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

Here's a joke for y'all. Why can't a bicycle stand up on its own?

Because it's too tired.

Oh my god, I'm Rico Gagliano.

I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum.

And from APM, American Public Media, this is the Dinner Party Download,

the audio culture magazine that gives you everything you need to prepare for weekend conversations.

Yes, you've just got a quote joke from Will Toledo of the band Car Seed Headrest.

That'll help break the ice.

They've got a new album, and we'll hear more from him later.

Plus, we'll speak with Sir Ian McKellen, Master Thespian, and Star of the movie Mr. Holmes.

Also coming up, Supermodel and author Cindy Crawford confronts a biblical enemy.

Director Kent Jones talks about his buddy director flick, Hitchcock Truffaut,

and an investigative reporter tells us about fake, fine wine.

But first, some actual real small talk.

All week long, you've heard these headlines.

President Obama says he will not stop some Syrian refugees from entering the United States.

New figures show that Brazil's recession has deepened.

The UN Climate Change Summit in Paris.

Now for a story you might not have heard.

We are here speaking with Anne Friedman.

She is a freelance writer and also co-host of the lovely podcast, Call Your Girlfriend.

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