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

So I have a joke for you. A guy walks into a bar with jumper cables wrapped around his neck,

and the bartender looks them up and down and says, look, I'll let you hang out, but you better not try to start anything.

I'm Rico Galyano. I'm Brent. hang out, but you better not try to start anything.

I'm Rico Galyano.

I'm Brendan Francis Nuneman from APM American Public Media.

This is the Dinner Party Download.

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

You just got a joke from Charles Russo, author of a new book about Bruce Lee.

That'll help break the ice.

We'll be speaking with him later.

Plus, actress Kristen Bell, star of Veronica Mars, Frozen, and the new flick Bad Moms, has advice on how to be good moms. Also coming up, soul singer Sharon Jones shares her digits.

Comic Josh Gondelman celebrates his sublime relationship.

And to beat the heat,

Icelandic musician Junius Mayvon provides a cool party soundtrack. But first, small talk.

All week long, you've been hearing these headlines. Internal emails from the Democratic National Committee wound up on WikiLeaks. Iran arrested another U.S. citizen visiting the country.

Hillary Clinton will officially be nominated for president at the Democratic Convention. Now, for a story

you might not have heard, we are joined by Sadie Stein. She is a contributing editor at the

Paris Review. Sadie, what story are you going to be talking about this weekend? I'm going to be

talking about a horror film written by robots.

Which in itself sounds like a horror film.

That's true.

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