Welcome to the dinner party. This is your icebreaker.

How many existentialists does it take to screw in a light bulb?

I don't know.

Two. One to screw it in, and one to observe how the light bulb itself symbolizes a single

incandescent beacon of subjective reality in another world of endless absurdity reaching out toward a maudlin cosmos of nothingness.

Got that? of endless absurdity reaching out toward a maudlin cosmos of nothingness.

Got that? I'm Rico Goliato. I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum, and from APM American Public Media, this is The Dinner Party,

the culture show that gives you an edge in your weekend conversations.

You just got a joke from Kaysini Cushap, author of the graphic novel Tina's mouth.

That'll help break the ice.

If you can remember it, later we'll speak with Vim Vendor's director of the Oscar-nominated

dance movie, Pina.

Also coming up, Star Trek's Mr. Sulu is here with etiquette tips.

And if this all sounds familiar, that's because this is an encore rebroadcast of one of our

favorite shows from earlier this year.

January, to be exact.

As always, we started with Small Talk.

So all week long, we've seen these culture headlines.

Downton Abbey begins its second season here in the U.S.

Russell Brand and Katie Perry are getting a divorce.

Kanye's launching a new design organization called Donda.

Now for something you might not have heard, we are joined by Pat Morrison.

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