All right, and one more thing, Podcast Faithful.

We've got an excellent encore episode for you this week.

What some might call a rerun. That's right. Featuring among other things, Mark Marin, breaking the space time continuum. Where else are you going to hear that? But first, we want to talk to you about an idea that we're pretty excited about. Yes, we want to help you be the smartest, most engaging person at your parties, which is why we make a show every week

full of surprising stories,

music playlists, and history trivia you can share. And we think

there's another kind of more tangible way we can fulfill that mission. That's right. We're

teaming up with quarterly. That is a box subscription service to create one-of-a-kind boxes of curated

stuff that would be sent directly to you four times a year.

Imagine a box magically appearing on your doorstep full of items handpicked by us that'll

help make your party a success, like a compilation of great new music, tasty recipes,

maybe a piece of barware, lots of other surprising things, all united around the theme.

Yeah, so like a box for your holiday party, a box for summertime picnics, a box for that going away party you're going to throw when the upstairs neighbor who throws parties at four in the morning moves out. Yeah, a party which you'll throw at four in the morning the night before he moves without inviting him. Oh, sweet revenge. Yes, party boxes for all sorts of happy occasions. Yay. Really, though, the coolest part of this is that subscribing to the box directly supports our show. And instead of us thanking you with a standard public radio coffee mug or tote bag, not that we have anything wrong with those things. No, they're nice. We'd be giving you the equivalent of like four tote bags loaded with exclusive items you'd actually want. You see how nice that is, but it won't happen

without you. So if you want these boxes to become a reality, go to dinner party download.org

slash quarterly, or you can find a quick link on our homepage. We just need to hear from a few

hundred more people, and this is our last week to do so. So please do head to our homepage and tell

us if you dig the idea. And you can even make suggestions for what you'd like to receive in a box. Note, we are still working on ways to mail a martini. Yeah, the hard part's keeping the olives from disintegrating in the gin. It's terrible. Maybe suggest some other things for the moment. Yes. Thanks to everyone who's already chimed in. We look forward to hearing from the rest of you. And now, here's your icebreaker. What about powdered martini? There's this old guy. He's sitting fieldside at the Super Bowl by himself and there's an empty seat next to him. And some guy behind him says, why is there an empty seat? Why don't you sell that seat? You could have made a lot of money.

The old guy's like, that's where my wife usually sits, and she's passed away.

And then the guy goes, don't you have any friends that could have gone with you to the game?

And the old guy goes, they're all at the funeral.

I'm Rico Gagliano. I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum and from APM American Public Media.

This is the Dinner Party Download, the culture show that helps you win this week's dinner parties.

You just got a joke from comic Mark Maron. That'll help break the ice.

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