Welcome to the dinner party download.

This is your icebreaker.

Guy goes to the doctor and the doctor says, you have a really horrible, contagious disease.

He says, well, what do we do?

He says, well, we're going to feed you a diet of pancakes, salami, and pita bread.

Guy says, well, will that cure it?

He says, no, it's the only thing we can slide under the door.

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 Pulitzer-winning humorist Dave Barry.

That'll help break the ice. In a few minutes, reggae legend Jimmy Cliff suggests an eclectic party playlist. And later, actor Jessica Chastain gives us a pretty good reason not to eat pork. And if this all sounds familiar, that's because this is an encore broadcast of an episode we first aired last February. Back then, we were eating Valentine's candy, not Halloween candy,

but we still started dinner parties with Small Talk.

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

President Obama unveiled his plan to get America's undocumented immigrants closer to taking that oath.

Wild weather rolled through the central and southern states leaving a path of destruction behind.

Senator John Kerry will be the next Secretary of State.

Now for a story you might not have heard.

We are speaking with Rahan Harmanci.

She's deputy editor of the eagerly anticipated but not yet quite released, Food Culture Magazine,

called Modern Farmer.

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