PRI: The Sound of Young America
What do you get when you cross NPR's Fresh Air with NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien? The Sound of Young America features intelligent, in-depth interviews with fun and fascinating guests. Distributed on radio by Public Radio International.
Guest Tim Hornyak is the author of Loving the Machine: The Art and Science of Japanese Robots.
Direct download: tsoya070126_robots.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 3:25 PM
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Guest Woodrow Phoenix discusses his book "Plastic Culture: How Japanese Toys Conquered the World."
Direct download: tsoya070124_toys.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 7:41 PM
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Sketch comedy from Los Angeles' "Clifford & Kidd"
Direct download: tsoya070122_models.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:14 PM
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Jeff Chang won the American Book Award for his book, "Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation."  We talk about Jay-Z.
Direct download: tsoya070118_jeffchang.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 5:35 PM
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Jeff Chang talks about the "crack rap" phenomenon.
Direct download: crackrap.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 5:34 PM
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Soul singer Omar started the new classic soul movement in the late 1980s in the UK.  It's taken fifteen years and the professed admiration
of US stars like Erykah Badu and D'Angelo to bring him to US audiences.
Direct download: tsoya070117_omar.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:53 PM
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David Koechner (Anchorman, SNL) and Dave (Gruber) Allen (Freaks & Geeks) talk about their new Comedy Central series, "The Naked Trucker & T-Bones Show."
Direct download: tsoya070112_nakedtrucker.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 3:46 PM
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Jamie Hewlett is co-creator of The Gorillaz, as well as an award-winning designer and the creator of Tank Girl.
Direct download: tsoya070109_jamiehewlett.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 9:17 PM
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Brendan Canty is the creator of the film series Burn to Shine, and a member of the band Fugazi.
Direct download: tsoya070105_burntoshine.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 3:36 PM
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Guests Rob Beckerman and Rob Burnett.  Beckerman and Burnett are the creators of the new series "The Knights of Prosperity," as well as the cult favorite dramedy "Ed." 
Direct download: tsoya070101_KnightsofProsperity.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:43 PM
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