The Dinner Party Download

Society & Culture
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 fro (Author: KPCC 89.3, Southern California Public Radio)
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Recent episodes from The Dinner Party Download

  • Dinner Party Download - Episode 4 - Friday, September 5th
    Published: Sep 5, 08
    This week: A sober chat with Ezra Feinberg about his psych-rock band Citay... We remember the Great Fire of London with a conflagrant cocktail... and a champion barista drinks deep the mad flava of competitive coffee-making.
     
  • Dinner Party Download - Episode 3 - Friday August 22nd
    Published: Aug 22, 08
    This week: New York Times columnist David Carr threatens to kick our ass… Lolita turns fifty but she’s still too young… Tips on how to pretend you know about wine… Our song of the week features a guy from the seventies who sounds like a guy from the seventies.
     
  • Dinner Party Download - Episode 3 - Friday August 22th
    Published: Aug 22, 08
    This week: New York Times columnist David Carr threatens to kick our ass… Lolita turns fifty but she’s still too young… Tips on how to pretend you know about wine… Our song of the week features a guy from the seventies who sounds like a guy from the seventies.
     
  • Dinner Party Download - Episode 2 - Friday August 8th
    Published: Aug 8, 08
    This week: The artist known as Girl Talk tells us about his explosive high school band... A short history of Jesse Owens... How to mix a "Berliner Olympic" cocktail... An introduction to the All-American fruit most Americans have never tasted.
     
  • Dinner Party Download - Episode 1 - Friday July 25th
    Published: Jul 25, 08
    This week: Indie-folk duo The Watson Twins shares their secret fantasy…A short history of John Dillinger... How to mix an Old-Fashioned cocktail... Taste a hot sauce 8 times more potent than pepper spray.