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

Okay, here's a joke. What did the man say to the mushroom when he came into the pub?

What?

You look like a fun guy to be with.

I'm Rico Galeano. I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum and from APM American Public Media, this is The Dinner Party Download,

an hour of culture, food, and humor to fuel your weekend conversations.

You just got a joke from actor Emily Mortimer.

That'll help break the ice.

We'll speak to her later about her HBO series, Dahl and M.

Plus comedian Julie Klausner, creator and star of the Hulu

show Difficult People, stops by to answer your etiquette questions. Also coming up, Kelly Carlin,

demonstrates why her dad, the late George Carlin, was not the typical patriarch. Dan Behar of the

band Destroyer provides a dinner party playlist, and we learn how Joan Didion became Joan Didian.

Can you hear the italics there?

I kind of can, but first, small talk.

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

The European Commission is asking that EU nations share the responsibility of accommodating refugees and other migrants.

Baltimore reached a settlement with the family of Freddie Gray.

Queen Elizabeth has been greeted by cheering crowds on the day she became Britain's longest reigning monarch.

Now for something you might not have heard, we are speaking with John Horn.

He is the host of the Arts and Culture podcast and radio show The Frame from KPCC.

John, what story are you going to be talking

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