Brendan Francis Newnam is a writer and radio host best known as the co-host of ''The Dinner Party Download'' with

Rico Gagliano Rico Gagliano is an American journalist, podcaster and radio host. He is best known as the co-host, with Brendan Francis Newnam, of American Public Media’s arts-and-culture radio show and podcast “The Dinner Party Download”, and as a reporter ...

, produced by

American Public Media American Public Media (APM) is an American company that produces and distributes public radio programs in the United States, the second largest company of its type after NPR. Its non-profit parent, American Public Media Group, also owns and o ...

Radio career

A native of

Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Since ...

, Pennsylvania, Brendan studied to be a lawyer at

Temple University Temple University (Temple or TU) is a public state-related research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist minister Russell Conwell and his congregation Grace Baptist Church of Philadelphia then calle ...

, where he was a Knight Media Fellow. He got his start in radio as a producer for a local arts program at

WRTI WRTI (90.1 FM) is a non-commercial, public radio station licensed to serve Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is a service of Temple University. The Temple University Board of Trustees holds the station's license. The broadcast tower used by the s ...

, and as a staff researcher for ''

Fresh Air ''Fresh Air'' is an American radio talk show broadcast on National Public Radio stations across the United States since 1985. It is produced by WHYY-FM in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The show's host is Terry Gross. , the show was syndicated to ...

'' with

Terry Gross Terry Gross (born February 14, 1951) is an American journalist who is the host and co-executive producer of '' Fresh Air'', an interview-based radio show produced by WHYY-FM in Philadelphia and distributed nationally by NPR. Since joining N ...

. Later he became a regular contributor to ''

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'' and '' Weekend America''. He co-created and co-hosted the radio show and podcast ''The Dinner Party Download''. The podcast was consistently ranked among the top 100 iTunes Podcast downloads. The show was structured in several acts, mimicking the segments of a dinner party. In addition to his radio work, Brendan writes a travel column for CNN. He has been named one of ''Food & Wine'' magazine's "Big Thinkers Under 40". He has been a judge on '' Top Chef Masters'' Season 3 and a guest on ''

Rocco's Dinner Party ''Rocco's Dinner Party'' is an American reality competition series which premiered on June 15, 2011, on the Bravo cable network. Each week, three chefs are challenged to craft the perfect dinner party for celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito and his ...

''.

Radio career

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