December Archives
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Episode 181: 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 180: Jamie Foxx, Macklemore, and Gollum's Grandparents
This Week: Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx plays Django and table tennis... JEOPARDY! champ Ken Jennings answers our *etiquette* questions (minus the buzzer)... "Thrift Shop" rap stars Macklemore & Ryan Lewis spin a playful party playlist... "The Splendid Table's" Lynne Rosetto-Kasper is haunted by the ghost of Christmas-party past... "The Hobbit" FX mastermind Joe Letteri traces Gollum's family tree back to Sherlock Holmes... And speaking of which, Rico learns to think like Sherlock Holmes. Plus: Brazilian food rising, monkeys with no rhythm, and zen dogs. Read more...
Episode 179: Beck, Modern Family Values, and Love's Songs
This week: Pop star Beck Hansen's new album looks great on paper... Actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson of "Modern Family" offers etiquette advice... Darlene Love, singer of Xmas soul classic "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)," lists non-awful yuletide tunes... We sing the praises of Leonard's Cohen's "Hallelujah"... Top chefs debate if food should come with footnotes... and we learn how "Gone With The Wind" brought Jimmy Carter and MLK together. Plus: paper beats air, a nutty joke, and Destiny's *other* child. Read more...
Episode 178: Fred Armisen, Fishy Business, and Kinky Etiquette
This week, "Portlandia's" Fred Armisen cops to working blue... legendary satirist/musician/Governor-to-be Kinky Friedman serves up Texas-sized etiquette tips... rockstar classical organist Cameron Carpenter thinks outside the Bach box... We toast an infamous Alabama pest... Fish fraud!... And "Kumare" documentarian Vikram Gandhi teaches you how to become a guru. Plus, a 'Fun.' joke, Da Vinci Code: Rhode Island, and your letters... all the way from Kyrgyzstan. Read more...
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