Hello everybody. You're about to hear a rerun episode of the dinner party download. It's a good one and worth listening to. But we just wanted to give you a heads up that you'll be hearing a few of these because although it sounds like we're here talking to you right now, we're actually on vacation. Yes, Brendan?

That's right. Right now I am in Denmark waking up around 11, maybe a little hungover, sleepy. So about to get on a bicycle and have a cup of coffee? So kind of like your regular day, but in Denmark. That could be the case. But don't despair. We're not just giving you encore presentations, as we call them. We will have special treats for you podcast downloaders in the next couple weeks. We have a couple special shows. That's right. We're going to be doing the third edition of our speak easy episode in a few days. I believe that it'll be Tuesday. What is it, Jackson, our producer. Tuesday, the 11th, you'll be hearing the third edition of our speakeasy episodes. These are like special podcasts where we play outtakes and just talk off the cuff kind of like we're doing now.

And then we also have our fourth or fifth annual icebreaker episode.

Our fourth or fifth annual all icebreaker show where we link together all the funny jokes that our guests have told us over the past year.

And many of them you haven't heard.

We have Koki Roberts telling a weird joke.

That's true.

So please download that. And we will be back tan and rested at the end of August. You won't be able

to see the tan part. Thanks and now here's your icebreaker. So here's a joke for you. What do you

get when you cross an elephant with a rhino. Elefino.

I'm Rico Galeano.

I'm Brendan Francis Nune from APM American Public Media.

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

You just got a joke from writer Tanya James. That'll break the ice. Her novel, The Tusk That Did the Damage, is out now. And later we'll speak with Ethan Hawk. Earlier this year, he was up for a best actor Oscar. Now his documentary filmmaking debut is out on DVD. He is an overachiever. Like most of our guests this week, for instance, film and TV star David

DeKovny, who's here to talk about his debut novel, Andy Kepik of the band Vettiver, DJ's

Your Dinner Party, and one of our favorite duos, the women behind the TV show Broad City

tell us about their favorite duos.

But first, as at any dinner party, we start with small talk.

All week long, you've been hearing these headlines.

Oklahoma fraternity members chanting a racist song.

Missouri's Ferguson Police Department says Chief Thomas Jackson is resigning.

A jury deciding Robin Thick's song did rip off the music of the late Marvin Gay.

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