Welcome to the dinner party.

This is your icebreaker.

An actor comes home to find his house burned to the ground and his wife standing in the rubble distraught.

He's beside himself with anger and he asks her, who did this?

And his wife says, your agent.

The actor says, my agent came to the house. What did he want?

I'm re-coving. agent. The actor says my agent came to the house. What did he want?

I'm Rico Galliano. I'm Brendan Francis Noonam. And from APM, American Public Media,

this is The Dinner Party, the culture show that gives you an edge in your weekend conversations.

You just got a showbiz joke from Seth Greenland, author of the new novel The Angry Buddhist.

That'll help break the ice.

Later, we'll speak with Michael Diamond, aka Mike D.

from hip-hop group, The Beastie Boys.

Also coming up, Liz Winstead, creator of the deli show on the wardrobe malfunction that

changed her life, Gene Wien on Rod McEwen, and writer Gustavo Arell on Mezcal, literally.

But first, some news.

But you, dear podcasters, get to skip the news and go straight to fun.

I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum.

I'm Rico Gagliano. I'm Rico Galliano.

Welcome to the dinner party, the culture show that gives you an edge in your weekend conversations.

Later, musician Aaron Freeman, aka Gene Wien, talks about Rod McEwen.

A.k.a. Rod McEwen.

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