Welcome to the Dinner Party Download.

This is your icebreaker.

All right, here's a joke.

What kind of cheese do you use to lure a bear out of a cave?

Kevin, Bear!

I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum.

I'm Rico Gagliano.

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 indie pop artist Greta Klein, aka Frankie Cosmos.

That'll help break the ice.

She's on tour now, and later she'll spin us some songs to listen to while wearing pajamas. We'll also speak with movie star Colin Farrell about his latest movie The Lobster. Plus, comedian Maria Bamford channels her mother and her mother's hairdresser to answer your etiquette questions. It's three for the price of one. Great. And if all of that sounds familiar, that's because this is a lovingly selected

rebroadcast of a show that first aired in May.

So cast your mind back to a time when the sun was your friend and not an enemy, when, as

at any dinner party, we started with small talk.

Now for a story you might not have heard.

We are speaking with Rebecca Ler.

She is the co-host of the podcast, Mashup Americans, which is about identity and culture. You should check it out. Rebecca, what story are you going to be talking about at parties this week? Well, I want to talk about luscious locks.

You've come to the right place. Yes, I know. There's a lot of good hair at dinner party download.

Oh, hell yeah.

But specifically, we're going to talk about Thomas Jefferson's hair, which just sold at auction.

Did he have hair?

I thought they all just had wigs back then.

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