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• Episode 177: Tony Hawk, Benh Zeitlin & Incorrigible Ethels

  November 30, 2012 10:24 AM

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  This week: Skateboarding legend Tony Hawk does some extreme couchsurfing... "Beasts of the Southern Wild" director Benh Zeitlin on axe-painting... Controversy-courting essayist Katie Roiphe offers advice... author Susanna Moore dines in wartime Berlin... Brendan learns the difference between jerks and Ethels... and SF band Thao & The Get Down Stay Down give us a tune that gets you up, keep you up. Plus the history of a New-Wave Band Aid, the science of Xmas music, and sherry wine: it's not just for Grandmas anymore. Read more...

• Episode 176: The All-Food Episode

  November 20, 2012 4:36 PM

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  This week: It's an ALL-FOOD episode stuffed with tasty goodness. Gail Simmons of TV's "Top Chef" survives internship hell and gets her 'Angel' wings...We reheat the history of the microwave, then get zapped with a custom cocktail...Fran Lebowitz and other notables share unforgettable mealtime memories...A free-range serving of The New Yorker's Adam Gopnik... Just in time for Turkey Day, Rico heads to Istanbul to taste some delights... Chef/Memoirist Gabrielle Hamilton on sweetbreads and sweet success...And the War on Drugs supply a soundtrack for your next feast. Plus, History's forgotten utensil (NOT the spork!), Ireland's trendiest import, and a meaty joke from actress Alison Pill. Read more...

• Episode 175: Wyatt Cenac, Tilly and the Wall, and Kubrick's Kitties

  November 15, 2012 3:41 PM

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  This week: "The Daily Show"'s Wyatt Cenac gives us some 'facts' to chew on... "Life of Pi" author Yann Martel takes us on his favorite literary journeys...'Classic dining' makes a comeback...A soundtrack from Tilly and the Wall to set the mood... How NOT to feign interest in arthouse cinema... We pay tribute to dunker-in-chief Daryl Dawkins a.k.a. Chocolate Thunder... Stanley Kubrick gets a close-up...Plus, Turkey Day etiquette, flying cellos, and silly headlines. Read more...

• Episode 174: Jon Ronson, Eric Idle, and Flying Leotards

  November 8, 2012 5:10 PM

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  This Week: Eric Idle of "Monty Python" and "Spamalot" leads us in a singalong... Writer Jon Ronson plays sidekick to a real-life superhero...Folk icon Iris DeMent shares a homey dinner party soundtrack...Adam Pally of TV's "Happy Endings" revisits his rocky beginnings...And kale invades Thanksgiving.... Plus, the birth of the leotard, the "King" of new music, and video games NOT named "Halo." Read more...

• Eric Idle in our studios

  Rico Gagliano

  November 6, 2012 12:47 PM

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  Photographic evidence that Monty Python's Eric Idle graced us with his presence here at Dinner Party HQ this morning. PLUS: Idle reveals Python's secret U.S. weapon. Read more...

• Episode 173: The All-Book Episode

  November 2, 2012 6:00 AM

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  This week: It's our first ever ALL-BOOK episode - a whole hour of fun with literary luminaries. MacArthur 'Genius' Junot Diaz probes the mind of a young cheater...LeVar Burton - beloved host of "Reading Rainbow" - offers life advice for book borrowers... British heavyweight Martin Amis lets his dogs out... And indie queen Miranda July tells us about a print relic... Plus, fun footnotes from T.C. Boyle, YA phenom Leigh Bardugo, and a guy named Shakespeare. 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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