Welcome to the Dinner Party Download. This is your icebreaker.

Okay. What's the difference between a trombone player and a frog?

What?

The frog's on the way to a gig.

There's so many layers of Dom.

I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum.

I'm Rico Galliano.

And from APM, American Public Media, this is The Dinner Party Download, Culture, Food, and

Humor to fuel your party conversations.

You just got a musician, Amy Mann.

That'll break the ice.

She'll be back later to talk about her new album and to answer your etiquette questions.

Plus, we'll speak with actor Hank Azaria, star the new comedy, Brock Meyer,

and the voice behind some of your favorite residents of Springfield.

That would be the home of The Simpsons, of course.

Also coming up, comic Jason Jones tells a story from The Big City,

and Alex Capranos, frontman of the band Franz Ferdinand,

and the new Supergroup Banquet,

spins us a playlist that will take you from Scotland to Latin America.

Plus salt science, cocktails, and more.

But first, small talk.

All week long, you've been hearing these headlines.

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