Welcome to the dinner party download. This is your icebreaker.

Here's a really painfully bad joke. A mushroom walks into a bar and the bartender says,

get out of here. We don't serve mushrooms here. The mushroom says, why not? I'm a fun guy.

I'm Rico Gagliano.

I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum, and from APM American Public Media, this is the dinner party download, the culture show that gives you an edge in your weekend conversations.

You just got a joke from writer Ashley Cardiff.

She's author of the new comic memoir Night Terror's.

We'll hear more from her later.

Also, we speak with superstar comedian Kevin Hart about his new stand-up concert film, Let Me Explain. And let me explain what else is on the show.

All right.

All right.

Humorist and TV host Aisha Tyler tells us how to behave.

Brit-Lick critic Terry Eagleton tells us why Americans smile when they're on TV, and we celebrate America with frozen beer.

From Japan.

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

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

Companies with more than 50 employees will now have an extra year before they're required to provide health coverage.

Temperatures in Southern California soar to scorching highs over the weekend.

Egypt's now former president, Mohamed Morsi, has been ousted in a military coup.

Now for something you haven't heard, we are joined by Evan Goldstein. He's the editor of Arts

and Letters Daily. Evan, what story are you going to be talking about this weekend?

I'm going to be talking about what we don't know because we use the Internet all the time.

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