Category Archive for Small Talk
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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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"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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The Lonely Whale: No Myth
In episode #84, author Karen Russell told us about a lonely whale whose damaged love song chases lady whales away. We couldn't verify the story's authenticity at the time, but it turns out it's true (sort of)(sadly)... Read more...
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Talking Points: In defense of Weetabix
Why the ugliest cereal in the world is Rico's favorite. Read more...
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When Stars collide
Trek meets Wars on a pack of schizophrenic trading cards. 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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Coolest Beatle: Ringo?
Our guest blogger today is Steve Thornton — owner and operator of The Indiepop List, an online forum for lovers of pop music, particularly in the Belle & Sebastian vein. That’s where Steve first posted this vigorous defense of Ringo,... Read more...
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Welcome!
For the past few months we’ve been camping out at our Facebook Fan Page and crashing at Twitter, but today we finally have a place to call our own: Welcome to the Dinner Party Download’s new home on the web.... Read more...
