Bullseye with Jesse Thorn
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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