And one more thing, folks, you're about to hear a rebroadcast of a swell episode from back in April.

Since it's vacation season for many of our staff, you'll be hearing perhaps a few more repeats than usual this month.

But never fear, for you, our podcasting faithful, we will also be uploading a number of bonus podcast-only episodes this month.

Among them, a new installment of our series

Speak Easy, in which we take you behind the scenes of our interview with comedian Jim Gaffigan.

That's coming out this Tuesday, August 9th. And later in August, it's the episode many

of you puzzlingly wait all year long for, our annual All-Icebreaker Show, featuring an

astonishing number of very bad jokes,

as told by the likes of Sir Ian McKellen, Ellie Kemperer, many more.

Keep your ears peeled for all that, but for now, here's your icebreaker.

Okay, so I bought my friend an elephant for their room.

They said, thank you.

I said, don't mention it.

Get it? I'm Rico Gagliano.

Elephant in the room.

I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum.

And from APM, American Public Media, this is the dinner party download.

An hour of culture, food, and better humor than that to fuel your weekend conversations.

Yes, you just got a joke from actor Nicholas Holt. That'll help break the ice. You may know him as the boy and about a boy or Nucks the Warboy from Mad Max Fury Road. But today we'll be speaking with him about his latest movie, Kill Your Friends. Plus, we'll speak with Tatiana Musslani. She just got an Emmy nomination for her multifaceted starring role in the show Orphan Black.

Also coming up, musician and Broadway composer Duncan Sheik gets blood on his hands and the band Heron Oblivion parties in a chicken shack.

No animals were harmed. But first, let's have a drink.

Once again, we tell you a true tale from history, then challenge a bartender to capture its essence in the form of a cocktail.

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