Welcome to the dinner party download.

This is your icebreaker.

All right, so a guy goes into the library,

goes to the front counter, he says,

let me get a cheeseburger, fries, and a Coke, no, a Diet Coke.

And the woman at the counter says,

Sir, this is a library.

It says, oh, sorry, sorry, sorry.

Give me a cheeseburger, fries, Diet Coke.

I'm Rico Gagliano.

I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum, and from 89.3, KPCC in Los Angeles,

this is the dinner party download,

the show that helps you win your next dinner party.

Our icebreaker this week came from Spencer Lee, the man behind the blog, Sounds of the Week.

SW.E.A.K, by the way. For real? Thanks, Spencer. And later, we'll be speaking with our guest

of honor, author Wells Tower. His writings appeared in The New Yorker and Paris Review, and now he's

ready for the big time, this awesome show.

That's right. But first, time for small talk.

So, Rico, this week's headlines were all about the obvious.

All right.

You have to wash your hands to prevent flu.

That's true.

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