The Dinner Party Episode 171: Ben Gibbard, Jens Lekman, and Fake Presidents

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This week: Ben Gibbard, of the band Death Cab For Cutie, goes solo… Political comedian W. Kamau Belllists his favorite fake presidents… Swedish rocker Jens Lekman tells of his fake almost-marriage… Advice for debate-watchers and couch-crashers from the Emily Post Institute kids… Top chef Michale Cimarustimakes a big deal about little fishes… and John Paul Getty III’s ear-ie kidnapping. Plus: a new track fromKanye West, the science of disgusting, andtrampolines ‘cross the Seine.