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Bullseye

Hosted by Jesse Thorn, ‘America’s Radio Sweetheart,’ “Bullseye” entertains with in-depth discussions of personalities from the world of entertainment and the arts.

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  • Downton Abbey, Chris Lilley, Dan Deacon, AV Club Picks

    Released 01.03.12

    The first episode of Bullseye! Jesse interviews the cast of Downton Abbey, a costume drama on PBS Masterpiece that is NOT BORING AT ALL.

  • 2011 Comedy Special

    Released 12.22.11

    Once 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 fu...

  • Ed Levine from Serious Eats

    Released 12.16.11

    Ed 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.

  • Comedy: Rob Baedeker's CSA Box

    Released 12.14.11

    Our contributor Rob Baedeker's new kick is his organic farm, and he shares the letter from his CSA box with us.

  • Food Writer Jonathan Gold

    Released 12.11.11

    Pulitzer 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.

  • Carrie Fisher

    Released 12.04.11

    Carrie 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 an...

  • AV Club Picks: December 2011

    Released 11.30.11

    AV Club Editor Keith Phipps and Associate Editor Tasha Robinson join us to give their culture picks for December 2011.

  • Nile Rodgers

    Released 11.27.11

    Nile 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 ...

  • Comedy: Jordan Ranks America, November 2011

    Released 11.20.11

    Our correspondent Jordan Morris pores over what's happening in America to let you know what's best in the US right now.

  • Patrick Warburton

    Released 11.09.11

    Patrick 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 ani...

  • Comedy: Rob Baedeker's Chemistry Lecture

    Released 11.03.11

    Rod Baedeker from Kasper Hauser drops by The Sound of Young America to share with us his ground-breaking lecture he gave at Cal Tech.

  • Kate Beaton, Author of Hark! a Vagrant

    Released 10.30.11

    Kate 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.

  • Jeanne Darst, author of Fiction Ruined My Family

    Released 10.28.11

    Jeanne 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 writin...

  • Comedy: Jordan Ranks America, October 2011

    Released 10.26.11

    Don't know where to turn, or who to believe? Try our correspondent Jordan Morris, who brings you the best of America every month.

  • Marc Maron

    Released 10.23.11

    Comedian 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".

  • Rin Tin Tin with Susan Orlean

    Released 10.16.11

    Bestselling 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.

  • AV Club Picks: Fall TV

    Released 10.13.11

    Today'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...

  • Bootsy Collins

    Released 10.09.11

    The legendary funk bassist joins us to talk about creating the persona of Bootsy, playing music with two very different band leaders, James Brown and George Clinton, and more.

  • John Roderick: The Song That Changed My Life

    Released 10.05.11

    The Long Winters' frontman, John Roderick, talks to us about the song that changed his life: ZZ Top's Gimme All Your Lovin'.

  • Jonathan Coulton & John Flansburgh

    Released 10.02.11

    For Jonathan Coulton, success as a musician has come with recording music himself, releasing individual songs online one-at-a-time, and even selling his catalog on a USB drive.

  • Neil deGrasse Tyson

    Released 09.22.11

    John Hodgman guest hosts this interview with astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson. Dr. Tyson is the director of the Hayden Planetarium, but the layperson likely knows him as the host of Star Talk Radio and the PBS program Nova ScienceNOW.

  • George R.R. Martin

    Released 09.18.11

    John Hodgman guest hosts an interview with the fantasy, science fiction and horror author George R. R.

  • Retromania with Simon Reynolds

    Released 09.15.11

    Is cultural innovation at risk when we indulge in retromania? Music critic Simon Reynolds joins us to talk about why songs today are more unimaginative when we have unprecedented access to decades' worth of past music, the loop of re-creating old sounds, ...

  • Nicolas Winding Refn, Director of "Drive"

    Released 09.12.11

    Nicolas Winding Refn is the Danish director of the new film "Drive", starring Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan.

  • Robert Popper

    Released 08.31.11

    Robert Popper is a British comedy writer behind projects like the BBC mock educational series "Look Around You" with Peter Serafinowicz and the new BBC America series "Friday Night Dinner".  He's also an accomplished prankster.  We'll talk to hi...

  • Paul Scheer

    Released 08.26.11

    Paul Scheer, an actor and comedian behind shows like Adult Swim's NTSF:SD:SUV:: and MTV's Human Giant, talks to us about low budgets, when parody comes from a place of love, and more.

  • OK Go's Damian Kulash: The Song That Changed My Life

    Released 08.24.11

    Damian Kulash talks to us about the moment he heard Herbie Hancock's Rockit, and how it it informed his life today as the lead singer of OK GO.  The band's live album, 180/365, is out now.

  • Bruce Campbell

    Released 08.22.11

    Bruce Campbell is a writer, producer, and cult movie actor who starred in Sam Raimi's Evil Dead series and can currently be seen on the USA show Burn Notice.

  • Danny Pudi

    Released 08.19.11

    Danny Pudi is an actor and comedian, best known for his role as the pop culture-obsessed Abed Nadir on the NBC show Community.

  • Bruce McCulloch

    Released 08.14.11

    Bruce McCulloch, best known as one of the members of the comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall, is a writer, actor and director of movies like Superstar and Stealing Harvard.

  • Noz's Rap Picks August 2011

    Released 08.08.11

    Our hip hop contributor Noz of the blog Cocaine Blunts joins us to talk about his favorite tracks of the moment.

  • Tig Notaro

    Released 08.08.11

    Tig Notaro is a veteran stand-up comedian who you might recognize from her Comedy Central special or perhaps her stint as "Officer Tig" on The Sarah Silverman Program.

  • Bob Mould

    Released 08.07.11

    This week, guest host Dave Holmes talks to singer songwriter Bob Mould.  Mould is one of the original members of seminal 1980s punk band Hüsker Dü, who's since struck out on his own with alternative rock band Sugar and his own solo projects...

  • MaxFunCon Special

    Released 08.03.11

    A talk from On the Media's Brooke Gladstone, a conversation between John Hodgman and Toy Story 3's director Lee Unkrich, and comedy from Graham Clark, Maria Bamford, Greg Behrendt, Josie Long, and Jerry O'Hearn.

  • Paul Provenza

    Released 07.28.11

    Paul Provenza is a veteran stand up comic, but he's also ventured into documenting the world of comedy at large.

  • Jeff Garlin

    Released 07.24.11

    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.

  • Comedy: Jordan Ranks America July 2011

    Released 07.21.11

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

  • Errol Morris

    Released 07.17.11

    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.

  • AV Club Picks July 2011

    Released 07.15.11

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

  • Comedy: Jackie Kashian

    Released 07.13.11

    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.

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