Bullseye With Jesse Thorn

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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.)

Episodios

  • Daryl Hall

    04/02/2011 Duración: 31min

    Daryl Hall is a singer, songwriter and producer. He's best known as the lead singer and co-founder of Hall & Oates, who have sold more albums than any other duo in music history. His current project is a monthly web video series of his collaborations with other musicians, called "Live from Daryl's House".

  • The Song That Changed My Life: Chuck Brown

    02/02/2011 Duración: 03min

    Chuck Brown is known as "The Godfather of Go-Go", a genre of very danceable funk music that he helped originate in Washington, D.C. in the 1970s. His newest release is a 3-disc set called "We Got This". He spoke to us about a song that changed his life.

  • Mavis Staples

    31/01/2011 Duración: 44min

    Mavis Staples is a legendary R&B and gospel singer. She began singing as part of a family gospel group formed by her father called The Staple Singers. Her newest album, produced by Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, is called You Are Not Alone.

  • Comedy: Cream and Jordan Ranks America

    28/01/2011 Duración: 06min

    First, "Ragtag", a sketch from LA-based comedy group Cream; then a monthly wrap-up of what's up and what's down with Jordan Morris for "Jordan Ranks America".

  • Adam Reed

    26/01/2011 Duración: 25min

    Adam Reed is a writer, director, producer and voice actor. He was the co-creator of the Adult Swim animated series Sealab 2021 and Frisky Dingo. He's also the mind behind the FX show Archer, which is entering its second season.

  • Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein of "Portlandia"

    23/01/2011 Duración: 28min

    Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein are the stars of a new TV show on IFC called "Portlandia", an affectionate skewering of the young people's bohemian paradise that is Portland, Oregon.

  • Comedy: Superego

    18/01/2011 Duración: 04min

    Heartlines, the late night call-in request show — "turn on your heartlight and send out a heartline."

  • David Rakoff

    10/01/2011 Duración: 25min

    David Rakoff is an essayist, journalist, and a regular contributor to This American Life. His latest book is a collection of essays called Half Empty, on taking down optimism and championing pessimism.

  • Comedy: Maria Bamford at Laugh Night

    05/01/2011 Duración: 11min

    A standup set from one of our comedy heroes, Maria Bamford. Recorded at our last Laugh Night, a benefit for Art Share in Los Angeles.

  • Lynda Barry

    03/01/2011 Duración: 20min

    Lynda Barry is a legend of alternative comics. Her strip Ernie Pook's Comeek earner her a reputation as sweet, funny and fearless. Her two most recent books are about how to create art and writing.

  • Best Comedy of 2010

    27/12/2010 Duración: 59min

    Our special highlighting the best comedy of the year, including Kyle Kinane, Paul F. Tompkins, Karen Kilgariff, Kasper Hauser, Hannibal Burress, The State, Nick Thune, Aziz Ansari, Mike Phirman and more.

  • Holiday Special 2010

    15/12/2010 Duración: 01h06min

    A holiday extravaganza! In addition to some of our favorite holiday songs, interviews from Ronnie Spector of legendary 60s girl group The Ronettes, Fred Schneider of The B-52s and The Superions, and The AV Club Holiday Gift Guide with Tasha Robinson and Kyle Ryan.

  • Greg Fitzsimmons

    03/12/2010 Duración: 27min

    Greg Fitzsimmons is a standup comedian. His memoir is Dear Mrs. Fitzsimmons.

  • Alex Blagg Jacks Your Strat

    02/12/2010 Duración: 06min

    Web guru Alex Blagg of ABajillionHits.biz jacks your strat with a powerblast of social media marketing know-how and online insight.

  • Jordan Ranks America: November 2010

    01/12/2010 Duración: 02min

    Jordan Morris ranks America from the bottom to the top.

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