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

Okay, I've got a joke. What did Richard Nixon say to his wife when she complained about the meal he prepared for her?

I don't know. I am not a cook.

I'm Rico Galliano. I'm Rico Galeano. I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum, and from APM American Public Media, this is the dinner party

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You just got a joke from filmmaker Penny Lane.

That'll help break the ice.

She has made a new documentary about Surprise Richard Nixon, and she'll tell us about it later, yes. Plus, we will chat with

actor Lisa Kudrow, formerly of the hit sitcom Friends, about her new show, Web Therapy.

Also coming up, Anna Gunn, star of Breaking Bad, breaks out a list of broken couples, and Alex

Capranos of the band Franz Ferdinand tells us about the mess he made in Mexico City.

But first, as at any dinner party, we start with Small Talk.

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

The Obama administration's protesting Russia's decision to offer refuge to Edward Snowden.

Yankee star Alex Rodriguez was suspended through the 2014 season.

The Yemeni government claims to have thwarted an imminent al-Qaeda attack.

Now for something you might not have heard, we are joined by Jesse Pearson.

He is the founder and editor of Apology, a literary quarterly.

Jesse, what story are you going to be talking about this weekend?

Well, I'm interested in the mini Lisa, which is... The mini... Is this like a cartoon character?

It's a... It should be. It could be. We'd never be able to see it if it were.

It's a nanotech-painted version of the Mona Lisa. It's what the 30 microns, which I...

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