This week: Bob Odenkirk, comedy polymath & “Breaking Bad” breakout star, talks sketch and Saul… … Pop provacateur Peaches strips down etiquette… Folk-rock icon Linda thompson plays party DJ … Small island, big library … Food writer Nigel slater recalls pre-parm Britain … Behind the scenes with Johnny Carson … Leafy green humor … And a flood of beer was not as fun as it sounds.
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“Purple Stuff On Salad” – Listener Steve
Citizen of Salt Lake City and valued DPD listener
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Every Viking Gives Birth to a Book
Sadie Stein of The Paris Review shares a new BBC report which names Iceland's 300,000 residents the most bookish population in the world.
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The Great London Beer Flood
This week back in 1814, enormous vats of ale at London’s Meux Brewery burst, letting loose a tsunami of beer. Sound awesome? Not for the people it killed. Hear the sobering tale, and chase it with a cocktail that won’t help you dry out.
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Folk icon Linda Thompson Plays DJ, Parties til Dawn
Linda Thompson was one of the biggest names in English folk-rock of the 1970s. Now she is back with the second record in a recent come-back, fifty years after her musical career began.
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Bob Odenkirk's 'Breaking' Bliss & 'The Birthday Boys'
Actor and comedian Bob Odenkirk is best known as Saul on "Breaking Bad" and for his own influential sketch show "Mr. Show." His latest project is a generally upbeat and silly new sketch series, but he's not giving up his "angry old man energy" just yet.
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Peaches Does Etiquette
Pop star and performance artist Peaches has made a career of fun, whimsical work that challenges serious themes of sexism, homophobia, and intolerance - so she helps our listeners address some everyday injustices.
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Nigel Slater and His Sentimental Pans
Nigel Slater is among the most famous and beloved food writers in the world - but, he tells us, he's neither chef nor celebrity.
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Johnny Carson, Off the Air
Henry Bushkin was a confidant, lawyer, and friend to Johnny Carson - and the Carson that Bushkin knew was very different from the "Tonight Show" host's jolly public persona.
Playlist: Episode 223
Heard something you liked? Here's all of the music in this week's show.