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.
Charles Burns is a cartoonist and illustrator whose best-known work is the graphic novel Black Hole. We spoke with him at the Philly Improv Theater in Philadelphia.
Dr. Robert Hicks is the director of the Mutter Museum at the College of Physicians in Philadelphia. It's a museum of medical history - and oddities of the human body.
Rik Cordero helped revolutionize hip-hop videos with clips for artists like Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes, The Roots and Nas. He's also the director of the feature film Inside A Change.
Scott Adsit is a veteran of Chicago's Second City and plays Pete on NBC's 30 Rock. We'll also talk about how Scott's involvement in the series Moral Orel almost caused a rift in his family. This episode taped live at WNYC's Jerome L. Green Performance Space.
Ricky, Julian and Bubbles are the stars of the Canadian documentary-style sitcom The Trailer Park Boys. For years, the show has tracked their charming inability to make anything of themselves.
Charles Burns is a cartoonist and illustrator whose best-known work is the graphic novel Black Hole. We spoke with him at the Philly Improv Theater in Philadelphia.
Dr. Robert Hicks is the director of the Mutter Museum at the College of Physicians in Philadelphia. It's a museum of medical history - and oddities of the human body.
Rik Cordero helped revolutionize hip-hop videos with clips for artists like Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes, The Roots and Nas. He's also the director of the feature film Inside A Change.
Scott Adsit is a veteran of Chicago's Second City and plays Pete on NBC's 30 Rock. We'll also talk about how Scott's involvement in the series Moral Orel almost caused a rift in his family. This episode taped live at WNYC's Jerome L. Green Performance Space.
Ricky, Julian and Bubbles are the stars of the Canadian documentary-style sitcom The Trailer Park Boys. For years, the show has tracked their charming inability to make anything of themselves.
Inside comedy writing with Mike Sacks and his
new book about comedy writers And Here's The Kicker: Conversations With 21 Top Humor Writers About Their Craft.
There's odd standup comedy, and then there's standup comedy so odd it gets you banned from a network late night show... after you've already taped your appearance. Comedian Brent Weinbach is my guest.
Jon Friedman is a comedian, writer, and host of the The Rejection Show, New York City's live showcase of rejected work. His new book is Rejected: Tales of the Failed, Dumped and Cancelled. We'll hear about Friedman's early days screening unsolicited submissions for The New Yorker and Comedy Central, plus what it's like at his new gig blogging for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
Rob Siegel is a former editor for The Onion and penned last year's Mickey Rourke vehicle The Wrestler. He's just written and directed Big Fan, a dark film starring Patton Oswalt as man beaten up by his favorite player on the New York Giants. Siegel's characters seem to find fulfillment on the fringes of society -- listen in to find out why.
Chris Anderson is editor-in-chief of WIRED and is also the author of Free: The Future of a Radical Price which explores how the price for delivering content is trending towards zero. We'll talk about the repercussions that's having on the creative industry and those whose job it is to create thoughts.
Greg Kot is the music critic at the Chicago Tribune, host of the public radio program Sound Opinions, and has written for the likes of Rolling Stone, Details, Blender, and Encyclopaedia Britannica among others. His new book is Ripped: How the Wired Generation Revolutionized Music. We'll talk about how the music industry got to where it is today, and what might be next.
Paul Rust has just made his big break starring in the teen romp I Love You Beth Cooper, but he's been a long time friend of the show and was named one of Variety's 10 Comics To Watch in 2008. Rust will talk about how the silliness of Pee-wee Herman remains a seminal influence and the best parts of working with a big time, earnest filmmaker like Chris Columbus.
Charlyne Yi made her first on screen appearance playing the stoned girlfriend of Martin Starr's character in the Judd Apatow flick Knocked Up. Now, she's written Paper Heart a documentary and narrative film in which she also stars opposite Michael Sera. Hear from Yi about why she doesn't believe in love, and from Paper Heart director Nick Jasenovec about the choice of casting someone else to play himself.
Michael Showalter and Michael Ian Black are the stars of the new Comedy Central series Michael & Michael Have Issues. They're also founding members of The State.
Armando Iannucci is one of the UK's most prominent comedy writers, producers and performers, having helped create shows like The Day Today and I'm Alan Partridge. His new film, In the Loop, is headed to theaters here in the US.
Deyan Sudjic is the director of the Design Museum in London, and the author of The Language of Things. He talks about the history and significance of design.
Nick Kroll has been featured in the television shows Cavemen, Sit Down & Shut Up, The Human Giant and The Life & Times of Tim. He's also the author of Bar Mitzvah Disco.
Lloyd Kaufman is co-founder of Troma Entertainment, one of the oldest continuously operating independent film companies in the country. Troma are best known for their often bizarre cult films, like the iconic Toxic Avenger series.
Actress Jane Lynch has been seen in films like The 40 Year Old Virgin, Role Models and Best in Show. She's featured on the new show Party Down, and stars on the upcoming FOX show Glee.
Martin Starr first rose to prominence as Bill Haverchuck on the cult series Freaks and Geeks. He's now featured in both the Starz series Party Down and the new film Adventureland.
Merlin Mann, The Bros. Chaps (Homestar Runner) and Jeff Olsen (adultswim.com) talk with Jesse about building a brand online at the 2009 Integrated Media Association conference.
Steven Johnson is a writer on the history of ideas whose books include The Ghost Map and Everything Bad Is Good For You. His latest is The Invention of Air.
We talk with three of the writers behind the strange and irreverent basketball blog Free Darko. Their new book is The Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac.
Jeffrey Tambor is a veteran actor best known for his roles as Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show and the patriarch of the Bluth family on Arrested Development.
Sean Cullen is a Canadian comic, seen on Last Comic Standing and on his own Comedy Central Presents special. Zion I are a Bay Area hip-hop group whose new album is The Takeover. They performed at our live recording in San Francisco.
California State Assemblymember Tom Ammiano is a fixture of the San Francisco political scene. He was the first openly gay man elected to a school board in California, and went on to become president of the City's board of supervisors. He's also been a standup comic for over thirty years.
How's Your News is a new series on MTV which follows a group of reporters with disabilities across the country. Arthur Bradford created How's Your News many ten years ago at a summer camp for the disabled, and Jeremy Vest is a member of the reporting team.
Larry Wilmore is a comedy writer and performer. He's the author of
"I'd Rather We Got Casinos," and is The Daily Show's Senior Black
Correspondent. He also wrote for In Living Color and created the
sitcoms The Bernie Mac Show and The PJs.
Spike Feresten wrote for David Letterman, The Simpsons, Seinfeld and Saturday Night Live before going in front of the camera. Now he's hosting an hour-long late-night talkshow on FOX called, appropriately, "Talk Show with Spike Feresten."
Neil Gaiman is the author of the dark children's fantasy novel "Coraline." Henry Selick is the director of the new stop motion animated film based on Gaiman's book.
Eric and Justin Stangel are the co-Head Writers of The Late Show with David Letterman, and Bill Scheft is a long-time monologue writer on the show. The Letterman writers have just published a new book compilation of one of the show's recurring bits, Late Show Fun Facts.
Stuart Schuffman is the author of "Broke-Ass Stuart's Guide to Living Cheaply in New York," a follow-up to his "Guide to Living Cheaply in San Francisco."
Rob Corddry is an actor and comedian. For four years, he was a correspondent on The Daily Show. His most recent project is a web series for thewb.com called Children's Hospital.
Patrick Borelli and Douglas Gorenstein are the authors of Holy Headshot, a book of bizarre and amazing head shots from actors and performers across the country. Note that this podcast is in .m4a (enhanced podcast) format, and should play in iTunes, on iPods and on Zunes. An MP3 of this show can be found at our website.
Dave Foley and Kevin McDonald are founding members of The Kids in the Hall. The group has reformed for a national tour of the US and an upcoming miniseries on Canadian television.
Alan Zweibel was an original writer on Saturday Night Live, a co-creator of the groundbreaking sitcom It's Garry Shandling's Show, and is a producer on and contributor to Curb Your Enthusiasm. His new book is Clothing Optional.
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new book about comedy writers And Here's The Kicker: Conversations With 21 Top Humor Writers About Their Craft.
There's odd standup comedy, and then there's standup comedy so odd it gets you banned from a network late night show... after you've already taped your appearance. Comedian Brent Weinbach is my guest.
Jon Friedman is a comedian, writer, and host of the The Rejection Show, New York City's live showcase of rejected work. His new book is Rejected: Tales of the Failed, Dumped and Cancelled. We'll hear about Friedman's early days screening unsolicited submissions for The New Yorker and Comedy Central, plus what it's like at his new gig blogging for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
Rob Siegel is a former editor for The Onion and penned last year's Mickey Rourke vehicle The Wrestler. He's just written and directed Big Fan, a dark film starring Patton Oswalt as man beaten up by his favorite player on the New York Giants. Siegel's characters seem to find fulfillment on the fringes of society -- listen in to find out why.
Chris Anderson is editor-in-chief of WIRED and is also the author of Free: The Future of a Radical Price which explores how the price for delivering content is trending towards zero. We'll talk about the repercussions that's having on the creative industry and those whose job it is to create thoughts.
Greg Kot is the music critic at the Chicago Tribune, host of the public radio program Sound Opinions, and has written for the likes of Rolling Stone, Details, Blender, and Encyclopaedia Britannica among others. His new book is Ripped: How the Wired Generation Revolutionized Music. We'll talk about how the music industry got to where it is today, and what might be next.
Paul Rust has just made his big break starring in the teen romp I Love You Beth Cooper, but he's been a long time friend of the show and was named one of Variety's 10 Comics To Watch in 2008. Rust will talk about how the silliness of Pee-wee Herman remains a seminal influence and the best parts of working with a big time, earnest filmmaker like Chris Columbus.
Charlyne Yi made her first on screen appearance playing the stoned girlfriend of Martin Starr's character in the Judd Apatow flick Knocked Up. Now, she's written Paper Heart a documentary and narrative film in which she also stars opposite Michael Sera. Hear from Yi about why she doesn't believe in love, and from Paper Heart director Nick Jasenovec about the choice of casting someone else to play himself.
Michael Showalter and Michael Ian Black are the stars of the new Comedy Central series Michael & Michael Have Issues. They're also founding members of The State.
Armando Iannucci is one of the UK's most prominent comedy writers, producers and performers, having helped create shows like The Day Today and I'm Alan Partridge. His new film, In the Loop, is headed to theaters here in the US.
Deyan Sudjic is the director of the Design Museum in London, and the author of The Language of Things. He talks about the history and significance of design.
Nick Kroll has been featured in the television shows Cavemen, Sit Down & Shut Up, The Human Giant and The Life & Times of Tim. He's also the author of Bar Mitzvah Disco.
Lloyd Kaufman is co-founder of Troma Entertainment, one of the oldest continuously operating independent film companies in the country. Troma are best known for their often bizarre cult films, like the iconic Toxic Avenger series.
Actress Jane Lynch has been seen in films like The 40 Year Old Virgin, Role Models and Best in Show. She's featured on the new show Party Down, and stars on the upcoming FOX show Glee.
Martin Starr first rose to prominence as Bill Haverchuck on the cult series Freaks and Geeks. He's now featured in both the Starz series Party Down and the new film Adventureland.
Merlin Mann, The Bros. Chaps (Homestar Runner) and Jeff Olsen (adultswim.com) talk with Jesse about building a brand online at the 2009 Integrated Media Association conference.
Steven Johnson is a writer on the history of ideas whose books include The Ghost Map and Everything Bad Is Good For You. His latest is The Invention of Air.
We talk with three of the writers behind the strange and irreverent basketball blog Free Darko. Their new book is The Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac.
Jeffrey Tambor is a veteran actor best known for his roles as Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show and the patriarch of the Bluth family on Arrested Development.
Sean Cullen is a Canadian comic, seen on Last Comic Standing and on his own Comedy Central Presents special. Zion I are a Bay Area hip-hop group whose new album is The Takeover. They performed at our live recording in San Francisco.
California State Assemblymember Tom Ammiano is a fixture of the San Francisco political scene. He was the first openly gay man elected to a school board in California, and went on to become president of the City's board of supervisors. He's also been a standup comic for over thirty years.
How's Your News is a new series on MTV which follows a group of reporters with disabilities across the country. Arthur Bradford created How's Your News many ten years ago at a summer camp for the disabled, and Jeremy Vest is a member of the reporting team.
Larry Wilmore is a comedy writer and performer. He's the author of
"I'd Rather We Got Casinos," and is The Daily Show's Senior Black
Correspondent. He also wrote for In Living Color and created the
sitcoms The Bernie Mac Show and The PJs.
Spike Feresten wrote for David Letterman, The Simpsons, Seinfeld and Saturday Night Live before going in front of the camera. Now he's hosting an hour-long late-night talkshow on FOX called, appropriately, "Talk Show with Spike Feresten."
Neil Gaiman is the author of the dark children's fantasy novel "Coraline." Henry Selick is the director of the new stop motion animated film based on Gaiman's book.
Eric and Justin Stangel are the co-Head Writers of The Late Show with David Letterman, and Bill Scheft is a long-time monologue writer on the show. The Letterman writers have just published a new book compilation of one of the show's recurring bits, Late Show Fun Facts.
Stuart Schuffman is the author of "Broke-Ass Stuart's Guide to Living Cheaply in New York," a follow-up to his "Guide to Living Cheaply in San Francisco."
Rob Corddry is an actor and comedian. For four years, he was a correspondent on The Daily Show. His most recent project is a web series for thewb.com called Children's Hospital.
Patrick Borelli and Douglas Gorenstein are the authors of Holy Headshot, a book of bizarre and amazing head shots from actors and performers across the country. Note that this podcast is in .m4a (enhanced podcast) format, and should play in iTunes, on iPods and on Zunes. An MP3 of this show can be found at our website.
Dave Foley and Kevin McDonald are founding members of The Kids in the Hall. The group has reformed for a national tour of the US and an upcoming miniseries on Canadian television.
Alan Zweibel was an original writer on Saturday Night Live, a co-creator of the groundbreaking sitcom It's Garry Shandling's Show, and is a producer on and contributor to Curb Your Enthusiasm. His new book is Clothing Optional.
Bucky Sinister is the author of Get Up: A 12-Step Guide to Recovery for Misfits, Freaks, and Weirdos
There's odd standup comedy, and then there's standup comedy so odd it gets you banned from a network late night show... after you've already taped your appearance. Comedian Brent Weinbach is my guest.
