Brendan Francis Newnam
Brendan Francis Newnam created and co-hosted the nationally syndicated radio show and podcast The Dinner Party Download for ten years where he interviewed some of the biggest stars and thinkers of our…
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Against the backdrop of Valentine’s Day weekend, Brendan and his friend Luke Burbank explore the Hoover Dam, Vegas’s Chinatown, and the night sky. (Is that a UFO?) Brendan’s plan to avoid sin in Sin City goes well, but after a visit with a priest and a dreamy encounter with the man who created the slogan “What Happens in Vegas Stays In Vegas,” all bets are off! For a transcript of this episode, click here.
CREDITS
Produced and Written By: Brendan Francis Newnam
Lead Producer: Bart Warshaw
Associate Producer: Jackson Musker
Story Editor: Mira Burt-Wintonick
Mixed & Mastered By: Bart Warshaw
Special Thanks: Luke Burbank. Do yourself a favor and go listen to his show. He’s got a couple shows: one is called Live Wire and the other is called Too Beautiful to Live.
Executive Producers: Christy Gressman, Maria Zuckerman, Lisa Leingang, and Leital Molad
Production Assistance: Jacob Smith, Amy Gaines, and Julia Barton
Theme Song By: Alexis Georgopolous
Special Thanks: to everyone who showed us Vegas life beyond the strip: Patty Aaron, Kim Foster, David Klarer, Father Daniel, Miesha and all our fellow UFO seekers, Arnie DiGeorge, Alex Kim, and I guess, the folks at Regenerate me, IV hydration – I wish I knew that was an option before our last night there!
The Host
