Hello, I'm Brendan Francis Noonam. This is The Dinner Party Download. My co-host Rico Gagliano is on vacation on the very week. We are broadcasting a special episode. Coincidence, you decide. So this week, like last week, we are taking a break from our regular programming to share something new with you. To get you up to speed, the powers that be have asked us to make our little radio show

into an hour-long radio program.

And frankly, I was originally opposed to the idea, but when they pointed out that our

current show is akin to an, quote, audio cupcake, well, I kind of came around to their

way of thinking.

So we are interrupting our regular programming for a few weeks to experiment with some different segments that we might include in an hour, and we wanted to get your feedback.

But here's a secret.

We've already made an hour-long show.

We were doing it while you weren't looking.

It's true.

We created an hour-long pilot, some of which we've played before in our podcast, other parts we haven't.

So now we'd like to share that pilot with you and see what you think.

Do you like it?

Is it the greatest thing you've ever heard?

Would you consider laying in front of your local program directors Volvo Station wagon until they

agree to play it at their local station?

Your feedback is really valuable to us, especially since we get to filter out the bad stuff

before our boss sees it.

So please send your thoughts along.

So without further ado, I present to you the Dinner Party Download hour-long pilot. Listen, enjoy,

and then tell us what you think by going to our website, dinnerparty download.org.

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