Bullseye With Jesse Thorn
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Sinopse
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.)
Episódios
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Aisha Tyler, David Hornsby, Jordan Ranks America, The AV Club
17/01/2012 Duração: 58minAisha Tyler funnels her childhood outsider-y experiences toward comedy and performance. She's on the animated FX show Archer. David Hornsby talks about building comedic stories from his real life relationships. His new animated FX show is called Unsupervised. Plus, the AV Club shares their recommendations and Jordan Morris puts America in its place ... by ranking everything.
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Mini Episode! Lawrence Weschler on The Museum of Jurassic Technolog
13/01/2012 Duração: 09minIn a supplement to this week's interview, Lawrence Weschler talks with Jesse about The Museum of Jurassic Technology. Don't miss this!
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Chris Gethard, Lawrence Weschler, Andrew Noz and More
10/01/2012 Duração: 01h12sJesse interviews comedian Chris Gethard about booking P. Diddy at a tiny theater in New York. Lawrence Weschler talks about why CGI faces will never look quite right, and why humans are addicted to narrative. Plus rap picks from Andrew Noz and pop culture advice from My Brother, My Brother and Me.
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Downton Abbey, Chris Lilley, Dan Deacon, AV Club Picks
03/01/2012 Duração: 58minThe first episode of Bullseye! Jesse interviews the cast of Downton Abbey, a costume drama on PBS Masterpiece that is NOT BORING AT ALL. He'll also talk to Chris Lilley, the Australian comedian behind Summer Heights High and the new HBO show Angry Boys. Plus, hear culture picks from the AV Club and the song that changed the Baltimore musician Dan Deacon's life.
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2011 Comedy Special
22/12/2011 Duração: 56minOnce a year the small staff here at The Sound of Young America compiles the best comedy we've heard from the past year. Our selections may not be poignant, they may not contribute to a broader understanding of our world, but hey, at least they're funny. Hear from Patton Oswalt, Tig Notaro, Mike Birbiglia and many many others this week on the Sound of Young America's 2011 comedy special.
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Ed Levine from Serious Eats
16/12/2011 Duração: 26minEd Levine is the founder and editor of the blog Serious Eats, a forum for sharing "food enthusiasm." He's written regularly about NY food and the iconic American foods and their place in our society. The blog has spawned a new book, called Serious Eats: A Comprehensive Guide to Making and Eating Delicious Food Wherever You Are.
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Comedy: Rob Baedeker's CSA Box
14/12/2011 Duração: 06minOur contributor Rob Baedeker's new kick is his organic farm, and he shares the letter from his CSA box with us. Rob is a member of the comedy sketch group Kasper Hauser and a freelance writer.
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Food Writer Jonathan Gold
12/12/2011 Duração: 26minPulitzer Prize-winning food writer Jonathan Gold talks to us about how he manages the day to day eating, the best pastrami sandwich, overcoming food fears and more. He writes for the LA Weekly and is the author of the highly regarded food guide to Los Angeles, Counter Intelligence.
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Carrie Fisher
05/12/2011 Duração: 29minCarrie Fisher is perhaps best known as Princess Leia from the seminal Star Wars films, but she began her celebrity life as a baby — the daughter of America's sweethearts, Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher. Carrie battled addiction, mental illness and the ups and downs of celebrity to reinvent herself as a successful novelist and memoirist. Her new memoir, Shockaholic, is out now.
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AV Club Picks: December 2011
01/12/2011 Duração: 20minAV Club Editor Keith Phipps and Associate Editor Tasha Robinson join us to give their culture picks for December 2011.
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Nile Rodgers
28/11/2011 Duração: 45minNile Rodgers launched a string of hits with the group Chic, including "Le Freak" and "Good Times", and went on to become a songwriting and producing superstar. He was behind Diana Ross' "I'm Coming Out", David Bowie's "Let's Dance", Madonna's "Like a Virgin" and many more. Now, he reflects on decades of hitwriting, collaborating, and the meaning of music in his life. His new autobiography is Le Freak: An Upside Down Story of Family, Disco and Destiny.
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Comedy: Jordan Ranks America, November 2011
21/11/2011 Duração: 02minOur correspondent Jordan Morris pores over what's happening in America to let you know what's best in the US right now.
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Patrick Warburton
09/11/2011 Duração: 41minPatrick Warburton is a live and voice actor known for his roles on Seinfeld, NewsRadio and The Venture Brothers among others. He's currently starring in the popular CBS sitcom Rules of Engagement and is the voice behind the talk show host in the animated series Effin With Tonight on Crackle
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Comedy: Rob Baedeker's Chemistry Lecture
03/11/2011 Duração: 06minRod Baedeker from Kasper Hauser drops by The Sound of Young America to share with us his ground-breaking lecture he gave at Cal Tech.
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Kate Beaton, Author of Hark! a Vagrant
31/10/2011 Duração: 33minKate Beaton authors the webcomic Hark! a Vagrant. The comic strips mine history and literature for figures to be reimagined and skewered as petulant children, jaded superheroes and Victorian dude-watchers, accented by a very expressive drawing style. Her comics have recently been collected into a book, also called Hark! a Vagrant.
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Jeanne Darst, author of Fiction Ruined My Family
28/10/2011 Duração: 24minJeanne Darst is a writer and performer whose work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine and This American Life. She recently published her first book, Fiction Ruined My Family, about her literary family who spent more time drinking than writing.
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Comedy: Jordan Ranks America, October 2011
26/10/2011 Duração: 03minDon't know where to turn, or who to believe? Try our correspondent Jordan Morris, who brings you the best of America every month.
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Marc Maron
24/10/2011 Duração: 29minComedian and comedy-inquisitor Marc Maron talks about turning it all around, doing standup and hosting his smash podcast (turned public radio show) WTF. His new comedy album is "This Has to Be Funny".
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Rin Tin Tin with Susan Orlean
17/10/2011 Duração: 59minBestselling nonfiction author and The New Yorker staff writer Susan Orlean talks to us about the fascinating life of the dog and the character Rin Tin Tin, plus much more. Her new book is Rin Tin Tin: The Life and The Legend.
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AV Club Picks: Fall TV
13/10/2011 Duração: 19minToday's guests from the AV Club are TV Editor Todd VanDerWerff and Assistant Editor Erik Adams. They drop by to discuss their TV picks for the Fall season from Showtimes 'Homeland' to NBCs 'Up All Night' running through the hits and misses with Host Jesse Thorn.