fake almost-marriage... Advice for debate-watchers and couch-crashers from the Emily Post Institute kids... Top chef Michale Cimarusti makes a big deal about little fishes... and John Paul Getty III's ear-ie kidnapping. Plus: a new track from Kanye West, the science of disgusting, and trampolines 'cross the Seine. Read more...
Web Extra: Jens Lekman's acoustic performance of "I Know What Love Isn't"
Swedish Musician Jens Lekman graced us with an acoustic performance of the title track from his new album, "I Know What Love Isn't." Click through to listen...and commence to swoon. Read more...
Episode 170: Martin McDonagh, Ed Asner, and Real American Cheese
This week: Playwright & "Seven Psychopaths" filmmaker Martin McDonagh laughs in the face of death... TV legend Ed Asner calls us out... Mary Elizabeth Winstead lists some sobering cinema... '5 under 35' honoree Justin Torres reads from his celebrated novella... New Yorker critic David Denby divines film's future... and Brendan seeks the *real* American cheese. Plus, a historic Niagara fall, a crushed dinosaur dream, and a wild new track from Tame Impala. Read more...
The Vacuum Cleaner and "The Suck it Up"
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. Hear the story, then toast the spirit of invention with a cocktail that doesn't suck. Read more...
Episode 169: Anna Kendrick, Kevin Nealon, and the Perks of Being a Pittsburgher
This Week: Oscar-nominated actress Anna Kendrick sings of adorkability... "Weeds"/SNL alum Kevin Nealon blesses us with etiquette advice..."The Perks of Being a Wallflower" creator Stephen Chbosky talks of time and place... Okkervil River runs through a party soundtrack... here comes the (terrorist) bride... And the Primanti Sandwich goes national. Plus: We witness the birth of a clean machine, shine a light on art, and learn the history of comedy. 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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