Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Bobby Moynihan

27 Mar 2026

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Bobby Moynihan first appeared on Saturday Night Live in 2008, and starred on the show for nearly a decade. He did a few impressions, but his strength ...

Devo

24 Mar 2026

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This week we're joined by two founding members of Devo: Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale! The band kicked off their farewell tour in 2023 – and ...

Fab 5 Freddy

20 Mar 2026

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Fab 5 Freddy stops by to talk with us about his new memoir: Everybody’s Fly: A Life of Art, Music, and Changing the Culture. Freddy, who was the or...

Chuck Klosterman

17 Mar 2026

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Do you like football? Chuck Klosterman is a culture writer who really, really likes football. His new book is called Football. In it, he examines the...

The Best of Monty Python

10 Mar 2026

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...and now for something completely different! This week, we're celebrating the work of Monty Python. One of the most influential sketch groups of all...

Remembering Willie Colón

06 Mar 2026

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We’re taking some time to remember salsa legend Willie Colón, who died last month at the age of 75. When Colón joined us back in 2014, he talked w...

Joyce Manor

03 Mar 2026

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Joyce Manor is a three-piece punk band out of Torrance, California. They just released their 7th album, I Used To Go To This Bar. Barry Johnson, Chas...

Photographer Noé Montes

27 Feb 2026

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Noé Montes is a photographer based in Los Angeles. His work is currently on display at the Riverside Art Museum in a breathtaking exhibit called Noe ...

Raphael Saadiq

24 Feb 2026

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Raphael Saadiq returns to Bullseye to talk about writing one of the biggest movie songs of the year for Sinners. He also chats with us about playin...

Jazz legend Ron Carter

20 Feb 2026

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We’re revisiting our 2022 interview with jazz legend Ron Carter. These days, the man is 88 and is unstoppable. He recently joined forces with gospel...

Remembering Catherine O'Hara

17 Feb 2026

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We’re taking a moment to remember actress and comedian, Catherine O’Hara, who died on January 30, 2026. She was 71 years old. Catherine O’Hara i...

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

13 Feb 2026

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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II has been acting for just under a decade now, and in that short span of time, he’s portrayed a lot of superheroes and supervill...

Joe Cappa, creator of "Haha, You Clowns"

10 Feb 2026

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Joe Cappa is the creator and primary voice actor of the show Haha, You Clowns. Like many Adult Swim shows, it features a very distinct style of anima...

Shonda Rhimes

06 Feb 2026

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Shonda Rhimes is one of the most accomplished TV writers and producers of our time. She’s written shows like Scandal, How To Get Away With Murder, a...

Mel Brooks

03 Feb 2026

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A new HBO Max documentary just dropped called Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! It’s about, well, Mel Brooks! And yes, he turned 99 this past June....

The secret to writing great jokes, from Daily Show alum Elliott Kalan

30 Jan 2026

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Elliot Kalan has been the head writer on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and the Mystery Science Theater 3000 reboot. Now he’s written a book ab...

Susan Orlean on her memoir 'Joyride'

27 Jan 2026

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Susan Orlean has spent a lifetime noticing the little details about others when she writes. The Orchid Thief followed an obsessive outlaw who collecte...

Remembering Isiah Whitlock Jr.

23 Jan 2026

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We’re taking a look back at the life and work of the great actor Isiah Whitlock Jr. Whitlock died in December, he was 71. Whitlock performed in hit ...

Walton Goggins

20 Jan 2026

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Walton Goggins does it all. Master of comedy, action and drama – take his latest project Fallout. Goggins also gets into his love of horseback ridi...

Mary Roach on 'Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy'

16 Jan 2026

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Science writer Mary Roach returns to Bullseye. She joins us to talk about her latest book: Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy. It's a histor...

Regina Hall

13 Jan 2026

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Regina Hall joins us to chat about starring in one of the year's biggest movies – One Battle After Another. She also tells us about her background ...

LaRussell

09 Jan 2026

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On the latest episode of Bullseye, we're joined by rapper LaRussell. The MC keeps busy. Since 2018, he's released nearly 40 studio albums! LaRussell t...

Rian Johnson

06 Jan 2026

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Rian Johnson has dedicated the last 20 years of his career to making genre movies that transcend their genre. His latest smash hit film series, Knive...

Sudan Archives

02 Jan 2026

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Violinist and singer Sudan Archives, our guest this week, recently released her third full length album. BPM is a punchy, layered dance album filled w...

Johnny Knoxville

30 Dec 2025

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This week, we’re joined by Johnny Knoxville. He’s been at the center of the Jackass universe for more than two decades and has performed stunts in...

2025’s End of Year Stand-Up Comedy Spectacular!

23 Dec 2025

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Each year, Bullseye looks back on the year in stand-up comedy by presenting listeners with an annual end of year stand-up comedy showcase! The Bullsey...

Bonus – The Outshot: Filling Time

19 Dec 2025

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A special treat for our podcast listeners! For years, Bullseye would close out each episode with an essay written by Jesse called The Outshot. It was ...

Bullseye 2025 Holiday Spectacular: Lil Rel Howery, Mickey Dolenz and Sy Smith

16 Dec 2025

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It’s the Bullseye Holiday Spectacular! We look back at some of our favorite holiday interviews from the past. We’ve got Lil Rel Howery, Mickey Dol...

Tony Shalhoub, Jad Abumrad, H. Jon Benjamin and more – Live at The PIT in NYC

09 Dec 2025

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On the latest episode we're coming to you live from New York City at The PIT. We've got interviews from Tony Shalhoub, Jad Abumrad, H. Jon Benjamin an...

The Hives

05 Dec 2025

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In the course of 30 years, The Hives have perfected what it means to be a garage rock band. We're joined by singer Howlin' Pelle Almqvist and his br...

Vince Staples

02 Dec 2025

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Vince Staples returns to Bullseye! He chats with us about his Netflix series, The Vince Staples Show, what got him into making music and much more.Le...

25 interviews for 25 years

25 Nov 2025

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In celebration of Bullseye's 25th anniversary, Jesse conducted 25 interviews in a row! That's right, 25 interviews for 25 years. You'll hear from folk...

Adam Scott, Boots Riley, Glynn Washington and more - Live at Kuumbwa Jazz Center

18 Nov 2025

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We’re celebrating Bullseye’s 25th anniversary all month. This week, we visit the site of Bulleye’s origins, because this episode was recorded li...

25 Years Ago, Bullseye with Jesse Thorn was a weird college radio show

11 Nov 2025

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The Bullseye 25th anniversary celebration continues! This week, Jesse reunites with his old college co-hosts Jordan Morris and Gene O’Neil to remini...

Roy Wood Jr., Jason Mantzoukas, Rebecca Sugar – Live at LAist

04 Nov 2025

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This whole month, we’re ringing in 25 years of Bullseye being on the airwaves. If you’ve heard our archives you might have heard Bullseye referred...

Marc Maron & Brendan McDonald

28 Oct 2025

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WTF with Marc Maron revolutionized the medium of podcasting. Despite being one of the most popular podcasts in history, the show was run by two peopl...

Ana Fabrega, co-creator of ‘Los Espookys’

24 Oct 2025

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This week, we’re looking back on some of our favorite Spooky season interviews from across the twenty-five years we’ve been doing Bullseye. Ana Fa...

Bruce Campbell

21 Oct 2025

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Just in time for the spooky season, we're reaching deep into the furthest, darkest reaches of the Bullseye archives for this conversation with Bruce C...

Yaya Bey

17 Oct 2025

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Today on Bullseye, it’s songwriter and recording artist Yaya Bey! She just wrapped up a national tour in support of her new album, do it afraid. She...

Nick Offerman

14 Oct 2025

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Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation, Fargo, The Last of Us) returns to the show to talk about his new book, Little Woodchucks, and to share why woodwo...

'Slow Horses' creator Will Smith

10 Oct 2025

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Will Smith is the creator and showrunner of the hit Apple TV spy thriller Slow Horses. Smith talks with Jesse about the show's unique blend of drama, ...

Gwendoline Christie

07 Oct 2025

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This week, it’s Gwendoline Christie! She’s best known for her part as Brienne of Tarth on Game of Thrones. Game of Thrones launched Christie’...

Why Digable Planets' Blowout Comb is one of the greatest albums of all time

03 Oct 2025

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Canonball is a segment that takes a closer look at albums that should be considered classics. This time around, Diallo Riddle and LUXXURY of the One S...

Ghostface Killah

30 Sep 2025

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We're joined today by Ghostface Killah, a founding member of the hip-hop collective Wu-Tang Clan. In 1996, Ghost put out Supreme Clientele – that ...

Sonia Manzano

26 Sep 2025

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For nearly 5 decades, Sonia Manzano played the part of Maria on Sesame Street. She was the first Latina on the show – it was a big step forward for...

Christopher Lloyd

23 Sep 2025

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Christopher Lloyd has performed in a number of iconic roles over the years and at the age of 86 he has no plans to stop anytime soon. When Jesse last ...

Elizabeth Gilbert

19 Sep 2025

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If you know Elizabeth Gilbert's name, it might be for her book Eat, Pray, Love. Earlier this month, Gilbert published a very different memoir: All the...

Jinkx Monsoon

16 Sep 2025

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Jinkx Monsoon is a legend in the world of drag. For fans of RuPaul's Drag Race she is often referred to as "Queen of All Queens" – she's the only pe...

Jason Segel

12 Sep 2025

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Jason Segel starred in Freaks and Geeks, How I Met Your Mother, Knocked Up. But he's also an accomplished writer and creator. He wrote the classic rom...

Bob Odenkirk

09 Sep 2025

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Bob Odenkirk is an alt-comedy legend. He wrote for Saturday Night Live in the 90s. Then he got the part in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul as ...

Genndy Tartakovsky

05 Sep 2025

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There aren't many animators more beloved than Genndy Tartakovsky. He created two golden era Cartoon Network shows: Dexter's Laboratory and Samurai Jac...

Alex Edelman

02 Sep 2025

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Alex Edelman plays Adam Cooper on The Paper, the new show from NBC set in the universe of The Office. Edelman is also an award winning standup and wri...

Documentary filmmaker Victor Kossakovsky

29 Aug 2025

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Filmmaker Victor Kosskovsky has been thinking quite a lot about rocks these days. Things like big granite boulders, crushed up gravel and stunning sla...

HAIM

26 Aug 2025

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We're joined by the principal members of the band HAIM: Alana, Danielle and Este Haim. In 2013, they released their critically acclaimed debut album D...

The Beach Boys' Al Jardine

22 Aug 2025

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Our guest this week is Al Jardine, one of the founding members of The Beach Boys alongside Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, and Mike Love. Ja...

Marlee Matlin

19 Aug 2025

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Earlier this year, Marlee Matlin was the subject of the documentary Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore. The film chronicles her life and career as a per...

Fishbone's Angelo Moore & Chris Dowd

15 Aug 2025

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In the world of ska and punk music Fishbone are legends. We're joined by Angelo Moore and Chris Dowd, founding members of the band. Earlier this summe...

Paul Walter Hauser

12 Aug 2025

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Paul Walter Hauser has a great list of big movie appearances. He’s in Fantastic Four and The Naked Gun, and he’ll be appearing in movies like Amer...

Punk rock band PUP

08 Aug 2025

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Punk rock band PUP released their fifth studio album Who Will Look After the Dogs? back in May. We’re joined by the band’s lead singer Stefan Babc...

Akiva Schaffer on 'The Naked Gun' reboot , The Lonely Island and more

05 Aug 2025

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There’s probably nobody better to direct and write a movie like The Naked Gun reboot than Akiva Schaffer. He has a resume full of brilliant, dumb,...

Arooj Aftab

01 Aug 2025

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In 2021, Arooj Aftab became the first Pakistani to win a Grammy. It was a Best Global Music Performance for her single "Mohabbat" off of her 2021 albu...

Eugenio Derbez

29 Jul 2025

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Eugenio Derbez has arguably earned the title of most successful comedy actor in Latin America. And in 2013, his film Instructions Not Included helped ...

Megan Stalter

25 Jul 2025

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Megan Stalter is an actor and comedian. She plays Kayla Schaefer on the hit show Hacks. She's the wildly inappropriate, yet charming assistant to Paul...

Severance's Tramell Tillman

22 Jul 2025

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Tramell Tillman plays Mr. Milchick on Severance, the bizarre, fascinating sci-fi workplace show on Apple TV +. Tramell Tillman is great as Mr Milchick...

Congress has voted to eliminate government funding for public media

18 Jul 2025

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Act now to ensure public media remains free and accessible to all. Your donation will help this essential American service survive and thrive. Visit d...

Folk guitarist Hayden Pedigo

18 Jul 2025

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Hayden Pedigo writes sprawling, beautiful songs around the acoustic guitar. Hayden just put out a new record called I'll Be Waving As You Drive Away. ...

Richard Kind

15 Jul 2025

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This week's guest is Richard Kind. He is not a star. He does not want to be a star. He is perfectly fine with that. Richard loves to be the kind of ch...

Remembering Sly Stone with Music Historian Rickey Vincent

11 Jul 2025

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We're joined by music historian and professor Rickey Vincent to talk about the legacy of Sly Stone. He talks to us about what made the funk icon so sp...

George Takei

08 Jul 2025

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This week on Bullseye, George Takei returns to talk about his new graphic-memoir: It Rhymes with Takei. His memoir focuses on his personal journey thr...

Atsuko Okatsuka

04 Jul 2025

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Being able to make light of extremely heavy topics is what makes Atsuko Okatsuka a brilliant comedian. Her new comedy special Father aired on Hulu las...

Cole Escola

01 Jul 2025

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Actor and comedian Cole Escola has written and starred in some of the funniest TV comedies: Difficult People, Hacks, and At Home with Amy Sedaris. Col...

Mark Hamill

24 Jun 2025

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The one and only Mark Hamill joins us this week. He chats with us about his latest role in the epic, life-affirming drama The Life of Chuck. He also t...

Documentarian Matt Wolf on 'Pee-wee as Himself'

20 Jun 2025

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What was it like to work with Paul Reubens? The man behind Pee-wee Herman. Pee-wee as Himself is a beautiful, touching documentary about one of the mo...

Ego Nwodim

17 Jun 2025

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This week on Bullseye, we talk to Ego Nwodim! She just wrapped up her seventh season as a cast member on Saturday Night Live. She talks with us about ...

I Wish I Made That: Mary Randolph Carter

13 Jun 2025

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Mary Randolph Carter is an expert on all things junk. She's written many books on the topic including her latest called Live With the Things You Love:...

Questlove

10 Jun 2025

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Questlove, drummer and bandleader for The Roots joins us on the latest episode. The legend. Lately, he's been working on music documentaries: Sly Live...

Carson Lund made Eephus, the best baseball movie in recent memory

06 Jun 2025

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This week on Bullseye, we talk to Carson Lund, director of the new slice-of-life baseball film, Eephus. The movie is about two rec league baseball tea...

Alexander Skarsgård

03 Jun 2025

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Alexander Skarsgård joins us to talk about the new Apple TV + sci-fi series Murderbot. He also gets into his upbringing and what it was like growing ...

Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey

27 May 2025

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Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey will be forever linked together – thanks to one show: The Office. The sitcom is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Th...

Author Jane Borden on 'Cults Like Us'

23 May 2025

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Jane Borden is a writer with bylines in Vanity Fair, the Washington Post, and the New York Times Magazine. Jane is kind of obsessed with cults. She en...

Rapper Dezzy Hollow's new wave of West Coast funk

20 May 2025

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Rapper and producer Dezzy Hollow is a master of modern day West Coast funk. Earlier this year he released an album called OCEANSIDE, which he named af...

Keita Takahashi created one of the most beloved cult video games ever

16 May 2025

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Video game creator Keita Takahashi joins us to talk about how he got into designing video games and how he pitched the idea for his popular game Katam...

Lisa Kudrow

13 May 2025

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Lisa Kudrow's big break was on the massively successful sitcom Friends. She portrayed the street-wise, but kind of clueless Phoebe Buffay. She's one o...

Jean Grae

09 May 2025

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Jean Grae is back on the show! The multidisciplinary artist just wrote a collection of personal essays called In My Remaining Years. She joins us to t...

Bob Mackie

06 May 2025

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This week, it's Bob Mackie! Mackie has made a career out of dressing big personalities in kinetic, sparkling garb. His life and career were profiled i...

Comedian Mike Drucker on the craziest day of his career

02 May 2025

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The Craziest Day of My Entire Career is a segment where folks join us to talk about some truly unbelievable stories. Comedian Mike Drucker has had his...

Andor creator Tony Gilroy

29 Apr 2025

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Writer, director and showrunner Tony Gilroy joins us to talk about the new season of Andor and what makes the show so different than any other Star Wa...

Charles Burnett

25 Apr 2025

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This week on Bullseye, we talk to filmmaker Charles Burnett. His most famous film, Killer of Sheep, was part of his Masters' thesis at UCLA Film Schoo...

Fat Joe

22 Apr 2025

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Rapper Fat Joe is charming, verbose, and direct. He is a man who radiates confidence. You wanna make a banger for the club? Fat Joe's got em – Lean ...

Hieroglyphics' Casual on the song that changed his life

18 Apr 2025

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The Song That Changed My Life is a segment that gives a chance for musicians and artists to tell us about the song that made them who they are. This w...

Josh Gad

15 Apr 2025

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Josh Gad joins us to talk about his new memoir In Gad We Trust: A Tell Some. He also gets into what life was like growing up in South Florida, the one...

Bruce Vilanch is proud of all the awful TV he made

11 Apr 2025

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Bruce Vilanch wrote for countless TV variety shows dating back over 50 years. Sometimes, those shows turn out great! Think of Billy Crystal at the Osc...

Christina Hendricks

08 Apr 2025

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Christina Hendricks joins us this week to talk about the new Hulu series Good American Family. She also chats with us about her time as a model and a ...

Laurie Metcalf

04 Apr 2025

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Jesse talks with one of the greats: Laurie Metcalf. For nine years she played Jackie on the hit TV show Roseanne. These days, she's starring in The Co...

Remembering Angie Stone

01 Apr 2025

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We're taking a moment to remember singer and R&B legend, Angie Stone, who died on March 1, 2025. She was 63 years old. When Stone spoke with Bullseye ...

Lucy Dacus

28 Mar 2025

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Lucy Dacus is a beloved singer songwriter and one-third of the Grammy-winning supergroup boygenius. She just released her new record Forever is a Fee...

Bonus: Bullseye Bests with Barry Sonnenfeld

27 Mar 2025

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The MaxFunDrive is a great time to look back at the past year here at Bullseye. In this excerpted segment we listen to a bit of our conversation with ...

Tom Green

25 Mar 2025

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The Tom Green Show was ahead of its time. Its surreal stunts and pranks influenced a number of TV shows over the past twenty five years in that genre....

Vincent D'Onofrio

21 Mar 2025

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This week on Bullseye, it's Vincent D'Onofrio. He talks about his many memorable roles in Full Metal Jacket, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Men in Blac...

Bonus: Bullseye Bests with Tyrese Gibson

20 Mar 2025

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In this excerpted segment we listen to a bit of our conversation with Tyrese Gibson. Perhaps one of the most memorable moments in recent memory. Mid-i...