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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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Standup comic Holly Mills is a regular in clubs in the Los Angeles area.  Her set was recorded at The Sound of Young America Presents: Laugh Night, a benefit for Art Share Los Angeles.​

Direct download: tsoya100526_hollymills.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:58am EDT

In this touching and hilarious song, Karen Kilgariff (Mr. Show, Ellen, Girls Guitar Club) gives us a behind the scenes look at the life of a successful comedy writer and standup comic.​

Direct download: tsoya100526_karensong.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:10pm EDT

Adam Carolla is a radio and television personality, writer and actor.  He hosted or co-hosted The Man Show, The Adam Carolla Show, Too Late with Adam Carolla, and Loveline.  He now hosts The Adam Carolla Podcast, one of the internet's most popular.  He also co-wrote and starred in the feature film The Hammer.

Direct download: tsoya_100524_carolla.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:57am EDT

Batman takes on The Riddler, who takes on himself in this sketch from ImprovOlympic regular Sarah Gee.

Direct download: tsoya100522_batman.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:00am EDT

Walter Mosley is the author of more than 30 books.  He's best known for his acclaimed mysteries, including the Easy Rawlins series, which began with Mosley's first novel, Devil in a Blue Dress.  His latest is Known to Evil.

Direct download: tsoya100520_mosley.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:27am EDT

Jim Lehrer is the anchor and executive editor of The PBS Newshour.  He's also the author of 20 novels, the most recent of which is the train mystery The Super.

Direct download: tsoya100517_lehrer.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:38pm EDT

Donald Glover is a standup comic, writer and actor.  He is one of the stars of NBC's Community and a member of Derrick Comedy, whose first film, Mystery Team, is available on DVD May 25th.

Direct download: tsoya100513_glovercomedy.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:17pm EDT

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Whether your gift is $2 per month or $200, it is vital to our operations.
Direct download: maxfundrive2010.PDF
Category:general -- posted at: 1:03pm EDT

Julie Klausner has written for Saturday Night Live and Best Week Ever with Paul F. Tompkins.  Her new book is a dating memoir called I Don't Care About Your Band.

Direct download: tsoya100507_klausner.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:00am EDT

Mark Oppenheimer is the author of Wisenheimer, a memoir about growing up verball precocious and finding himself in organized debate.  He's also religion columnist for the New York Times and professor of English and Political Science at Yale.

Direct download: tsoya100505_wisenheimer.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:36am EDT

Jordan Morris tells us what's up, down and all around in these United States.

Direct download: tsoya100503_jordanranks.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:29pm EDT