Welcome to the Dinner Party Download. This is your icebreaker.

So here's a joke. What did the pencil say to the other pencil? You're looking really sharp.

I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum.

I'm Rico Gagliano and from APM American Public Media, this is The Dinner Party Download, Culture, Food,

and Humor to fuel your weekend conversations.

You just got a pointedly lame joke from dance pop star Shamir that will help break the ice,

and later he'll suggest a playlist for your next party.

It's way better, we promise.

Yes.

Plus, we speak with Peter Capaldi,

star of the legendary TV series Doctor Who.

He tells us what he brings to the sci-fi hero.

Unpleasiteness, in accessibility.

The keys to success.

Indeed.

Peter will also answer your etiquette questions.

Other guests this hour include comedian Paul Scheer of HBO's Veep.

And if that lineup seems familiar, that's because this is an encore broadcast of an episode we first aired in September 2015.

So cast your mind back to a time when Americans didn't really pay much attention to elections in France.

And when is at any party, we kick things off with cocktails.

And this, of course, is the part of the show where we tell you something that happened in history,

then give you a fitting drink to serve along with it.

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