The Dinner Party Download featuring The Clientele

The Clientele
British indie rockers The Clientele.
Photo by Andy Willsher

Icebreaker: Rick Moody, author of the new novel "The Four Fingers of Death" paw-ses to tell us a joke.

Small Talk: Los Angeles Times columnist Patt Morrisson tackles the subject of dwindling attendance at NFL games... and sends a special message to "America's Team."

A History Lesson With Booze: Learn some things you didn't know about the Great Fire of London... then learn how to make a cocktail that could burn down your neighborhood.

Guest of Honor: The Clientele Alasdair Maclean -- guitarist and vocalist for revered British indie band The Clientele -calls himself a minotaur, admits to clicheaphobia, and talks about his insane job with the UK Foreign Office.

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