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Episodes
Elijah Wood
25 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Elijah Wood is, of course, the star of the Lord of the Rings movies. He's also known for his work as a former child actor who appeared in Back to the ...
Dougie Poole on the song that changed his life
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dougie Poole is a Maine-based singer-songwriter. He makes country music, but it's not your standard country fare. His music is a little more experimen...
Delroy Lindo
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Delroy Lindo is a veteran actor and writer. Born in London to Jamaican parents, Delroy spent his childhood moving from place to place. As a teenager, ...
Robin Thede Talks "A Black Lady Sketch Show"
14 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Robin Thede works hard. She always has. One of her first gigs in showbiz was on Queen Latifah's daytime talk show as head writer. Fast forward to 2015...
Sarah Snook on playing Shiv in HBO's "Succession"
11 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Odds are, you know actor Sarah Snook from her role on HBO's Succession – one of the most acclaimed TV dramas in the last decade. Sarah plays Siobhan...
Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka
07 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Being able to make light of extremely heavy topics is what makes Atsuko Okatsuka a brilliant comedian. Her debut comedy special The Intruder aired on ...
Anna Deavere Smith
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Anna Deavere Smith is one of the most accomplished people in American theater. She's an incredible actor, playwright and scholar. But, Anna's also a t...
Marc Summers on the Craziest Day of His Entire Career
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Craziest Day of My Entire Career is a segment that gives us the chance to talk with some of our favorite people about the weirdest workday they ha...
Marc Maron
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Marc Maron has been performing stand-up comedy for decades. He always figured that would be his legacy. Until he started the mother of all podcasts: W...
Margaret Cho on the Craziest Day of Her Entire Career
24 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Craziest Day of My Entire Career is a segment where we invite guests from the entertainment industry to tell us about a single day where things w...
Cheech Marin
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, comedy legend Cheech Marin! He's one-half of the comedy duo Cheech and Chong. But Cheech is more than just a stoner icon. He was in the Lio...
Christina Ricci
17 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Christina Ricci got her first paid acting gig when she was ten. Within a couple of years, Christina was everywhere: Casper, Now and Then, and of cours...
Eugene Levy
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Eugene Levy is a legend in the comedy world. Hailing from Toronto, he first got his start in improv comedy and was a founding member of SCTV - the pio...
Little Brother
10 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Little Brother is a rap group from North Carolina. The three original members – Phonte, Big Pooh and 9th Wonder – were living in their college dor...
'Party Down' co-creators, Rob Thomas and John Enbom
07 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Party Down is a show with a simple premise. It's about a group of actors, writers and creative types who work at a catering company called Party Down....
Bonnie Raitt
03 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Bonnie Raitt is a legend. Early in her career, she decided she'd only create songs she loved, on her own terms, and her career longevity is proof of t...
Jonathan Majors
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Majors has been acting professionally for about seven years now. He's done theater, TV, and starred in movies. In that short amount of time, ...
Academy Award-winning cinematographer Roger Deakins
24 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Roger Deakins got his start as a director of photography in 1977 on the pulpy British drama Cruel Passion. He's since gone on to collaborate with seve...
Director Jason Woliner on 'Paul T. Goldman' and 'Borat' Sequel
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Woliner has directed episodes of Parks and Recreation, Nathan for You and The Last Man on Earth. In 2020, he directed his first ever major motio...
Todd Rundgren on the song that changed his life
17 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Todd Rundgren: the bedroom pop icon, soft rock sensation, producer extraordinaire! The legend himself joins Bullseye to tell us about the song that ch...
Michael Showalter on 'Spoiler Alert,' 'Wet Hot American Summer' and more
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Showalter is a founding member of the sketch comedy group The State. He's in part responsible for other cult comedy favorites like Wet Hot Ame...
Remembering David Crosby
10 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Music legend David Crosby passed away last month after a long illness. He was 81. Crosby's work paved the way for the folk rock movement. He was a fou...
Remembering Anita Pointer of the Pointer Sisters
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
At the close of 2022, American music lost a treasure: Anita Pointer died at age 74. Alongside her sisters June, Bonnie, and Ruth, she was a founding m...
Rapper Mavi on his new album "Laughing So Hard It Hurts"
03 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hailing from Charlotte, NC, young rapper Mavi is one to watch. He created his first album, "Let the Sun Talk", during his freshman year at Howard Univ...
John Larroquette
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
John Larroquette is an actor with almost 50 years of experience. The trajectory of his career is an especially interesting one. His first acting gig w...
Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez on 40 years of 'Love and Rockets' comics
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The first issue of Love And Rockets came out in 1982. It was co-created by brothers Gilbert, Jaime and Mario Hernandez. They started off by self-publi...
Graphic Novelist Kate Beaton
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Beaton is a Canadian comics artist. She's the author of the award-winning comics series Hark! A Vagrant and Step Aside, Pops, which each earned s...
Tom Hanks
17 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Hanks is an actor that needs no introduction. He made his film debut in the 80's and has since cemented himself as a cultural icon. Films like Cas...
Filmmaker Mark Cousins on the The Story of Film: A New Generation
13 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 2011, filmmaker Mark Cousins released his award-winning documentary, The Story of Film: An Odyssey . It's a film that's true to its title. Through ...
Kumail Nanjiani on 'Welcome to Chippendales' and more
10 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kumail Nanjiani has come a long way since he's joined us over the years. He got his big break as an actor in 2014, when he starred on the hit show Sil...
Buddy Guy on "The Song That Changed My Life"
06 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When we asked legendary blues guitarist Buddy Guy about the song that changed his life, Guy took us back to his childhood in Louisiana, to the first t...
Julio Torres on SNL, Los Espookys and more
03 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Julio Torres is a powerhouse. He's a comedian, actor and former writer for Saturday Night Live where his sketches brought a touch of magic to the show...
Bay Area Rap Legend, E-40
30 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to Bay Area hip-hop, E-40 is one of the greatest of all time. He's hip-hop's king of slang and a stylist without peer. When he joined Bu...
Lesley Manville from 'The Crown,' 'Another Year,' and more
27 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
British actor Lesley Manville is truly a master of her craft. You might know her work with the brilliant director Mike Leigh. She starred in some of h...
Bullseye's 2022 Holiday Special: Rob Halford, Micky Dolenz, Sy Smith and more
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Bullseye Holiday Spectacular is here! We are revisiting some of our favorite holiday interviews with different guests from over the years. First, ...
2022's End of Year Stand-Up Comedy Spectacular!
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Normally, when you tune into Bullseye, you'll hear interviews with different pop culture creators. This week, we're breaking the format a bit. That's ...
The Song That Changed My Life: Rainn Wilson
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Song That Changed My Life is a segment that gives us the chance to talk with some of our favorite creators in show business about the music that m...
Charlotte Nicdao of Mythic Quest
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Charlotte Nicdao stars as Poppy on the Apple TV+ comedy Mythic Quest. It's a workplace comedy about a video game company, but it's not really about vi...
Aya Cash on the song that changed her life
02 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Actor Aya Cash joins us on Bullseye for the latest installment of The Song That Changed My Life. It's a segment where creators we know and love talk a...
Vanessa Ramos on Netflix's 'Blockbuster'
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Vanessa Ramos is a television writer. She's written for shows like Superstore, Bordertown, Crashing and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Her latest show is called ...
I Wish I Made That: Guy Branum on "Lady Bird"
25 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Occasionally, we like to ask some of our favorite creators about a work of art they wish they'd created. This time, our guest is Guy Branum. When we a...
Violinist, singer and songwriter Sudan Archives
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sudan Archives has been making music for all her life. She grew up in Ohio, where she played violin in church and school bands. When she got her high ...
Shea Serrano
18 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Journalist and author Shea Serrano has covered basketball and pop culture for ESPN, XXL, Grantland, the Ringer and more. His first book, The Rap Yearb...
NBA Hall Of Famer: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is one of the greatest basketball players of all time: an NBA Hall of Famer, six-time MVP, 19-time All-Star, the master of the sky...
Bashir Salahuddin on Sherman's Showcase and South Side
11 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bashir Salahuddin is a comedy actor and writer. Alongside his friend and longtime collaborator Diallo Riddle, he co-created the shows South Side and S...
Bruce McCulloch
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bruce McCulloch is one of the founding members of the legendary Canadian sketch comedy team The Kids in the Hall. He starred in the eponymous TV show ...
Billy Idol on the song that changed his life
04 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Song That Changed My Life is a segment that gives us the chance to talk with some of our favorite artists about the music that made them who they ...
"Weird Al" Yankovic
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Weird Al" Yankovic is the undisputed king of parody music. He's been recording music for over 40 years and sold millions of records. He's got an icon...
The Bullseye Halloween Spectacular: R.L. Stine, Monét X Change and Ana Fabrega
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We're celebrating the season with our annual Bullseye Halloween Spectacular. We kick things off with an in-depth, funny conversation with R.L. Stine, ...
The Song That Changed My Life: Lil' Mike and Funny Bone
21 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Steve-O
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For over twenty years, Steve-O has performed on Jackass in all its iterations. He's done stunts on the original TV show, the movies and the spinoffs. ...
Avantdale Bowling Club's Tom Scott
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Scott is a rapper from New Zealand's underground hip-hop scene. He's been rapping for over a decade now. He grew up in Auckland – the biggest ci...
John David Washington on Ballers, BlacKkKlansman and more
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Before John David Washington was an actor, he was lacing up the pads every week for a career in professional football. It seems fitting, then, that wh...
Hua Hsu on his new book 'Stay True'
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hua Hsu is a staff writer for The New Yorker. He's written profiles and reviews of artists like Bjork, bell hooks, and Sandra Oh. He's also a professo...
Bonnie Raitt
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bonnie Raitt is a legend. Now in her 70's she's still touring, still shredding and still writing songs. She's been recording music for over 50 years a...
Michael R. Jackson, creator of 'A Strange Loop'
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Michael R. Jackson is the creator of A Strange Loop. The groundbreaking show won the honor for Best Musical and Best Book of a Musical at the most rec...
Billy Eichner on writing and starring in Bros
27 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Billy Eichner was already a working comedian when he rose to fame as the host of Billy on the Street - a bonkers game show where he runs up and down t...
'This Fool' star and creator Chris Estrada
23 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Estrada is a stand-up comedian and co-creator of the new TV comedy, This Fool. Estrada also stars as the show's main character: Julio. Julio liv...
Bobby Moynihan
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bobby Moynihan first appeared on SNL in 2008, and starred on the show for nearly a decade. He did a few impressions, but his strength was portraying o...
Loudon Wainwright
16 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Loudon Wainwright III is a singer and songwriter. He began his folk career in the late 60s, and released his self-titled debut in 1970. He's occasiona...
Christine Baranski
13 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Christine Baranski is an actor with an impressive resume. She went to Juilliard, performed on Broadway in shows like The Real Thing, Rumors, and House...
Cristin Milioti
09 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Cristin Milioti is an actor who's been in a lot of stuff lately. She's in the HBO show Made for Love , the new Peacock series The Resort and she's app...
Comedian James Acaster
06 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
James Acaster is a standup comic from London. On stage, his comedy is observational, a little absurd and animated, but also really cutting. His most r...
Bonnie Hunt
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bonnie Hunt has done it all. And she is extremely good at, well, all of it. She's a comedian, an actor, a TV host, a writer and a director. Her first ...
Adam Conover on 'The G Word' and 'Adam Ruins Everything'
26 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's easy to forget how even the smallest roles of the government can affect our lives in profound ways. The G Word is a comedy-documentary series tha...
Danny Elfman
23 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Elfman has made some of the most iconic, recognizable music over the last half a century. He fronted Oingo Boingo in the early 80s. He scored hi...
Patton Oswalt on the Craziest Day of his Entire Career
19 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Craziest Day of My Entire Career is a segment that gives us the chance to talk with some of our favorite people about the weirdest workday they ha...
Christina Ricci
16 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Christina Ricci talks with Bullseye about the unique, fascinating arc her career has taken. Ricci began as one of the most iconic child actors of the ...
Nicole Byer
12 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Nicole Byer is busy, in every sense of the word. She plays the role of headstrong Nicky on NBC's Grand Crew, a show about a group of wine-lov...
Matt Berry
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Berry asks himself a very simple question before choosing which projects he wants to do. Is it funny? That's it. It's probably the reason why the...
'Bob's Burgers' creator Loren Bouchard
05 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There's something about the animation in Bob's Burgers that makes the show magical. Maybe it's the pacing of the dialogue, the musical sequences or ma...
D'Arcy Carden
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
D'Arcy Carden joins Bullseye to talk about her newest project, A League of Their Own. Amazon's newest series is based on the 1992 movie of the same na...
Ted Lasso's Hannah Waddingham
29 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hannah Waddingham's portrayal of Rebecca on Ted Lasso earned her an Emmy award last year and another nomination this year for the second season of the...
John Turturro on Do The Right Thing, Gloria Bell and More
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
John Turturro is an acting legend. He is an actor that many directors like to work with, including both Spike Lee and the Coen Brothers. This year he ...
Stranger Things' David Harbour on the Craziest Day of His Entire Career
22 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
David Harbour is currently starring on the Netflix blockbuster hit Stranger Things. He plays Police Chief Jim Hopper, initially tasked with searching ...
Isabella Rossellini
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Isabella Rossellini is probably best known as an actor, having acclaimed parts in movies like Blue Velvet, Death Becomes Her and Big Night. She was bo...
Dianna E. Anderson on exploring non-binary identity
15 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dianna E. Anderson is a writer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Their latest book called In Transit: Being Non-Binary in a World of Dichotomies. As th...
Howard Bryant on baseball legend Rickey Henderson
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sports writer Howard Bryant talks to Bullseye about the legacy of baseball great Rickey Henderson, and his new book Rickey: The Life and Legend of an ...
The Song That Changed My Life: Lisa Loeb
08 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Loeb does it all. She is a Grammy-winning musician, has appeared in movies, hosted cooking and entertainment shows and even has her own line of g...
Sam Jay
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Jay is a stand-up comedian, writer and host of the HBO talk show PAUSE with Sam Jay. Sam talks about PAUSE's unique format, what it was like to st...
Joel Kim Booster on stand up, growing up adopted and more
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joel Kim Booster is everywhere these days. Fire Island, the romantic comedy he wrote and stars in, debuted last month on Hulu. It's a modern retelling...
Elizabeth Ito, creator of City of Ghosts
28 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Netflix series City of Ghosts is a totally unique, fascinating program that tells the story of different places in Los Angeles through interviews ...
Kate Berlant and John Early
24 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Berlant and John Early have been performing as a comedy duo for over a decade now - their brand of comedy is a little surreal, a little unhinged ...
Robin Thede on 'A Black Lady Sketch Show'
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Robin Thede is the showrunner, creator and star of the Emmy-winning series A Black Lady Sketch Show. The show just wrapped up its third season on HBO....
Why Nicolas Cage is one of the most fascinating actors working today
17 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Keith Phipps is a writer who has worked for the AV Club and the Dissolve. He specializes mainly in pop culture, making him a natural fit for the show....
Mandy Moore
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mandy Moore first rose to stardom with her hit single Candy in 1999. It made Mandy a teen pop star, following the steps of her peers Britney Spears, N...
Ryan O'Connell on Netflix's 'Special'
10 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Content warning: This interview contains some explicit language and graphic, frank talk about sex that some listeners might be sensitive to. Ryan O'Co...
Bill Hader on 'Barry,' 'SNL' and more
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Many know Bill Hader from his time on Saturday Night Live. He was kind of an impressions guy — he did a mean Alan Alda. One of his most memorable ch...
Dan Charnas on his new book 'Dilla Time'
03 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hip-hop historian Dan Charnas joins Bullseye to discuss his new book Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip Hop Producer Who Reinvente...
Adam Scott
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Scott is best known for his iconic roles in comedy: Parks And Recreation. Party Down. Step Brothers. The Good Place. His latest is a departure fr...
Claudia O'Doherty
27 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Claudia O'Doherty is, as you are about to hear, an extremely funny person. She is from Sydney, Australia. Some of her work includes serving as a write...
Michael Stipe
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Stipe is forever cemented in the minds of music fans as the lead singer of R.E.M., one of the biggest rock bands in history. You might also kn...
Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey will be forever linked together – thanks to one show: The Office. Angela and Jenna were strangers when the show star...
Three Busy Debras
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In a time where there is a lot going on in the world, it is nice to have a break every once in a while. To find something silly, something weird and s...
Remembering Gilbert Gottfried
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Gilbert Gottfried died last month. The standup comedian and actor was 67. To millennials of a certain age, he was an iconic voice actor: Iago in Aladd...
Legendary jazz bassist Ron Carter
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ron Carter is a legend in the world of jazz. His work as a bassist has appeared on thousands of recordings, and has the world records to prove it. In ...
Alan Alda
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alan Alda has been performing for over six decades. He played the iconic role of Hawkeye in M*A*S*H , was Arnold Vinnick on The West Wing and starred ...
Paul Feig on "Minx," "Welcome to Flatch" and making gin
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Feig created TV shows like Freaks and Geeks, movies like Bridesmaids, Unaccompanied Minors and Spy. He's directed episodes of 30 Rock, The Office...
Molly Shannon
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We welcome a true "Superstar" on the latest episode, the one and only Molly Shannon! She's one of the greatest comic actors ever. Shannon just wrote a...
Courtney B. Vance
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Courtney B. Vance started acting in college. He went to Yale drama school, where he met his future wife Angela Bassett. He starred in the debut perfor...