Welcome to the dinner party download. This is your icebreaker.

I have a really good friend named Carol Ladderbottom, and she didn't like her name at all.

So she changed it to Helen.

I'm Rico Galliano.

I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum, 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 joke from Patty Shemmel, former drummer of the band Hull, that'll break

the ice.

Later, she will pound out a drum-centric party playlist for you.

All right.

Yeah. Plus, we speak with art school graduate Abby Jacobson, co-star and co-creator of the TV hit

Broad City and host of A Piece of Work, her podcast about modern art.

Also coming up, comedian and author Whitney Cummings has advice for fantasy football spouses.

Filmmaker Angela Robinson tells the tale of the boundary-busting creator of Wonder Woman,

and I learn about laminated baguettes.

Don't worry, they're edible.

But first, as at any party, we start with Small Talk.

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

The GOP majority in Congress has its joint budget resolution.

Another actress has accused movie producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment.

Dodgers, win game one.

Now for a story you might not have heard, we are speaking with Rebecca Lerer.

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