Bullseye with Jesse Thorn
Episodes
Daniel Handler, The Sklar Brothers, Nico Muhly, Mark Frauenfelder
14 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Handler delves into his memories of young love to pen the novel "Why We Broke Up" — the twist? He writes the girl's side of the story. The Sk...
Michael Rapaport, Werner Herzog, AV Club Recommendations, Kasper Hauser News
07 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Actor Michael Rapaport profiles his favorite hip-hop group, A Tribe Called Quest, and ends up documenting their deep-rooted friendships and conflicts....
Tim and Eric, Roz Chast, Noz on Rap and God's Favorite Things
31 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Tim and Eric are known for the surreal and uncomfortable comedy in their sketch show Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!. They also promoted Shrek 3...
Jenna Fischer, Jack Handey, Video Game Picks and Kasper Hauser
24 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Jenna Fischer talks about her totally-made-up-sounding first acting gig in LA, auditioning for The Office, and what all the actors are doing on their ...
Aisha Tyler, David Hornsby, Jordan Ranks America, The AV Club
17 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Aisha Tyler funnels her childhood outsider-y experiences toward comedy and performance. She's on the animated FX show Archer. David Hornsby talks abou...
Mini Episode! Lawrence Weschler on The Museum of Jurassic Technolog
13 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In a supplement to this week's interview, Lawrence Weschler talks with Jesse about The Museum of Jurassic Technology. Don't miss this!Learn more about...
Chris Gethard, Lawrence Weschler, Andrew Noz and More
10 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Jesse interviews comedian Chris Gethard about booking P. Diddy at a tiny theater in New York. Lawrence Weschler talks about why CGI faces will never l...
Downton Abbey, Chris Lilley, Dan Deacon, AV Club Picks
03 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The first episode of Bullseye! Jesse interviews the cast of Downton Abbey, a costume drama on PBS Masterpiece that is NOT BORING AT ALL. He'll also ta...
2011 Comedy Special
22 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Once a year the small staff here at The Sound of Young America compiles the best comedy we've heard from the past year. Our selections may not be poi...
Ed Levine from Serious Eats
16 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Ed Levine is the founder and editor of the blog Serious Eats, a forum for sharing "food enthusiasm." He's written regularly about NY food and the icon...
Comedy: Rob Baedeker's CSA Box
14 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Our contributor Rob Baedeker's new kick is his organic farm, and he shares the letter from his CSA box with us. Rob is a member of the comedy sketch g...
Food Writer Jonathan Gold
12 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer Jonathan Gold talks to us about how he manages the day to day eating, the best pastrami sandwich, overcoming food f...
Carrie Fisher
05 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Carrie Fisher is perhaps best known as Princess Leia from the seminal Star Wars films, but she began her celebrity life as a baby — the daughter of ...
AV Club Picks: December 2011
01 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
AV Club Editor Keith Phipps and Associate Editor Tasha Robinson join us to give their culture picks for December 2011.Learn more about sponsor message...
Nile Rodgers
28 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Nile Rodgers launched a string of hits with the group Chic, including "Le Freak" and "Good Times", and went on to become a songwriting and producing s...
Comedy: Jordan Ranks America, November 2011
21 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Our correspondent Jordan Morris pores over what's happening in America to let you know what's best in the US right now.Learn more about sponsor messag...
Patrick Warburton
09 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Patrick Warburton is a live and voice actor known for his roles on Seinfeld, NewsRadio and The Venture Brothers among others. He's currently starring...
Comedy: Rob Baedeker's Chemistry Lecture
03 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Rod Baedeker from Kasper Hauser drops by The Sound of Young America to share with us his ground-breaking lecture he gave at Cal Tech.Learn more about ...
Kate Beaton, Author of Hark! a Vagrant
31 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Beaton authors the webcomic Hark! a Vagrant. The comic strips mine history and literature for figures to be reimagined and skewered as petulant c...
Jeanne Darst, author of Fiction Ruined My Family
28 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Jeanne Darst is a writer and performer whose work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine and This American Life. She recently published her firs...
Comedy: Jordan Ranks America, October 2011
26 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Don't know where to turn, or who to believe? Try our correspondent Jordan Morris, who brings you the best of America every month.Learn more about spon...
Marc Maron
24 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian and comedy-inquisitor Marc Maron talks about turning it all around, doing standup and hosting his smash podcast (turned public radio show) WT...
Rin Tin Tin with Susan Orlean
17 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Bestselling nonfiction author and The New Yorker staff writer Susan Orlean talks to us about the fascinating life of the dog and the character Rin Tin...
AV Club Picks: Fall TV
13 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guests from the AV Club are TV Editor Todd VanDerWerff and Assistant Editor Erik Adams. They drop by to discuss their TV picks for the Fall se...
Bootsy Collins
10 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The legendary funk bassist joins us to talk about creating the persona of Bootsy, playing music with two very different band leaders, James Brown and ...
John Roderick: The Song That Changed My Life
05 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The Long Winters' frontman, John Roderick, talks to us about the song that changed his life: ZZ Top's Gimme All Your Lovin'.Learn more about sponsor m...
Jonathan Coulton & John Flansburgh
03 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
For Jonathan Coulton, success as a musician has come with recording music himself, releasing individual songs online one-at-a-time, and even selling h...
Neil deGrasse Tyson
22 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
John Hodgman guest hosts this interview with astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson. Dr. Tyson is the director of the Hayden Planetarium, but the layp...
George R.R. Martin
19 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
John Hodgman guest hosts an interview with the fantasy, science fiction and horror author George R. R. Martin. Martin is the author of the very popul...
Retromania with Simon Reynolds
15 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Is cultural innovation at risk when we indulge in retromania? Music critic Simon Reynolds joins us to talk about why songs today are more unimaginativ...
Nicolas Winding Refn, Director of "Drive"
12 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Nicolas Winding Refn is the Danish director of the new film "Drive", starring Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan. Refn had a very specific vision for the...
Robert Popper
31 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Popper is a British comedy writer behind projects like the BBC mock educational series "Look Around You" with Peter Serafinowicz and the new BB...
Paul Scheer
26 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Scheer, an actor and comedian behind shows like Adult Swim's NTSF:SD:SUV:: and MTV's Human Giant, talks to us about low budgets, when parody come...
OK Go's Damian Kulash: The Song That Changed My Life
24 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Damian Kulash talks to us about the moment he heard Herbie Hancock's Rockit, and how it it informed his life today as the lead singer of OK GO. The b...
Bruce Campbell
22 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Bruce Campbell is a writer, producer, and cult movie actor who starred in Sam Raimi's Evil Dead series and can currently be seen on the USA show Burn ...
Danny Pudi
19 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Pudi is an actor and comedian, best known for his role as the pop culture-obsessed Abed Nadir on the NBC show Community. He talks to us about w...
Bruce McCulloch
15 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Bruce McCulloch, best known as one of the members of the comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall, is a writer, actor and director of movies like Superstar ...
Noz's Rap Picks August 2011
08 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Our hip hop contributor Noz of the blog Cocaine Blunts joins us to talk about his favorite tracks of the moment.Learn more about sponsor message choic...
Tig Notaro
08 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Tig Notaro is a veteran stand-up comedian who you might recognize from her Comedy Central special or perhaps her stint as "Officer Tig" on The Sarah S...
Bob Mould
08 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
This week, guest host Dave Holmes talks to singer songwriter Bob Mould. Mould is one of the original members of seminal 1980s punk band Hüsker Dü, ...
MaxFunCon Special
03 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
A talk from On the Media's Brooke Gladstone, a conversation between John Hodgman and Toy Story 3's director Lee Unkrich, and comedy from Graham Clark,...
Paul Provenza
28 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Provenza is a veteran stand up comic, but he's also ventured into documenting the world of comedy at large. He's collected interviews with comedi...
Jeff Garlin
25 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Garlin is an actor, director and comic — and perhaps best known as Larry David's best friend and manager Jeff Greene on the acclaimed HBO show ...
Comedy: Jordan Ranks America July 2011
21 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
It's that time again - Jordan Morris spells it all out for us. From the bottom to the top, it's Jordan Ranks America.Learn more about sponsor message ...
Errol Morris
17 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Errol Morris is an Academy Award-winning director who has documented a wide range of subjects, from warfare in The Fog of War to your everyday eccentr...
AV Club Picks July 2011
15 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
AV Club editors Kyle Ryan and Tasha Robinson join us to talk about their top picks in July's music, movies, and books.Learn more about sponsor message...
Comedy: Jackie Kashian
13 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Jackie Kashian is an LA-based stand up who hosts her own podcast, The Dork Forest. Here's her set from MaxFunCon 2011, a gathering of people who wish ...
Simon Pegg
11 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Filmmaker and actor Simon Pegg talks about nerds' epic climb up the social ladder — from schoolyard runts to mainstream successes. His new memoir is...
Michael Rapaport
05 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Rapaport has an extensive list of credits as an actor, but he visits us to talk about his directorial debut. He took on the task of following...
Comedy: Prescott Tolk
27 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Stand up comedy from Prescott Tolk, from our live show in Chicago earlier this year.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adcho...
Weird Al Returns
25 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
When we last spoke to Weird Al, he was working on his top-secret new album. Now he's returned to talk about "Alpocalypse" and the process of parodying...
Glenn O'Brien - The Style Guy
16 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Glenn O'Brien is the author of How To Be A Man, and the Style Guy columnist for GQ. He also created and hosted TV Party, the seminal new wave televisi...
Rudolph Herzog
10 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Writer and filmmaker Rudolph Herzog explores the jokes employed by the oppressed and the oppressors of Germany's Third Reich in his new book, Dead Fun...
Jon Ronson
06 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Jon Ronson is a journalist, filmmaker and humorist who has written Them: Adventures with Extremists, The Men Who Stare at Goats, and has just publishe...
Scot Armstrong
02 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Scot Armstrong is a screenwriter and comedian who has co-written Old School, Road Trip, and Starsky and Hutch among others. His newest writing projec...
Demetri Martin
27 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Demetri Martin is a standup comedian, writer and actor. His new book is called This Is A Book.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices...
AV Club Picks - May 2011
26 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Our friends Nathan Rabin and Josh Modell from The AV Club drop by to expound upon their pop culture picks for right now, including The Lonely Island a...
Men of a Certain Age: Mike Royce and Ray Romano
23 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Royce and Ray Romano are the co-creators of the TNT comedic drama "Men of a Certain Age", which follows three friends through the struggles of mi...
Noz's Rap Picks, May 2011
20 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Hip hop blogger Noz is back to talk about his favorite songs this month — listen up to hear about DJ Quik, Fat Trel, E-40 and more.Learn more about ...
Prodigy of Mobb Deep
16 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Prodigy is a Grammy Award-winning rapper and member of the seminal hip-hop group Mobb Deep. His new autobiography is "My Infamous Life."Learn more abo...
Sarah Vowell
10 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Vowell is an author and humorist whose newest book, Unfriendly Fishes, is about the annexation of Hawaii.Learn more about sponsor message choice...
Werner Herzog
06 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Werner Herzog is an acclaimed (and prolific) film writer and director, known for narrative films like Aguirre, the Wrath of God as well as documentari...
Comedy: Jordan Ranks America, May 2011
04 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Want to know what's good in the US of A this month? Jordan Morris has the scoop.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoice...
Phil Rosenthal
02 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Phil Rosenthal is the creator of the hit sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, which ran for nine seasons on US television. He's also the subject of a new d...
Live in Chicago with Peter Sagal
25 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Sagal of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, wrestler-comedian Colt Cabana, singer Robbie Fulks and standup comic Cameron Esposito join Jesse in this live ...
AV Club Picks: April 2011
15 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
We're joined by Keith Phipps, the AV Club's editor and Scott Tobias, the AV Club's film editor to discuss their pop culture picks for April 2011.Learn...
Das Racist
13 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Das Racist is a Brooklyn hip hop trio known for tracks like "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell" and "hahahaha jk?" They've referred to their partic...