Welcome to the Dinner Party download.

This is your icebreaker.

Okay, guys, I got a joke for you.

I think it's funny.

Why does a moon rock taste better than an earth rock?

I don't know.

Why?

Because it's a little meteor.

I'm Brendan Francis Noonam. I'm Rico Gondon. because it's a little meatier.

I'm Brendan Francis Noonam.

I'm Rico Gagliano, and from APM American Public Media, this is The Dinner Party Download,

culture, food, and humor to fuel your weekend conversations.

You just got a joke from Titus Burgess, star of Netflix's Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

That'll help break the ice. And later we'll speak with Damon Lindeloff, co-creator of Lost, and the acclaimed drama The Leftovers, which has its

season finale this weekend. Also coming up, the band Phoenix stops by to DJ a cosmopolitan party. We

learn about Gertrude Bell, the most important explorer you've never heard of. Also, we say goodbye to late, great sports journalist Frank DeFord.

But first, let's start with small talk.

All week long, you've heard these headlines.

The president announcing the U.S. will withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord.

The president in a small group of people know exactly what he meant.

Jared Kushner asked for a back-channel communication between the Trump transition team and the Kremlin.

Now for something you might not have heard, we are speaking with Sadie Stein. She is a contributing editor to the lovely literary magazine, the Paris Review.

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