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Election comedy from Jordan Morris, an essay from Simon Rich and a SPOOKTACULAR sketch from Elephant Larry.

Direct download: tsoya081031_comedycast.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:22pm EDT

Mikita Brottman is the author of The Solitary Vice: Against Reading.

Direct download: tsoya081030_againstreading.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:01pm EDT

Sarah Vowell is the bestselling author of numerous books of memoir and popular history.  Her most recent is The Wordy Shipmates.

Direct download: tsoya0810278_sarahvowell.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:14pm EDT

Calexico are a Tucson, Arizona based band known for their unique blend of traditional Mexican music and Southwestern sound. 

Direct download: tsoya081022_calexico.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:05pm EDT

Marianna Palka is the writer, director and star of the independent film Good Dick, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and is currently in theaters.

Direct download: tsoya081020_mariannapalka.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:24pm EDT

Music from Bumbershoot, with Jonathan Coulton, PWRFL Power and Rhett Miller of the Old 97s.

Direct download: tsoya081014_bumbershootmusic.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:26pm EDT

Comedy from Greg Behrendt and Tig Notaro, plus a bonus interview with Behrendt.

Direct download: tsoya081008_bumbershootcomedy.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:22pm EDT

Janeane Garofalo is an actress and standup comic.  She's currently a co-star on the FOX series 24, and is working the road as a standup as part of the "Satiristas."

Direct download: tsoya081006_janeanegarofalo.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:24pm EDT

Sandra Tsing Loh is a performer, commentator and writer based in Los Angeles.  Her most recent book, about sending her daughter to school, is Mother On Fire: A True Mother*#$(ing Story About Parenting.

Direct download: tsoya081003_sandratsingloh.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:53pm EDT