Bullseye with Jesse Thorn
Bullseye from NPR is your curated guide to culture. Jesse Thorn hosts in-depth interviews with brilliant creators, culture picks from our favorite critics and irreverent original comedy. Bullseye has been featured in Time, The New York Times, GQ and McSweeney's, which called it "the kind of show people listen to in a more perfect world." (Formerly known as The Sound of Young America.)

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The Sound of Young America is LIVE in SF on January 14th. Buy your tickets now for just ten dollars!
Direct download: tsoyalivesf.pdf
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:34pm EDT

The AV Club's editors join us to tell us about the best music and movies of 2007.

Direct download: tsoya071219_bestof2007.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:13pm EDT

Chris Hardwick is the host of PBS TV's Wired Science, and half of the comedy music duo Hard N Phirm.

Direct download: tsoya071213_chrishardwick.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:05pm EDT

Chris Elliott is a legendary comic writer and actor.  Now he's also a novelist.

Direct download: tsoya071211_chriselliott.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:44pm EDT

 Comedy from Wyatt Cenac.

Direct download: tsoya071210_wyattcenac.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:04pm EDT

Steve Albini is one of the world's most accomplished rock producers.  He's recorded over 1000 albums for more than 1000 bands, including Nirvana, The Stooges and Joanna Newsom.  Recorded live in Chicago at the Second City.

Direct download: tsoya071206_stevealbini.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:44pm EDT

Comedy from Hannibal Burress, Schadenfreude, Team Submarine and The Second City.  Recorded live in Chicago.

Direct download: tsoya071203_chicagocomedy.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:40pm EDT

Nick Hornby is the author of High Fidelity, About a Boy and most recently Slam.

Direct download: tsoya071129_nickhornby.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:03pm EDT

Simon Rich is the author of the humor book Ant Farm and Other Desperate Situations.  He's also a former editor of the Harvard Lampoon and a writer for Saturday Night Live.

Direct download: tsoya071126_simonrich.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:49am EDT

Sarah Lamm is director of Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox, a new documentary about the legendary Dr. Bronner and his peppermint soap, which has become a counter-cultural icon.

Direct download: tsoya111707_sarahlamm.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:09pm EDT

Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim are the creators of two Cartoon Network [adult swim] shows -- Tom Goes to the Mayor and Tim and Eric, Awesome Show, Great Job!

Direct download: tsoya071119_timanderic.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:55pm EDT

Comedy from Bryan Coffee's stage show The Weekly Armenian.

Direct download: tsoya111607_shrimp.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:57pm EDT

Ira Glass is the host of This American Life.  He recently edited the book The New Kings of Nonfiction.

Direct download: tsoya071111_iraglass.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:05am EDT

An interview with Matt Besser of the Upright Citizens Brigade, and improvisation from the UCB Theater.

Direct download: tsoya071105_ucb.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:36am EDT

Colin Hay is a Scotland-born, Australia-raised, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter.  He was also the frontman of the 1980s rock group Men at Work.

Direct download: tsoya071030_colinhay.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:28pm EDT

Dan Deacon is an electronic pop musician with a background in electronic art music.  His latest album of frenzied ecstatic tunes is Spiderman of the Rings.

Direct download: tsoya07102307_dandeacon.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:50am EDT

Rocker Kenna was born in Ethiopia and raised in Cincinatti and Virginia.  His dramatic, new-wavey records are co-produced by Chad Hugo of the super-producing duo The Neptunes.

Direct download: tsoya071022_kenna.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:25pm EDT

The Sklar Brothers, standup comics and television and radio hosts, return to The Sound of Young America.  They have a new standup comedy CD called Sklar Maps, as well as a new series on Superdeluxe.com.

Direct download: tsoya071018_sklarbrothers.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:11pm EDT

Brian Posehn and Steve Agee are co-stars of The Sarah Silverman Program.  They play Brian and Steve, Sarah's gay, nerdy neighbords.

Direct download: tsoya071015_posehnandagee.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:12pm EDT

Ask the Optimist

An audio adaptation of a piece from George Saunders' most recent book, The Braindead Megaphone.  Features Dan Klein of Kasper Hauser, Andy Daly (The Office, Mad TV), John Hodgman, Xeni Jardin, Jonathan Katz and more.

Direct download: tsoya071011_asktheoptimist.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:17am EDT

George Saunders is a MacArthur grant-winning satirist.  His newest book is The Brain-Dead Megaphone.

Direct download: tsoya071004_georgesaunders.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:31pm EDT

Comedy from Los Angeles sketch group Ten West.

Direct download: tsoya070918_tenwest.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:31pm EDT

Austin Grossman's new novel is called Soon I Will Be Invincible.  Before he started writing superhero literature, he was a writer for video games.

Direct download: tsoya070911_austingrossman.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:26pm EDT

When she's not fronting the band Gloria Deluxe, Cynthia Hopkins creates acclaimed multi-media theater performances.

Direct download: tsoya070904_cynthiahopkins.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:34pm EDT

Standup comedy from Jarrett Grode.

Direct download: tsoya070831_jarrettgrode.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:18pm EDT

Comedian Paul F. Tompkins is a regular on VH1 talking head series, was a castmember of HBO's Mr. Show and Real Time with Bill Maher, and is really really funny.

Direct download: tsoya070828_paulftompkins.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:43pm EDT

John Sellers is the author of Perfect From Now On How Indie Rock Saved My Life.

Direct download: tsoya070824_johnsellers.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:31pm EDT

Brian Coleman is the author of the book Check the Technique Liner Notes for Hip Hop Junkies.  The book is an oral history of the hip hop canon.

Direct download: tsoya070820_briancoleman.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:40pm EDT

Comedy sketch from LA's Oh You and Your Bone Spurs.

Direct download: tsoya070817_cineastes.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:30pm EDT

Mick Brown was the last journalist to speak with Phil Spector before the legendary music producer murdered a young woman.  He is the author of Tearing Down the Wall of Sound.

Direct download: tsoya070813_philspector.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:09am EDT

The Lifesavas talk about their Portland roots, their introduction to the Native Tongues, and more.

Direct download: tsoya070807_lifesavasbonus.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:00am EDT

The Lifesavas are the leading light in the Portland, Oregon hip-hop scene.  Their new record is conceived as the soundtrack to a lost blacksploitation film.

Direct download: tsoya070807_lifesavas.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:00am EDT

Live performance from standup comic Dan Mintz

Direct download: tsoya070803_danmintz.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:32am EDT

Miranda July is an artist, author and filmmaker.  Her latest book is No One Belongs Here More Than You.

Direct download: tsoya070727_mirandajuly.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:21am EDT

Guests Brent Weinbach, Rob Thomas and Eleni Mandell.  Recorded live at the Westside Eclectic in Santa Monica, California.

Direct download: tsoya070723_liveinla.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:11pm EDT

Rock band They Might Be Giants are in their 25th year.  Their newest record is "The Else."
Direct download: tsoya070718_theymightbegiants.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:10pm EDT

Comedian and actor Patton Oswalt stops by.  He has a new comedy CD on Sub Pop, and he's also the star of the new Pixar film Ratatouille.

Direct download: tsoya070711_pattonoswalt.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:32pm EDT


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Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:40pm EDT

Elmore Leonard is the author of 41 novels, including "Get Shorty," among many other best-sellers.  He's perhaps the most critically-acclaimed popular fiction writer in the country.  His most recent is "Up in Honey's Room."

Direct download: tsoya070307_elmoreleonard.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:53pm EDT

Comedian Dave Hill is the host of the popular New York stage show The Dave Hill Explosion, as well as the star of the television program King of Miami.

Direct download: tsoya062707_davehill.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:19pm EDT

Betty Davis is a funk and soul legend.  This is her first radio interview since the 1970s.

Direct download: tsoya070621_bettydavis.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:29pm EDT

Oliver Wang is a popular blogger and DJ, and a professor at CSU Long Beach.  His new CD compilation of classic soul music is Soul Sides Volume Two: The Covers.

Direct download: tsoya070619_soulsides.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:19pm EDT

Michael Cera starred as George Michael on Arrested Development.  He currently stars in the web series Clark and Michael, and will soon star in the film Superbad.

Direct download: tsoya070613_michaelcera.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:28pm EDT

Comedy from Greg Proops, Jen Kirkman, Jonathan Coulton, Kasper Hauser, Coyle and Sharpe, The 3rd Floor, The Farce Side, Two Girls for Five Bucks and Drop Six.

Direct download: tsoya070604_comedcopia.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:08pm EDT

Greg Saunier is a drummer and multi-instrumentalist in the rock band Deerhoof.  The band is one of the most critically acclaimed in rock, and has toured with Radiohead, Wilco, The Flaming Lips, Sonic Youth and The Roots, among others.

Direct download: tsoya070601_deerhoof.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:04pm EDT

Sa-Ra are a group of three hip-hop producer/performers whose first album The Hollywood Recordings is now available.  They've worked with artists ranging from Dr. Dre and Ice T to Bilal and Pharoahe Monch.

Direct download: tsoya070529_sara.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:39pm EDT

With his brother Sid Krofft, Marty Krofft produced many of the 1970s best remembered childrens shows, including HR Puffnstuff and Land of the Lost, as well as a number of variety shows.  The latter included Donnie and Marie Osmond, the Brady Kids, and Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters.

Direct download: tsoya070522_martykrofft.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:10pm EDT

Bob Odenkirk is the co-creator of Mr. Show with Bob and David, and a feature film director.  His newest project is the web series Derek and Simon.

Direct download: tsoya070516_bobodenkirk.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:52pm EDT

Guests Amelie Gillette of The AV Club and Alex Blagg of BestWeekEver.TV discuss the proliferation of celebrity snark.

Direct download: tsoya070510_celebritysnark.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:40pm EDT

Jack El-Hai is the author of The Lobotomist: A Maverick Medical Genius and his Tragic Quest to Rid the World of Mental Illness.

Direct download: tsoya070508_thelobotomist.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:18pm EDT

Sarah Thyre is the author of the memoir Dark at the Roots.  As an actress, she's been seen on Strangers with Candy and Late Night with Conan O'Brien, among other venues.

Direct download: tsoya070503_sarahthyre.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:24pm EDT

Anne Beatts was an original writer on Saturday Night Live as well as the first female editor of the National Lampoon.  She also created the cult sitcom Square Pegs.

Direct download: tsoya070501_annebeatts.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:50pm EDT

Louis Theroux is the author of The Call of The Weird: Travels in American Subcultures.  He has been the host of several television series, including Weird Weekends, which aired in the US on Bravo.

Direct download: tsoya070426_louistheroux.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:09pm EDT

Dave Willis is the co-creator of The Aqua Teen Hunger Force, a cult comedy series on Cartoon Network.  He and his partner Matt Maiellaro also made the new film adaptation Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Moviefilm for Theatres.
Direct download: tsoya070424_athf.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:18pm EDT

Steven Wright is a legendary standup comedian.  He's also an Academy Award winner, and has been featured in films including Reservoir Dogs and Half Baked.

Direct download: tsoya070419_stevenwright.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:56pm EDT

Ted Leo is the lead singer and songwriter of the rock band Ted Leo and the Pharmacists.  Their newest album is Living with the Living.

Direct download: tsoya070417_tedleo.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:11pm EDT

Live on The Sound of Young America.

Direct download: bottleofbuckie.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:59pm EDT

Live on The Sound of Young America

Direct download: lacostabrava.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:58pm EDT

Live on The Sound of Young America.

Direct download: bleedingpowers.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:58pm EDT

Brian P. Stack is a writer and performer on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.  Among his beloved characters are Frankenstein and The Ghost Crooner, and he created Peirre Bernard's Recliner of Rage.

Direct download: tsoya070412_brianpstack.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:24pm EDT

Jack McBrayer portrays the lovable NBC page Kenneth on the sitcom 30 Rock.  He's also a veteran of the New York and Chicago improv scenes.

Direct download: tsoya070410_jackmcbrayer.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:47pm EDT

Yuval Taylor is the author of Faking It: The Quest for Authenticity in Popular Music.

Direct download: tsoya070405_fakingit.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:48pm EDT

The Human Giant are a comedy group formed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater.  Their eponymous series premiers this week on MTV.
Direct download: tsoya070403_humangiant.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:05pm EDT

Comedy from Clifford and Kidd and from Jonathan Katz.  Also a sample of the new maximumfun.org podcast, Coyle and Sharpe: The Imposters.

Direct download: tsoya070331_cornocopia.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:07pm EDT

Scott Dikkers is editor-in-chief of The Onion, and is overseeing their new ventures in video.

Direct download: tsoya070503_scottdikkers.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:34pm EDT

Former con-man Simon Lovell is the author of How to Cheat at Everything.

Direct download: tsoya070320_simonlovell.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:03pm EDT

Guest Dan Harmon is the Executive Producer of Acceptable TV, and was the co-creator of Channel 101 and the cult TV pilot Heat Vision and Jack.

Direct download: tsoya070313_acceptabletv.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:32pm EDT

Zach Galifianakis is a standup comedian who has been seen on Comedy Central's The Comedians of Comedy, and in his own VH1 series, "Late World with Zach."
Direct download: tsoya070306_zachgalifianakis.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:15pm EDT

Chicago rapper Rhymefest won a Grammy award before releasing his first LP.  His debut record was "Blue Collar," and he's preparing his follow-up, called "El Che."

Direct download: tsoya070302_rhymefest.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:13am EDT

Guest Rhymefest talks about tour with legends like A Tribe Called Quest and Wu-Tang Clan, and about his upcoming album.

Direct download: tsoya070302_rhymefestbonus.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:05am EDT

Comedian Maria Bamford talks about impersonating Star Trek characters, collective living and how much comedians actually make.

Direct download: tsoya070227_mariabamford.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:28pm EDT

Neal Pollack is the author of "Alternadad."

Direct download: tsoya070223_nealpollack.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:43am EDT

Jackson Publick is the co-creator of The Venture Brothers, a series on Cartoon Network's [adult swim].

Direct download: tsoya070220_jacksonpublick.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:05am EDT

Philadelphia rapper Peedi Crakk is a member of the group State Property.  His solo album, "Prince of the Roc" is due later this year.

Direct download: tsoya070216_peedicrakk.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:53am EDT

Vendela Vida is the author of "Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name" and the co-editor of The Believer magazine.

Direct download: tsoya070213_vendelavida.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:11pm EDT

Comedy from Jonathan Coulton, Maria Bamford and Clifford & Kidd.

Direct download: tsoya070209_americancomedy.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:47pm EDT

Julie Snyder is senior producer of the public radio program This American Life.

Direct download: tsoya070206_juliesnyder.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:36pm EDT

Rock star Andrew W.K.'s most recent album is "Close Calls with Brick Walls."

Direct download: tsoya070202_andrewwk.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:53pm EDT

Brandon Bird's paintings place minor celebrities into bizarre situations, which often combine ridiculousness with banality.

Direct download: tsoya070130_brandonbird.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:03am EDT

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: 3:25pm EDT

Guest Woodrow Phoenix discusses his book "Plastic Culture: How Japanese Toys Conquered the World."

Direct download: tsoya070124_toys.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:41pm EDT

Sketch comedy from Los Angeles' "Clifford & Kidd"

Direct download: tsoya070122_models.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:14pm EDT

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: 5:35pm EDT

Jeff Chang talks about the "crack rap" phenomenon.

Direct download: crackrap.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:34pm EDT

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: 8:53pm EDT

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: 3:46pm EDT

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: 9:17pm EDT

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: 3:36pm EDT

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: 1:43pm EDT