Hello, friends. I'm Rico Gagliano.

I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum, and welcome to a very special edition of the Dinner Party

Download. This week, we've got just the thing for this last month of summer, or as we

like to think of it outdoor party season.

Call it picnic party download.

This is a show we put together for the Henry Miller Library's Big Sur Sound and Story

series, and we designed it to be played for a live audience listening out among the

Redwoods in Big Sur, California, beneath the stars.

We hope that's how you listen to it too.

Al Fresco.

Coming up, we're gonna star gaze with Bill Nye, the Science Guy.

David Crosby of Crosby Stills and Nash

reminisces about the summer vacations of his youth.

You'll hear a spacey party playlist from Brazilian singer-songwriter,

Rodrigo Amarante, and we're gonna tell you some ghost stories.

It's pretty much an all-new episode, but to set the tone, we're going to start with one of the more

atmospheric stories we've ever aired. It's author John Brandon, reading from his novel A Million

Heavens. Now lie back on your lawn or the hood of your car, if that's what you got.

Sure. Look at the night sky and enjoy. My name is John Brandon.

My book follows a whole bunch of folks around the desert of New Mexico.

And one of the characters is a wolf.

He's been having problems with his instincts.

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