Hello, this is Brendan.

And this is Rico.

And we just want to give you a heads up that you were about to hear an encore broadcast, as we call it, of a show that we first taped last summer in the Washington, D.C. area featuring politicians and artists whose work relates to politics because we figured you haven't gotten nearly enough political material here at the end of this election cycle.

That's right. And by the way, Encore isn't French for rerun.

No.

It means we picked it and it's special and you are demanding it of us to give it to you again.

And after that awesome show next week, we have our all book episode, which features lots of great authors because it's getting a little chilly out and you may want to tuck into a book and we'll recommend some of them.

And speaking of chili, if you're too cold, you can fly to Southern California where we will be performing at the Now Hear This Festival in Anaheim.

That's right. On October 29th, there's a lot of other great podcasts being taped there live, including criminal, WTF with Mark

Marin, and best of all, us. We're going to kill it. Are we allowed to say that? Yeah.

All right. I think we're allowed to show like some self-confidence. Okay. More information about

the now here at this podcast festival at dinner party download.org. And now here's your icebreaker.

Right here. Okay. I've got a joke.

What did Richard Nixon say to his wife when she complained about the meal he prepared for her?

I don't know.

What?

I am not a cook.

I'm Brendan Francis Nune.

I'm Rico Gagliano.

I'm from APM American Public Media.

This is The Dinner Party Download,

the culture show that gives you an edge in your weekend conversations.

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