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.
David A. Price is the author of The Pixar Touch: The Making Of A Company. The book traces the history of Pixar from technology company to entertainment behemoth.
Direct download: TSOYA080626_Pixartouch.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 6:22 PM
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Benjamin Nugent is the author of "American Nerd: The Story of My People," a combination of memoir, sociology and reportage on the nerd in American life.
Direct download: tsoya080623_americannerd.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:05 PM
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Ariel Schrag wrote the autobiographical comics Definition, Awkward and Potential while still in high school in the late 90s.  The books were just re-published.
Direct download: tsoya080621_arielschrag.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:08 PM
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Mark Oliver Everett, sometimes known as E, joins us.  He's the frontman of the rotating cast that makes up the rock band The Eels.
Direct download: tsoya080617_eels.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:34 AM
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Richard Zoglin is the author of "Comedy at the Edge: How stand-up comedy in the 1970's changed America".
Direct download: tsoya080612_comedyattheedge.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:29 PM
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Tom Farley Jr. and Tanner Colby talk about their book "The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts."
Direct download: tsoya080609_chrisfarleyshow.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 7:52 PM
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TSOYA is live at Sketchfest NYC at the UCB Theater in New York on June 14th, with guests Ze Frank, Jay Smooth, Pangea 3000 and Dawn Landes.
Direct download: sketchfestnyc.pdf
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:10 PM
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The Grouch is a fixture in the West Coast independent hip-hop scene, as a solo artist and as a member of The Living Legends.  The group help blaze the trail for independent, underground hip-hop in the early to mid 1990s.
Direct download: tsoya080602_grouch.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 2:21 PM
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