But after earning a JD and spending a summer fighting for prosecutorial reform in Bulgaria, he was seduced by public radio’s siren call. But even la dolce vita gets old, and he returned to America to embark on a career in law. A long time foodie, during the height of America’s cupcake craze, Brendan sought refuge in Europe, where he wrote and edited travel guides, music reviews and celebrity profiles for various websites and magazines, including Vice and Blackbook, and delivered lectures on the ontology of the gin martini.
Granted, by then he was in his 20s and had graduated from Rutgers at the top of his class while the rest of his tablemates were toddlers, but, still, a victory is a victory, even if you make a 5-year-old cry.
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He’s been a fan of dinner parties since childhood, when it meant he got to eat in his parents’ bedroom and watch TV all night while the grownups sat around in the dining room getting wine-tipsy.īRENDAN FRANCIS NEWNAM has been winning dinner parties since first taking a seat at the kid’s table at his family’s holiday gatherings. Rico holds an MFA from the American Film Institute. The troupe had a top-10 video podcast on iTunes and filmed pilots for Spike TV and the SyFy Network. sketch comedy troupe The Ministry Of Unknown Science, which at various times required him to drop his pants on stage, stand fully clothed in frigid ocean waves for half an hour, and stand way too close to the explosion caused by detonating a sex doll filled with propane. Rico co-created, performed and wrote for the circus-like L.A. He continues to contribute pieces to The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles magazine and others. Prior to radio, Rico worked as a TV writer on shows for MTV, ABC, Fox Family and The Cartoon Network… and as a freelance print reporter for LA Weekly, the Village Voice, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and others. He also penned and performed many of the show’s “Marketplace Players” comedy sketches. He’s been heard on All Things Considered, Weekend America, The Savvy Traveler KPCC’s The Frame and other series, but he was best known as a reporter on “ Marketplace,” for which he filed stories from England, Ireland, Sweden, The Netherlands, India, South Korea and across the good ol’ USA. RICO GAGLIANO has worked in public radio for over a decade. Your Hosts and Party Planners (Photo Credit Kevin Scanlon) You’ll occasionally find them on TV, too! They’ve appeared on Top Chef: Masters, Last Call With Carson Daly and Rocco’s Dinner Party. We’re also available on your many podcast platforms ( find them all here). The Dinner Party Download is produced by American Public Media and airs weekly on more than 175+ public radio stations and HD channels ( see our station listings here). Plus, unconventional wisdom from hosts Rico Gagliano and Brendan Francis Newnam. In every episode, you’ll learn a joke… bone up on an odd bit of history and then wash it down with a themed cocktail recipe… meet artists of note ( Pharrell Williams, Scarlett Johansson, and Steve Martin to name a few)… have your burning etiquette questions answered by the likes of Mel Brooks or Aisha Tyler… savor an emerging food trend… and hear your new favorite song. Think of it as public radio’s arts & leisure section.
Welcome to The Dinner Party Download, a fast and funny hour of culture, food, and conversation.
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