Episode 202

Andrea Riseborough

Episode 202: Andrea Riseborough, Fitz and the Tantrums, and a Salumi Tsunami

This week: Actress Andrea Riseborough ("Shadow Dancer") reveals her secret identity... Fitz, of The Tantrums, throws us an '80s dance party... Why Italian pork will be flooding American shores... Novelist Joanna Hershon's new take on an Old School... The history of traffic tickets inspires a boozy Bicyclette... Remembering monumental heroics in WWII... And the Posts throw down the etiquette gantlet. Plus, contemporary Dodos, wood cuts, and wrap artists. Read more...

May 23, 2013

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