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The company that brings you A Prairie Home Companion and Marketplace serves up The Dinner Party Download - a fast and funny "booster shot" of news and culture designed to help you dazzle friends and family at this weekend's dinner party. In every 10-minute episode you'll learn a joke... Get the week's major headlines... Bone up on some history... Drink in a cocktail recipe... Meet an artist of note... Savor an emerging food trend... And hear your new favorite song. Plus unconventional wisdom from hosts Rico Gagliano and Brendan Newnam. This weekend, don't just attend your dinner party - win it. Bon appetit. Primary Format : Language : Also Listed as: City : Unknown State/Province : Unknown User Tags: audio loop background music bass sound drum loop drum loops drum sound drum sounds drums sound effects loop flash music flash sound User Votes: RSS Feed Website People found this Podcast Searching for: Podcast iTunes Link Text Only listing of The Dinner Party Download Podcasts Methings.com listings of The Dinner Party Download Podcasts If you like this podcast, you might also like:

View the full archive of The Dinner Party Download Episode 36: Julian Casablancas, Thanksgiving Centerfolds, A Car is Born This Week: Julian Casablancas strokes the new 90210...Brendan checks out the swimsuit issue of food mags... and we learn about the Motor City's lemon legend. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode 16, Friday, February 13th Historian/Activist Howard Zinn recalls a different kind of flower power… We learn what happens when TV censors can’t take a joke… and Brendan pigs out on lard pigs. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode 17, Friday, February 27th "The Daily Show's" Larry Wilmore is pure magic... We learn why even grownups shouldn't play with guns... star mixologist Larry Thrasher mixes a drink fit for a vampire... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode 18, Friday, March 13th Rocker Benjy Ferree’s ode to Peter Pan… We discover the planet that dares not speak its name… and Rico sharpens his conversation skills with Brooklyn’s new king of cutlery. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode 19, Friday, March 27th This week: Rico chats up Girls at SXSW… Marlon Brando gets an offer he can refuse… and Brendan is forced to rethink his jihad against cupcakes. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode 20, Friday, April 10th Sundance-winning filmmaker Ondi Timoner lives in public radio… We taste the salt that shook the world… and Brendan goes hunting for Easter eggs and finds Grilled Cheese. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode 21, Friday, April 24th Rocker Stew ponders art vs. reality... we take a historic bike trip into an *alternate* reality... and Brendan checks out an exclusive chef's boutique where the wares are just plain unreal. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode 22, Friday, May 8th This week: Pushcart Prize winning author Wells Tower gets auto erotic... we learn how to drink trees... and Rico finds out that starting a food magazine is child’s play. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode 23, Friday, May 22nd This Week: Norway's Datarock toot their own horn... we're knocked out by a drink served beaten, not stirred... and Brendan eats BBQ with a side of vinyl. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode 24, Friday, June 5th Alain De Botton vs. Huey Lewis Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode 25, Friday, June 19th What do Pregatinis have to do with Muhammad Ali? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode 26, Friday, July 3rd This week: Humorist Mishna Wolff talks about living in black and white… We sip a bloody mary that's clearly insane... And Rico learns about gourmet grillers' Coal Standard. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Dinner Party Download - Episode 27 - Friday July 17th This Week: Pop maestro Ed Harcourt gives us recipes for lamb and schizophrenia... We learn about the aviator who took a wrong turn into the history books... and Brendan says "oui" to nonstaurants. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | the Dinner Party Download - Episode 28 - Friday, July 31st This Week: Rich Fulcher of the cult TV hit "The Mighty Boosh" raises the decibel level of UK comedy... We race back in time with Jesse Owens... and Brendan samples a drink fit for Olympians. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Josie Long, the King of Albania, Saltado This week Brendan talks positively to British comedian Josie Long...we supposedly meet the King of Albania...and Rico finds out there are french fries in Peruvian food Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode 30: Gary Hustwit, Krakatoa and Foraging This week: Filmmaker Gary Hustwit has designs on Honeybaked ham... Krakatoa bursts without pride... and Brendan breaks the two-second rule with a professional forager. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode 31: Billy Bragg, Short-Lived Millonaires and Deep-Fried Butter This week: Billy Bragg makes "Ode" new again... an English Major fails the cough test... and Brendan talks to a cholesterocidal maniac. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode 32: Andy Borowitz, Cornography, Tipping Tips This Week: Brendan sizes up humorist Andy Borowitz...we unearth a corny communist plot...and Rico gets tips on tipping. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode 33: Yo La Tengo, Koreanguistics, Killer Greens This Week: Yo La Tengo's Ira Kaplan pulls out his organ... We get a hangul on Korean literate-ture... and "Food, Inc" director Robert Kenner gives Rico an industrial food complex. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode 34: Klosterman, Kidnapping and Killer Kandy This week: Pop savant Chuck Klosterman is sharp as a tiger's whiskers... we lend an ear to a rich tale of kidnapping... and Brendan celebrates Halloween by tasting the worst candy in the world. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |