Category Archive for People
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Our Bicentennial All-Icebreaker Episode
To celebrate the release of our 200th podcast, here's our bicentennial *All-Icebreaker* show. Dozens of jokes culled from the last two years' worth of DPDs, as told by such luminaries as James Franco, Bryan Cranston, Alison Pill, the band Fun., and many more. Some are funny, most are not. But there are definitely a lot of them. Read more...
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DPD Snubbed By James Beard Awards - But Our Guests Aren't
The finalists for the 2013 James Beard Awards - sort of like the Oscars of food - were announced today. And TWO of them have been featured on The Dinner Party Download. Your soon-to-be-winners are... Read more...
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The Dinner Party Oscar Ballot
Our annual Oscar picks, based upon the only criteria that matters: whether the nominee appeared on our show. Read more...
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More from Jessica Chastain
There's been much discussion about the depiction of torture in "Zero Dark Thirty." Some say that the movie implies torture was instrumental in capturing Osama Bin Laden, whereas many government officials say it wasn't. Jessica doesn't think that the movie is in any way pro-torture...and you can hear her explain why here. Read more...
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Eric Idle in our studios
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...
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The Dinner Party Emmy Ballot
Our picks for tonight's Emmy winners in several categories, based as always on the only criteria that matters: Which of the nominees have appeared on our show. Read more...
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Love! Ray
Rico remembers a close encounter with the late great Ray Bradbury. Read more...
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Howlin' Rain's layover with RTX
Ethan of Howlin' Rain glimpses rock-n-roll at an airport. Read more...
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Nozawa dreams of Jiro
David Gelb, maker of a new documentary about the greatest sushi chef on Earth, names his favorite NYC sushi spots and talks about L.A. sushi legend Nozawa's retirement plans. Read more...
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The Dinner Party Oscar Ballot
Our Oscar picks, based on the only criteria that matters - whether the nominee was on our show. Read more...
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Welcome Lexington!!!
Starting Saturday November 5th at noon, we welcome listeners of Lexington, KY station WUKY into our audio parlour. Read more...
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Penn & Teller Predicted Our Small Talk
A listener tells us the portentous comedy duo was doing "water menus" before the things even existed. Read more...
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Friends Don't Let Friends Go Mugless
Houston public radio station KUHF heeds Rico's plea for coffee containment. Read more...
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Stuff from being on TV
What Rico and Brendan learned from appearing on food shows. Read more...
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Underground Market Needs Above-Ground Help
A few episodes back, Rico reported on San Francisco's monthly "Underground Market." Alas, such stories seem to have brought the event some *less*-desirable attention... from the likes of the SF health department. Details, and how you can help, after the jump... Read more...
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Your Dream Guests Have Arrived!
We received oodles of fantastic responses to our call-out for "Dream Dinner Party Guests." And now, without further ado, here's a sample of who showed up to your epic shindigs... Read more...
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Tell us your dream dinner party guests!
I know, it's unfair. Every week, WE get to choose the "Guest of Honor" for our show. To right this wrong, we'd love it if you'd let us know YOUR ideal guests. Anyone's fair game. Share your picks after the break. Read more...
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Your Dinner Party Disaster Here
We've all been there, and now it's time to spill: what's your worst dinner party experience? Set something on fire? Insult a stranger? Fail to hide your host's inedible food? Share your story with us, and we might include it on this site... or even on the show. Read more...
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"Bellflower" filmmaker's parking tix 1/5 paid by P. Diddy
On a recent taping of The Carson Daly show, indie filmmaker (and DPD Guest Of Honor alum) Evan Glodell got a surprise visit from an unlikely patron. Video within... Read more...
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DPD joins the Public Insight Network!
We've partnered with the Public Insight Network to make it easier for your insights, musings, rants, and suggestions to inform the DPD. Read on to sign up and to see what stories you can help us with right now. Read more...
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More Spike Lee (the director's cut of the director)
Our interview with Spike Lee was a smorgasbord of film history that just couldn't fit into our tapas-sized show. Check out the 16-minute version we'd air if we were Terry Gross, after the jump. Read more...
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Golden Globe *Winner* Paul Giamatti (the director's cut)
On a Golden Globes night full of cookie-cutter acceptance speeches, Guest of Honor Paul Giamatti broke rank to salute his "trifecta of hottie" co-stars, Godiva chocolates, and the entire nation of Canada. Check out his speech and listen to an extended cut of our interview. Read more...
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A nice tip
An old-school donation to the DPD from "Tony." Read more...
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ATTN Angelenos: See Rico & Brendan LIVE Thursday, Sept. 9th
Rico & Brendan will be the special-est guests at a live taping of America's *second* best podcast -- Thursday night at the famed Troubadour nightclub. Read more...
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Record Store Day Extra: The greatest record store on Earth
In honor of this weekend's 4th annual Record Store Day, here's an interview with Jerry Weber, owner of one of the largest all-vinyl record stores in the world... and Rico's nominee for President. Read more...
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Where Tig Went
It turns out that The Runaways ran away from Tig Notaro. Read more...
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Remembering Howard Zinn
Hear an extended, 12-minute cut of our interview last February with the late Historian/Author/Activist. Read more...
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"All"'s theme, considered
Below is a transcript of a voice-mail message left for me yesterday by Tim Walker, organizer and chief instigator of the world-famous Grilled Cheese Invitational. Try not to think about it during “All Things Considered” tonight; I dare you. -/RG... Read more...
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Best of 2009 -- you tell us
The air is crisp, the Times Square Ball has been adorned with spankin’ new waterford crystal, and it has become temporarily impossible for journos like ourselves to get sources to return phone calls. Must be New Year’s week. And so... Read more...
