Is TV small talk ruining dinner parties?
Planning to gab about your favourite shows at a get-together this weekend? Journalist Daniel Engber says maybe you shouldn't.
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Daniel Engber has noticed a rise in TV-related questions at dinner parties and, spoiler alert, he wants us to cut it out. Today the journalist joins guest host Talia Schlanger to argue that, even though we're living in this golden age of television, real life talk about TV is "mostly a bore" and, ultimately, we're missing out on hearing about our friends' actual lives.
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Over to you Q listeners: is TV small talk ruining your dinner parties? Are you hearing more about your friends' favourite shows than what's going on in their own lives?