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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Paul Provenza is a veteran stand up comic, but he's also ventured into documenting the world of comedy at large. He's collected interviews with comedians in his book Satiristas and explored the variations of a very dirty joke when directing the film The Aristocrats. He currently hosts Showtime's The Green Room, which seeks to re-create the feeling of being behind the scenes with some of the most celebrated comedians of our time. The show has just entered its second season.

Direct download: tsoya110728_paulprovenza2.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

Jeff Garlin is an actor, director and comic -- and perhaps best known as Larry David's best friend and manager Jeff Greene on the acclaimed HBO show Curb Your Enthusiasm. The show recently kicked off its eighth season.

Direct download: tsoya110725_jeffgarlin.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:00pm EDT

It's that time again - Jordan Morris spells it all out for us. From the bottom to the top, it's Jordan Ranks America.

Direct download: tsoya110720_jordanranksjuly.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:30am EDT

Errol Morris is an Academy Award-winning director who has documented a wide range of subjects, from warfare in The Fog of War to your everyday eccentrics in Vernon, Florida. His talks about his new film Tabloid, and the power of his non-confrontational interview style.

Direct download: tsoya110718_errolmorris2.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 7:03pm EDT

AV Club editors Kyle Ryan and Tasha Robinson join us to talk about their top picks in July's music, movies, and books.

Direct download: tsoya1107115_avclub.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:00am EDT

Jackie Kashian is an LA-based stand up who hosts her own podcast, The Dork Forest. Here's her set from MaxFunCon 2011, a gathering of people who wish to be more awesome.

Direct download: tsoya110713_jackiekashian.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:30pm EDT

Filmmaker and actor Simon Pegg talks about nerds' epic climb up the social ladder -- from schoolyard runts to mainstream successes. His new memoir is called Nerd Do Well.

Direct download: tsoya110711_simonpegg.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:00pm EDT

Michael Rapaport has an extensive list of credits as an actor, but he visits us to talk about his directorial debut.  He took on the task of following the travails of his favorite hip hop group, A Tribe Called Quest. His new documentary, Beats, Rhymes, and Life illustrates the storied history of Tribe and is in theaters in NYC and LA on July 8th.

Direct download: tsoya110705_rapaport.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:30am EDT