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The new Boeing 787 Dreamliner passenger jet is seen on March 14, 2012 in Long Beach, California.

Rico Gagliano and Brendan Francis Newnam, hosts of The Dinner Party, join Madeleine Brand for their weekly booster shot of cultural news.

On tap this week, a man who lived for years with a bullet in his head, a scientific explanation for why airline food tastes so bad, and the strange fate of one cute little lamb.

The Dinner Party airs on Sundays on KPCC at 3 p.m.

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