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Thank you so much. Hi there. Today's episode will sound a little different. It's an interview

I recorded live at the on-air fest in Brooklyn, New York back in February. It was me on stage

with a cello player named Zach Brown, and an inanimate object that truly has dozens of names.

One of the names is a party horn. One of those things that you blow and it unfurls and it

makes a noise at a party. Also, I should point out I had a cold. I think that's all you

need to know. Here's the interview.

Well, why don't we start by having you introduce yourself for us?

Yes, I'm Charles, and I'm... I've got a million names.

I'm the thing at a birthday party to blow into it unfurls. I'm a party horn, a party

kazoo. I'm a party blower, party pipe, party elephant, party blow out. Some people call

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