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A weekly arts and information talk show with a focus on comedy... think Fresh Air meets David Letterman. Past guests have included Chuck D, Bob Odenkirk, Art Spiegelman, and many more. Primary Format : Comedy Language : English Also Listed as: City : San Francisco State/Province : CA Country : USA Region : NA User Tags: User Votes: RSS Feed Website People found this Podcast Searching for: View this Podcast on a Google Map. Podcast iTunes Link Text Only listing of The Sound of Young America Podcasts Methings.com listings of The Sound of Young America Podcasts If you like this podcast, you might also like:

Ed Levine from Serious Eats 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. The blog has spawned a new book, called Serious Eats: A Comprehensive Guide to Making and Eating Delicious Food Wherever You Are. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Comedy: Rob Baedeker's CSA Box Our 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Food Writer Jonathan Gold 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. He writes for the LA Weekly and is the author of the highly regarded food guide to Los Angeles, Counter Intelligence. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Carrie Fisher 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 and the ups and downs of celebrity to reinvent herself as a successful novelist and memoirist.  Her new memoir, Shockaholic, is out now. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website AV Club Picks: December 2011 AV Club Editor Keith Phipps and Associate Editor Tasha Robinson join us to give their culture picks for December 2011. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Nile Rodgers 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 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Comedy: Jordan Ranks America, November 2011 Our correspondent Jordan Morris pores over what's happening in America to let you know what's best in the US right now. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Patrick Warburton 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 animated series Effin With Tonight on Crackle Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Patrick Warburton 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 animated series Effin With Tonight on Crackle Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Comedy: Rob Baedeker's Chemistry Lecture 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kate Beaton, Author of Hark! a Vagrant 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. Her comics have recently been collected into a book, also called Hark! a Vagrant. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jeanne Darst, author of Fiction Ruined My Family 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 writing. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Comedy: Jordan Ranks America, October 2011 Don't know where to turn, or who to believe? Try our correspondent Jordan Morris, who brings you the best of America every month. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Marc Maron 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". Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rin Tin Tin with Susan Orlean 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. Her new book is Rin Tin Tin: The Life and The Legend. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website AV Club Picks: Fall TV 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 Thorn. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bootsy Collins 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website John Roderick: The Song That Changed My Life The Long Winters' frontman, John Roderick, talks to us about the song that changed his life: ZZ Top's Gimme All Your Lovin'. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jonathan Coulton & John Flansburgh 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.  So in a way, his new album Artificial Heart is a terrifying turn to the traditional, and a creative risk.  It was produced with They Might Be Giants' John Flansburgh in a studio with a full band, the old-fashioned way.  Jonathan and John talk to us about that process. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Neil deGrasse Tyson 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. His upcoming projects include a new version of the TV series Cosmos -- originally hosted by Carl Sagan -- and a new book titled Space Chronicles. He talks to us about how money for space exploration stacks up to other spending, his personal space trave ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website George R.R. Martin John Hodgman guest hosts an interview with the fantasy, science fiction and horror author George R. R. Martin.  Martin is the author of the very popular series known as "A Song of Ice and Fire", which has recently been adapted for the HBO show "Game of Thrones". He joins us to talk about creating a fantasy universe, (very) involved fans, and more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Retromania with Simon Reynolds 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, and more. His new book is Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to its Own Past. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Nicolas Winding Refn, Director of "Drive" Nicolas Winding Refn is the Danish director of the new film "Drive", starring Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan. Refn had a very specific vision for the film, which included trance-like music and throwbacks to the aesthetics of films of his childhood. "Drive" won Refn the Best Director award at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Robert Popper 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 him about regressing to childhood in the company of your siblings and parents, the construction of some of his favorite comedy bits, and more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Paul Scheer 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OK Go's Damian Kulash: The Song That Changed My Life 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bruce Campbell 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. We talked to him about the DIY aesthetic and feeling of his projects, obsessive fans, and how he came to make cult horror movies, of all things. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Danny Pudi Danny Pudi is an actor and comedian, best known for his role as the pop culture-obsessed Abed Nadir on the NBC show Community.  He talks to us about working on a show that's as much fun to shoot as it is to watch and working improv comedy into a scripted show. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bruce McCulloch 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. He talks to us about tracing his musical comedy roots, the dynamics of The Kids in the Hall, and more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Noz's Rap Picks August 2011 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tig Notaro 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. She's just released her debut comedy album, Good One, on Secretly Canadian Records. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bob Mould 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. His new memoir, See A Little Light: The Trail Of Rage And Melody, goes deep into his past, exploring band politics, his sexuality and more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website MaxFunCon Special 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. It's all here from our third annual MaxFunCon, a gathering of creative people who wish to be more awesome. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Paul Provenza 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jeff Garlin 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Comedy: Jordan Ranks America July 2011 It's that time again - Jordan Morris spells it all out for us. From the bottom to the top, it's Jordan Ranks America. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Errol Morris 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website AV Club Picks July 2011 AV Club editors Kyle Ryan and Tasha Robinson join us to talk about their top picks in July's music, movies, and books. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Comedy: Jackie Kashian 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Simon Pegg 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Michael Rapaport 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Comedy: Prescott Tolk Stand up comedy from Prescott Tolk, from our live show in Chicago earlier this year. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Weird Al Returns When we last spoke to Weird Al, he was working on his top-secret new album. Now he's returned to talk about "Alpocalypse" and the process of parodying other artists. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Glenn O'Brien - The Style Guy Glenn O'Brien is the author of How To Be A Man, and the Style Guy columnist for GQ. He also created and hosted TV Party, the seminal new wave television show, and edited Interview magazine. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rudolph Herzog Writer and filmmaker Rudolph Herzog explores the jokes employed by the oppressed and the oppressors of Germany's Third Reich in his new book, Dead Funny: Humor in Hitler's Germany. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jon Ronson Jon Ronson is a journalist, filmmaker and humorist who has written Them: Adventures with Extremists, The Men Who Stare at Goats, and has just published his newest book, The Psychopath Test. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Scot Armstrong Scot Armstrong is a screenwriter and comedian who has co-written Old School, Road Trip, and Starsky and Hutch among others.  His newest writing project was tackling The Hangover Part II with Todd Phillips. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Demetri Martin Demetri Martin is a standup comedian, writer and actor. His new book is called This Is A Book. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website AV Club Picks - May 2011 Our friends Nathan Rabin and Josh Modell from The AV Club drop by to expound upon their pop culture picks for right now, including The Lonely Island and Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job! Season 5 on DVD. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Men of a Certain Age: Mike Royce and Ray Romano Mike Royce and Ray Romano are the co-creators of the TNT comedic drama "Men of a Certain Age", which follows three friends through the struggles of middle age.  They've previously worked together on the hit sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond". Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Noz's Rap Picks, May 2011 Hip hop blogger Noz is back to talk about his favorite songs this month -- listen up to hear about DJ Quik, Fat Trel, E-40 and more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Prodigy of Mobb Deep Prodigy is a Grammy Award-winning rapper and member of the seminal hip-hop group Mobb Deep. His new autobiography is "My Infamous Life." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sarah Vowell Sarah Vowell is an author and humorist whose newest book, Unfriendly Fishes, is about the annexation of Hawaii. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Werner Herzog Werner Herzog is an acclaimed (and prolific) film writer and director, known for narrative films like Aguirre, the Wrath of God as well as documentaries like Grizzly Man.  His newest release is a 3D film about the oldest known cave paintings, called The Cave of Forgotten Dreams. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Comedy: Jordan Ranks America, May 2011 Want to know what's good in the US of A this month?  Jordan Morris has the scoop. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Phil Rosenthal Phil Rosenthal is the creator of the hit sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, which ran for nine seasons on US television. He's also the subject of a new documentary about the challenges of translating the show for a Russian audience. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Live in Chicago with Peter Sagal Peter Sagal of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, wrestler-comedian Colt Cabana, singer Robbie Fulks and standup comic Cameron Esposito join Jesse in this live show recorded at Chicago's Second City. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website AV Club Picks: April 2011 We're joined by Keith Phipps, the AV Club's editor and Scott Tobias, the AV Club's film editor to discuss their pop culture picks for April 2011. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Das Racist Das Racist is a Brooklyn hip hop trio known for tracks like "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell" and "hahahaha jk?"  They've referred to their particular approach to hip hop as "deconstructualist," combining humor, nonsequiturs, and culture theory.  Their album Relax will be released later this year. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Comedy: The Remington County Folk Festival and Electronics Expo with SuperEgo SuperEgo presents a few words from our current sponsor: The Remington County Folk Festival (and Electronics Expo...?). Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website John Darnielle John Darnielle began making music as the frontman of folk rock band The Mountain Goats in 1991, and subsequently has gained a cult following and been hailed as one of rock's best lyricists.  The Mountain Goats' newest release is All Eternals Deck. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Carl Newman Carl Newman is the main songwriter and vocalist of indie rock band The New Pornographers, and also performs as a solo act under the moniker A.C. Newman.  The New Pornographers' most recent release is the album "Together". Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dan Charnas Dan Charnas, a former record company executive, radio host and journalist has authored a history of the business side of hip-hop called The Big Payback. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Noz's Rap Picks Noz, of the hip-hop blog Cocaine Blunts, shares some of his favorite new tracks. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Comedy: Craig Rowin Craig Rowin has a proposition for all you millionaires out there. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Greg Mottola Greg Mottola is the director behind Superbad and Adventureland, and has also directed episodes of Arrested Development and Undeclared. His new film Paul is out March 18th, and stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bill Hader Bill Hader is an actor and cast member on Saturday Night Live, where he's been known for his great impressions as well as beloved recurring characters like Stefon and Vinny Vedecci. He's also been in several of the most successful comedies of the past few years, including Superbad, Tropic Thunder and Knocked Up. You can see him in a new alien-comedy movie with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost called Paul. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Phil Collins: The Song That Changed My Life Phil Collins chose She Loves Me by The Beatles as the song that changed his life for our ongoing series. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Scott Thompson An actor and comedian best known for his work in the Canadian sketch group The Kids in the Hall, Scott Thompson recently released his first graphic novel based on one of his characters, Danny Husk. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Weird Al Yankovic Weird Al Yankovic is the undisputed king of parody music and the all-time bestselling accordionist. His new children's book is When I Grow Up. His new album is due this summer. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Live from SF Sketchfest Comedy from Baron Vaughn and Kasper Hauser plus interviews with Bobcat Goldthwait and Steve Dildarian and music from John Vanderslice from our live show at the San Francisco Sketchfest comedy festival. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Thousand Clowns Jesse's live conversation at the Cinefamily in Los Angeles with Barry Gordon, the then-15-year-old star of the film A Thousand Clowns. Released in 1965 and now out-of-print, A Thousand Clowns co-stars Jason Robards as Murray, a comedy writer who struggles to come to terms with growing up – something he must do if he wants to stop child protective services from taking away his adopted son Nick. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dick Cavett Dick Cavett is best known as a talk show host who spoke with (and listened to) some of America's most celebrated entertainers. With a playful yet sophisticated wit, he hosted The Dick Cavett Show, which aired on ABC and on PBS from the late 60s to the early 80s. He currently writes an opinion blog for the New York Times. In his newest book, Talk Show, he tells some of his best stories about his time as an interviewer and host. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bill Carter: The War for Late Night Bill Carter is the author of two books about the politics and people of late night television, and a media reporter for the New York Times. His most recent book is The War for Late Night, a thoughtful and exciting behind-the-scenes look at the Sturm und Drang of the late night wars over Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, and The Tonight Show. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daryl Hall 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". Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Song That Changed My Life: Chuck Brown 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mavis Staples 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Comedy: Cream and Jordan Ranks America 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". Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Adam Reed 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein of "Portlandia" 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Comedy: Superego Heartlines, the late night call-in request show -- "turn on your heartlight and send out a heartline." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website David Rakoff 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Comedy: Maria Bamford at Laugh Night 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lynda Barry 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Best Comedy of 2010 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Holiday Special 2010 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Greg Fitzsimmons Greg Fitzsimmons is a standup comedian. His memoir is Dear Mrs. Fitzsimmons. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Alex Blagg Jacks Your Strat Web guru Alex Blagg of ABajillionHits.biz jacks your strat with a powerblast of social media marketing know-how and online insight. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jordan Ranks America: November 2010 Jordan Morris ranks America from the bottom to the top. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website John Brandon John Brandon is a novelist who was raised on the Gulf Coast of Florida.  Citrus County is set in his home state and is his second novel, focusing on a teacher and two middle-schoolers who have their loneliness and status as outsiders in common.  The book is part crime novel and part exploration of the adolescent pysche. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The AV Club - December 2010 Keith Phipps and Nathan Rabin of The AV Club stop by to sift through pop culture and present their picks, which include a box set from Apple Records, a new cut of the classic film Metropolis, a book from The Onion columnist Jean Teasdale, and the documentary Best Worst Movie. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dr. Dog Zach Miller and Scott McMicken are members of the Philadelphia band Dr. Dog.  Their music synthesizes the sounds of the 1960s and 70s with contemporary influeces, and they've built a major following over the past ten years.  Their latest album is Shame, Shame. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The National Matt Berninger is the frontman of the Brooklyn indie rock band The National.  The band's latest album is High Violet. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Judd Apatow Judd Apatow is a comedy writer, director and producer.  He has become one of the largest comedic forces in Hollywood with films like Knocked Up and the 40 Year Old Virgin. Apatow's new book, I Found this Funny, is a compilation of work by some of his favorite authors. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Live at WNYC: Les Savy Fav A special set of songs from Brooklyn art-rock band Les Savy Fav, featuring Tim Harrington and Seth Jabour.  Les Savy Fav's newest album is "Root for Ruin". Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Live at WNYC: Amy Sedaris Amy Sedaris is an actress, comedian and author.  She's known for her role in the creation of the bizarre TV comedy Strangers With Candy and its main character, Jerri Blank, as well as her bestselling book on entertaining, I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence.  Her new book, Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People, is out now.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Live at WNYC: A Reading from John Hodgman Friend of the show John Hodgman reads a piece written specially for our live show in New York City, entitled "16 Things to Do in Connecticut Before the Coming Total Collapse of Civilization".  One of his newest ventures is the Judge John Hodgman podcast, available on iTunes. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Live at WNYC: Judah Friedlander Judah Friedlander is a regular on NBC's 30 Rock and the author of How To Beat Up Anybody.  He is the World Champion. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lee Unkrich Lee Unkrich is the director of Toy Story 3.  He's worked at Pixar for more than 15 years, and co-directed Finding Nemo, Monsters Inc. and Toy Story 2.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Chris Morris Chris Morris is a comedy writer, director and performer.  He was voted one of the all-time top 12 "comedians' comedians" in a BBC poll, and his past work includes the news satires Brass Eye and The Day Today.  His new film is a farce about a group of would-be suicide bombers called Four Lions. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website William Gibson William Gibson is a science fiction writer whose works, increasingly, take place in a realistic present.  His latest book, Zero History, is about fashion, authenticity and identity. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Comedy - Jordan Ranks America 10/10 Jordan Ranks America for October of 2010. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Vocoder Dave Tompkins is an acclaimed music journalist.  His new book, How To Wreck A Nice Beach, is a history of the vocoder from its military applications to its musical ones. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Comedy: God's Pottery on Drugs & Alcohol Duo God's Pottery offer very, very serious advice on battling some common vices.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The AV Club: Toronto International Film Festival The AV Club join us from North America's largest film festival with some tips on upcoming films worth watching out for (and avoiding). Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kristen Schaal Kristen Schaal is a comedian, actress, and author.  She's best known for her role as Mel, the devoted, stalkerish fan of the band on HBO's "The Flight of the Conchords".  She's recently co-authored a book, "The Sexy Book of Sexy Sex", with Rich Blomquist. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Comedy: Greg Behrendt Greg Behrendt talks about meeting one of his heroes, David Lee Roth.  Recorded live at The Sound of Young America's "Laugh Night" at ArtShare in Los Angeles. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bill Burr Bill Burr is a standup comic.  His ferocious style is leavened by the fact that he often trains the ferociousness on himself.  His latest special, now on DVD, is called Let It Go. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bilal Bilal is a jazz and soul singer based in New York.  His second album, Airtight's Revenge, was just released.  He's worked with artists from Jay-Z and Dr. Dre to Common and DJ Premier. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Flying Lotus Flying Lotus is a Los Angeles-based musician.  His critically-acclaimed music blends electronica with progressive hip-hop. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website John Waters John Waters has a new book out called Role Models that packs a few surprises -- chief among them the influence of Johnny Mathis.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jonathan Ames Jonathan Ames is a novelist, non-fiction and television writer.  He created and writes the HBO series Bored to Death, which returns with its second season this month. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Comedy: Simon Rich: Brain Teasers with Rob Huebel Are you capable of looking past your own prejudices? Simon Rich has prepared a set of brain teasers to answer that question. Featuring Rob Huebel. Simon Rich's new novel is Elliot Allagash. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Henry Winkler He's best known for his role as "The Fonz" on Happy Days, but Henry Winkler's added a number of other acting, producing, and directing credits to his name over the years. He's also co-written a series of children's books. You can catch him right now as Dr. Sy Mittleman on Childrens' Hospital on Cartoon Network's [adult swim]. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Donal Logue Actor Donal Logue stars in the new FX series Terriers.  He won best actor at the Sundance Film Festival for his role in The Tao of Steve, and he created the iconic MTV character Jimmy the Cab Driver. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Rob McElhenney is the creator of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, as well as a writer, director and star of the show ("Mac").  Glenn Howerton plays Dennis on the show, and is also involved in writing, directing and production. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The AV Club September 2010 Tasha Robinson and Genevieve Koski join Jesse for September's pop culture picks.  Tasha chooses the Australian modern noir The Square and the upcoming season of the TV show Glee.  Genevieve's picks are Mavis Staples' new album You Are Not Alone and a new stand-up comedy album from past Sound of Young America guest Hannibal Buress. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Elijah Wood Elijah Wood has worked as a professional actor since he was seven years old.  His credits include Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the upcoming release The Romantics. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mary Roach Mary Roach is the author of several best-selling books of science journalism, the most recent of which is Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Comedy: God and Moses Simon Rich imagines the conversation at Mount Sinai.  Featuring Seth Morris and Paul Scheer. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jon Glaser Jon Glaser is a comedy writer and performer.  His shoe on Cartoon Network's [adult swim], Delocated, is entering its second season. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Comedy: Chelsea Peretti Standup comic Chelsea Peretti recorded this set at our live show in Washington, DC.  She was recently selected one of Variety Magazine's Ten Comics to Watch for 2010. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website St. Vincent Annie Clark, the singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, performs under the moniker St. Vincent. She got her start playing guitar for The Polyphonic Spree and in Sufjan Stevens' touring band, then struck out on her own, playing almost every instrument on her debut album, Marry Me. Clark's most recent album, Actor, is a striking blend of beautiful vocals, orchestration, and distorted guitar. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Song That Changed My Life: Roberta Flack Roberta Flack is a singer, songwriter and pianist. She won back-to-back Grammy Awards for Record of the Year for her songs "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Killing Me Softly With His Song." We spoke to her for a new feature, "The Song That Changed My Life." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Corb Lund Corb Lund is a musician and third-generation rancher from Alberta, Canada. He played for over ten years as part of punk band The Smalls, and now brings some of that irreverence to writing roots-country music about his own experiences and those of his ancestors on the Canadian prairies. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Andrew Noz Andrew Noz is the blogger behind Cocaine Blunts & Hip-Hop Tapes, one of the internet's most successful hip-hop blogs.  He's also a contributor to NPR, Complex and The Washington City Paper, among other outlets. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The AV Club July 2010 Nathan Rabin and Josh Modell join Jesse to recommend the best of popular culture.  Nathan chooses Louis CK's Louie and the new film The Kids Are All Right.  Josh Modell chooses Inception and Children's Hospital. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Comedy: Nick Adams Stadup comic Nick Adams is the author of How To Make Friends With Black People and a writer for the upcoming NBC series Perfect Couples.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Samantha Bee Samantha Bee is The Daily Show's longest-tenured correspondent, with seven years on the air.  She's just released a memoir, entitled I Know I Am, But What Are You? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jordan Ranks America: July 2010 Jordan Morris tells us what's hot and what's not. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Colson Whitehead Colson Whitehead is one of America's most acclaimed novelists.  He was the recepient of a MacArthur "genius" grant for his fiction, which includes Apex Hides the Hurt and John Henry Days.  His latest novel is Sag Harbor, about the African American beach enclave. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jose James Jose James is an acclaimed jazz and soul singer.  He has two new albums - a forward-looking, genre-hopping record called Blackmagic and a collection of piano-and-vocals standards called For All We Know Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Comedy: My Baby Dreamer Los Angeles comedy group Superego contribute this sponsorship message from My Baby Dreamer. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dan Clowes Dan Clowes is the creator of numerous comics and graphic novels, including Ghost World and Art School Confidential.  His latest is Wilson.​ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mark Frauenfelder Mark Frauenfelder is the founder of BoingBoing, the editor of Make Magazine, and the author of the new book Made By Hand, about the pleasure of making things yourself.​ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Comedy: Matt Braunger Comedian Matt Braunger has been seen on Comedy Central, The Late Show with David Letterman and Late Night with Conan O'Brien.  He was also a cast member of Mad TV.​ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The AV Club June 2010 Kyle Ryan and Genevieve Koski of The AV Club join Jesse to recommend the best in popular culture.  Kyle recommends the latest Roots album, How I Got Over and the documentary film, Winnebago Man.  Genevieve recommends the new Robyn release, Body Talk Pt. 1 and the Starz show, Party Down. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Devo Gerald Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh are founding members of the art-rock band Devo.  They had remarkable chart success in the early 1980s, including the hit Whip It.  Their philosophy of devolution, compelling videos and bold aesthetic presentation were as big a part of the band as their danceable rock music.  Their latest record, Something For Everybody, is their first since 1990.​ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Hanson The band Hanson hit it big as teenagers in the late 1990s with the megahit ​MmBop.  More than a decade later, they're still making acclaimed R&B-infused pop rock.  Their latest album is Shout It Out. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website W. Kamau Bell W. Kamau Bell is a San Francisco-based comedian who soaks up politics and pop culture and filters it through a racial lens, using his irreverent thoughts and critiques as fodder for his comedy. He recently ended a run of his critically-acclaimed one-man show, "The W. Kamau Bell Curve: Ending Racism in About an Hour".  His television appearances include performances on Comics Unleashed and Comedy Central, and he is a co-fou ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kyle Kinane Kyle Kinane is an emerging stand up comedian who mixes a honest, self-deprecating delivery with his natural story-telling ability. He's recently toured with Patton Oswalt and Brian Posehn. Kyle has also been a guest on several comedy podcasts, including Doug Benson's "Doug Loves Movies", Marc Maron's WTF, Comedy and Everything Else, and The Adam Carolla podcast. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Nick Thune Nick Thune is a stand up comedian, actor, guitarist and writer. His observational humor often interlaces storytelling with music. He's made the late night rounds doing stand up on The Tonight Show and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and as a correspondent on The Jay Leno Show. He's also had his own Comedy Central special and created the web series "Nick's Big Show". He recently released his debut album, Thick Noon, on Comedy Central Records.​ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Comedy: Holly Mills 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.​ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Comedy: Karen Kilgariff's I Want To Win 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.​ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Adam Carolla 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. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wisenheimer 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wisenheimer 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Comedy: Jordan Ranks America: May Jordan Morris tells us what's up, down and all around in these United States. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Comedy: Jordan Ranks America: May Jordan Morris tells us what's up, down and all around in these United States. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The AV Club Editor in Chief Josh Modell and Film Editor Scott Tobias of The AV Club join Jesse to proffer some gems you may have missed in the world of arts and entertainment. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The AV Club Editor in Chief Josh Modell and Film Editor Scott Tobias of The AV Club join Jesse to proffer some gems in the world of arts and entertainment. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The XX The XX are a three-member band from London, England.  Their self-titled debut album was one of the most acclaimed releases of 2009. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The XX The XX are a three-member band from London, England.  Their self-titled debut album was one of the most acclaimed releases of 2009. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Doctor Who Stephen Moffat is the head writer of the lastest series of Doctor Who.  Matt Smith plays The Doctor, and Karen Gillan plays his companion.  The new version of the beloved sci-fi adventure series is entering its fifth season on the BBC in the UK, and on BBC America in the States. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Doctor Who Stephen Moffat is the head writer of the lastest series of Doctor Who.  Matt Smith plays The Doctor, and Karen Gillan plays his companion.  The new version of the beloved sci-fi adventure series is entering its fifth season on the BBC in the UK, and on BBC America in the States. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website SxSW: Lemmy Lemmy is the legendary frontman of the band Motorhead.  We talk with him, and with Greg Olliver and Wes Orshoski, the directors of a documentary called Lemmy which premiered at South by Southwest in Austin. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website SxSW: Lemmy Lemmy is the legendary frontman of the band Motorhead.  We talk with him, and with Greg Olliver and Wes Orshoski, the directors of a documentary called Lemmy which premiered at South by Southwest in Austin. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website SxSW: The Bill Hicks Story Matt Harlock is one of the directors of American: The Bill Hicks Story, about the legendary rebel comic.  We talk with Harlock and Bill's brother Steve. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website SxSW: The Bill Hicks Story Matt Harlock is one of the directors of American: The Bill Hicks Story, about the legendary rebel comic.  We talk with Harlock and Bill's brother Steve. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website SxSW: David Gordon Green David Gordon Green is a director.  His films have ranged from the touching indie drama George Washington (his debut) to his most recent, the stoner action-comedy Pineapple Express.  He's also worked with college friends Jody Hill, Danny McBride and Ben Best on the HBO series Eastbound and Down, and on the upcoming fantasy comedy Your Highness. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website SxSW: David Gordon Green David Gordon Green is a director.  His films have ranged from the touching indie drama George Washington (his debut) to his most recent, the stoner action-comedy Pineapple Express.  He's also worked with college friends Jody Hill, Danny McBride and Ben Best on the HBO series Eastbound and Down, and on the upcoming fantasy comedy Your Highness. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website SxSW: Bear Nation Malcolm Ingram is the director of Bear Nation, a documentary about gay bear culture that premiered at South by Southwest in Austin.  He previously directed Small Town Gay Bar. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website SxSW: Bear Nation Malcolm Ingram is the director of Bear Nation, a documentary about gay bear culture that premiered at South by Southwest in Austin.  He previously directed Small Town Gay Bar. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ian Roberts and Matt Walsh Ian Roberts and Matt Walsh are two of the founders of the Upright Citizens Brigade.  They also have a new semi-improvised sitcom on Spike TV called "Players." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ian Roberts and Matt Walsh Ian Roberts and Matt Walsh are two of the founders of the Upright Citizens Brigade.  They also have a new semi-improvised sitcom on Spike TV called "Players." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The AV Club Keith Phipps and Tasha Robinson from The AV Club join us again to recommend some of the best in overlooked pop culture. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The AV Club Keith Phipps and Tasha Robinson from The AV Club join us again to recommend some of the best in overlooked pop culture. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Luis Guzman Luis Guzman is one of America's most succesful character actors.  He's appeared in dozens of films and television series, from Short Eyes in the 1970s to Miami Vice in the 1980s to Carlito's Way, Boogie Nights and The Limey in the 1990s.  Now he's featured on the new HBO show How To Make It In America. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Luis Guzman Luis Guzman is one of America's most succesful character actors.  He's appeared in dozens of films and television series, from Short Eyes in the 1970s to Miami Vice in the 1980s to Carlito's Way, Boogie Nights and The Limey in the 1990s.  Now he's featured on the new HBO show How To Make It In America. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jordan Ranks America: February Jordan Morris tells you what's what once again. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jordan Ranks America: February Jordan Morris tells you what's what once again. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sundance: Jeffrey Blitz and Sean Welch Jeffrey Blitz and Sean Welch were nominated for an Oscar for their first documentary feature, Spellbound.  Blitz went on to direct the fictional feature Rocket Science, as well as episodes of The Office.  Now, Blitz and Welch have a new documentary, called Lucky, about lottery winners. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sundance: Jeffrey Blitz and Sean Welch Jeffrey Blitz and Sean Welch were nominated for an Oscar for their first documentary feature, Spellbound.  Blitz went on to direct the fictional feature Rocket Science, as well as episodes of The Office.  Now, Blitz and Welch have a new documentary, called Lucky, about lottery winners. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sundance: Drunk History Derek Waters and Jeremy Konner are the creator and director of Drunk History, a series of shorts in which comedians get very, very drunk, then re-tell their favorite stories from history.  The stories are re-enacted, with drunken narration and dialogue, by actors like Don Cheadle and Jack Black.  It won the short film prize at Sundance. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sundance: Biker Fox and Jeremy Lamberton Biker Fox is a cycling enthusiast and local legend in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  Jeremy Lamberton is the director of a documentary feature about Biker and his eccentric lifestyle.  The film premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sundance: Biker Fox and Jeremy Lamberton Biker Fox is a cycling enthusiast and local legend in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  Jeremy Lamberton is the director of a documentary feature about Biker and his eccentric lifestyle.  The film premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sundance: Drake Doremus, Director of Douchebag Drake Doremus' second feature, Douchebag, premiered at Sundance 2010.  It's about two brothers who hit the road before one's wedding.  It was inspired by Doremus relationship with the editor of his first feature, who makes his acting debut in Douchebag. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sundance: Drake Doremus, Director of Douchebag Drake Doremus' second feature, Douchebag, premiered at Sundance 2010.  It's about two brothers who hit the road before one's wedding.  It was inspired by Doremus relationship with the editor of his first feature, who makes his acting debut in Douchebag. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sundance: Boy's Taika Waititi and James Rolleston Taika Waititi is the writer, director and star of "Boy," which premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival.  James Rolleston is his pre-teen co-star.  The film, based on Waititi's Oscar-nominated short, is a funny and affecting coming-of-age story set in a rural New Zealand village.  Waititi previously directed "Eagle vs. Shark." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sundance: Boy's Taika Waititi and James Rolleston Taika Waititi is the writer, director and star of "Boy," which premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival.  James Rolleston is his pre-teen co-star.  The film, based on Waititi's Oscar-nominated short, is a funny and affecting coming-of-age story set in a rural New Zealand village.  Waititi previously directed "Eagle vs. Shark." 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sal Santana Salvador Santana is a keyboard player and singer-songwriter.  His father is guitar legend Carlos Santana.  He's just released a new LP, Keyboard City. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Loudon Wainwright III Loudon Wainwright III is an accomplished singer-songwriter, an ocaissional actor, and the scion of a musical family.  Three of his children - Marth Wainwright, Rufus Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche are professional musicians. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Loudon Wainwright III Loudon Wainwright III is an accomplished singer-songwriter, an occaisional actor, and the scion of a musical family.  Three of his children - Martha Wainwright, Rufus Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche are professional musicians. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The AV Club Tasha Robinson and Nathan Rabin of The AV Club join Jesse to recommend a few great films which are new to DVD. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The AV Club Tasha Robinson and Nathan Rabin of The AV Club join Jesse to recommend a few great films which are new to DVD. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Gahan Wilson Gahan Wilson is perhaps America's most legendary cartoonist.  For more than 50 years, his distinctively twisted single-panel cartoons have appeared in magazines like Playboy and The New Yorker.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Gahan Wilson Gahan Wilson is perhaps America's most legendary cartoonist.  For more than 50 years, his distinctively twisted single-panel cartoons have appeared in magazines like Playboy and The New Yorker.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jane Espenson TV writer Jane Espenson is executive producer of Caprica, a new series based in the Battlestar Galactica universe.  She's also written for Ellen, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Gilmore Girls and more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jane Espenson TV writer Jane Espenson is executive producer of Caprica, a new series based in the Battlestar Galactica universe.  She's also written for Ellen, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Gilmore Girls and more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Elna Baker Elna Baker is a comedian and writer.  Her memoir is "The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Elna Baker Elna Baker is a comedian and writer.  Her memoir is "The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Aziz Ansari Aziz Ansari is an actor and comedian.  He's a regular on Parks and Recreation, and a member of the comedy group Human Giant.  He's also been in films like Observe & Report and Funny People. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Aziz Ansari Aziz Ansari is an actor and comedian.  He's a regular on Parks and Recreation, and a member of the comedy group Human Giant.  He's also been in films like Observe & Report and Funny People. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Hugh Moore Standup comedy from Hugh Moore, recorded live at the Bentzen Ball in Washington, D.C. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Hugh Moore Standup comedy from Hugh Moore, recorded live at the Bentzen Ball in Washington, D.C. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Best Comedy of 2009 An hour-long TSOYA special featuring our favorite comedy of 2009, including Maria Bamford, Dana Gould, Patton Oswalt, Tig Notaro and more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Best Comedy of 2009 An hour-long TSOYA special featuring our favorite comedy of 2009, including Maria Bamford, Dana Gould, Patton Oswalt, Tig Notaro and more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Brutal Metal Holiday Special Rob Halford of Judas Priest and the directors of Until the Light Takes Us, about Norweigan black metal, join us for a brutal metal holiday special. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Brutal Metal Holiday Special Rob Halford of Judas Priest and the directors of Until the Light Takes Us, about Norweigan black metal, join us for a brutal metal holiday special. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Donald Glover Donald Glover is a writer, comedian and actor.  He was a writer for NBC's 30 Rock, and now acts on NBC's Community.  His sketch group, Derrick Comedy, has a new feature film called Mystery Team. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Donald Glover Donald Glover is a writer, comedian and actor.  He was a writer for NBC's 30 Rock, and now acts on NBC's Community.  His sketch group, Derrick Comedy, has a new feature film called Mystery Team. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mark Duplass Mark Duplass is an actor and filmmaker.  He stars in the new FX comedy The League, and with his brother Jay has written, directed and starred in several acclaimed films, including The Puffy Chair and Baghead. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mark Duplass Mark Duplass is an actor and filmmaker.  He stars in the new FX comedy The League, and with his brother Jay has written, directed and starred in several acclaimed films, including The Puffy Chair and Baghead. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jordan Ranks America Jordan Morris ranks America in his own inimitable way. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jordan Ranks America Jordan Morris ranks America in his own inimitable way. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Alex Patsavas Alex Patsavas has been been filling up your portable music device with the non-mainstream/indie rock music you love without you even knowing it.She's mostly known for being the music supervisor for notable television series like The O.C, Grey's Anatomy, Gossip Girl & Mad Men. She talks about her most recent venture as music supervisor for the popular teen film The Twilight Saga: New Moon. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Alex Patsavas Alex Patsavas has been been filling up your portable music device with the non-mainstream/indie rock music you love without you even knowing it.She's mostly known for being the music supervisor for notable television series like The O.C, Grey's Anatomy, Gossip Girl & Mad Men. She talks about her most recent venture as music supervisor for the popular teen film The Twilight Saga: New Moon. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ian MacKaye Ian MacKaye is a punk rock legend.  His bands have included Minor Threat, Fugazi and most recently The Evens.  He joined us live on stage in Washington DC. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rik Cordero: Live at WNYC Rik Cordero helped revolutionize hip-hop videos with clips for artists like Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes, The Roots and Nas.  He's also the director of the feature film Inside A Change. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rik Cordero: Live at WNYC Rik Cordero helped revolutionize hip-hop videos with clips for artists like Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes, The Roots and Nas.  He's also the director of the feature film Inside A Change. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Scott Adsit: Live From WNYC Scott Adsit is a veteran of Chicago's Second City and plays Pete on NBC's 30 Rock. We'll also talk about how Scott's involvement in the series Moral Orel almost caused a rift in his family. This episode taped live at WNYC's Jerome L. Green Performance Space. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Al Madrigal Al Madrigal talks about his new comedy record Half Breed and the career he held before becoming a comedian: firing hundreds of people from their jobs. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Al Madrigal Al Madrigal talks about his new comedy record Half Breed and the career he held before becoming a comedian: firing hundreds of people from their jobs. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Rejection Show's Jon Friedman Jon Friedman is a comedian, writer, and  host of the The Rejection Show, New York City's live showcase of rejected work. His new book is Rejected: Tales of the Failed, Dumped and Cancelled. We'll hear about Friedman's early days screening unsolicited submissions for The New Yorker and Comedy Central, plus what it's like at his new gig blogging for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Rejection Show's Jon Friedman Jon Friedman is a comedian, writer, and  host of the The Rejection Show, New York City's live showcase of rejected work. His new book is Rejected: Tales of the Failed, Dumped and Cancelled. We'll hear about Friedman's early days screening unsolicited submissions for The New Yorker and Comedy Central, plus what it's like at his new gig blogging for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rob Siegel Rob Siegel is a former editor for The Onion and penned last year's Mickey Rourke vehicle The Wrestler. He's just written and directed Big Fan, a dark film starring Patton Oswalt as man beaten up by his favorite player on the New York Giants. Siegel's characters seem to find fulfillment on the fringes of society -- listen in to find out why.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rob Siegel Rob Siegel is a former editor for The Onion and penned last year's Mickey Rourke vehicle The Wrestler. He's just written and directed Big Fan, a dark film starring Patton Oswalt as man beaten up by his favorite player on the New York Giants. Siegel's characters seem to find fulfillment on the fringes of society -- listen in to find out why.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Chris Anderson Chris Anderson is editor-in-chief of WIRED and is also the author of Free: The Future of a Radical Price which explores how the price for delivering content is trending towards zero. We'll talk about the repercussions that's having on the creative industry and those whose job it is to create thoughts. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Chris Anderson Chris Anderson is editor-in-chief of WIRED and is also the author of Free: The Future of a Radical Price which explores how the price for delivering content is trending towards zero. We'll talk about the repercussions that's having on the creative industry and those whose job it is to create thoughts. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Greg Kot Greg Kot is the music critic at the Chicago Tribune, host of the public radio program Sound Opinions, and has written for the likes of Rolling Stone, Details, Blender, and Encyclopaedia Britannica among others. His new book is Ripped: How the Wired Generation Revolutionized Music. We'll talk about how the music industry got to where it is today, and what might be next. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Michael Showalter and Michael Ian Black Michael Showalter and Michael Ian Black are the stars of the new Comedy Central series Michael & Michael Have Issues.  They're also founding members of The State. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Michael Showalter and Michael Ian Black Michael Showalter and Michael Ian Black are the stars of the new Comedy Central series Michael & Michael Have Issues.  They're also founding members of The State. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Armando Iannucci Armando Iannucci is one of the UK's most prominent comedy writers, producers and performers, having helped create shows like The Day Today and I'm Alan Partridge.  His new film, In the Loop, is headed to theaters here in the US. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bill Withers Bill Withers is the singer-songwriter behind soul classics like Ain't No Sunshine, Lean on Me, Use Me, Just the Two of Us, Lovely Day and more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Paul and Storm: Nunfight Paul and Storm offer a cultural commentary in song. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Paul and Storm: Nunfight Paul and Storm offer a cultural commentary in song. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Au Revoir Simone Au Revoir Simone are an all-female, all-keyboard indie pop band from Brooklyn, New York.  Their new CD is Still Night, Still Light. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Au Revoir Simone Au Revoir Simone are an all-female, all-keyboard indie pop band from Brooklyn, New York.  Their new CD is Still Night, Still Light. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Nick Kroll Nick Kroll has been featured in the television shows Cavemen, Sit Down & Shut Up, The Human Giant and The Life & Times of Tim.  He's also the author of Bar Mitzvah Disco. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Nick Kroll Nick Kroll has been featured in the television shows Cavemen, Sit Down & Shut Up, The Human Giant and The Life & Times of Tim.  He's also the author of Bar Mitzvah Disco. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rian Johnson Rian Johnson is a film director best known for his 2006 film Brick.  His new film is The Brothers Bloom. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rian Johnson Rian Johnson is a film director best known for his 2006 film Brick.  His new film is The Brothers Bloom. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lloyd Kaufman Lloyd Kaufman is co-founder of Troma Entertainment, one of the oldest continuously operating independent film companies in the country.  Troma are best known for their often bizarre cult films, like the iconic Toxic Avenger series. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Eleni Mandell Eleni Mandell is a Los Angeles singer-songwriter.  She talks with us and performs some songs from her new album, Artificial Fire. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Eleni Mandell Eleni Mandell is a Los Angeles singer-songwriter.  She talks with us and performs some songs from her new album, Artificial Fire. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jane Lynch Actress Jane Lynch has been seen in films like The 40 Year Old Virgin, Role Models and Best in Show.  She's featured on the new show Party Down, and stars on the upcoming FOX show Glee. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jane Lynch Actress Jane Lynch has been seen in films like The 40 Year Old Virgin, Role Models and Best in Show.  She's featured on the new show Party Down, and stars on the upcoming FOX show Glee. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Age of Persuasion Terry O'Reilly is the host of the CBC's Age of Persuasion, a radio program about the history and practice of advertising. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Age of Persuasion Terry O'Reilly is the host of the CBC's Age of Persuasion, a radio program about the history and practice of advertising. 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Chaps (Homestar Runner) and Jeff Olsen (adultswim.com) talk with Jesse about building a brand online at the 2009 Integrated Media Association conference. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Steven Johnson Steven Johnson is a writer on the history of ideas whose books include The Ghost Map and Everything Bad Is Good For You.  His latest is The Invention of Air. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Steven Johnson Steven Johnson is a writer on the history of ideas whose books include The Ghost Map and Everything Bad Is Good For You.  His latest is The Invention of Air. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Free Darko We talk with three of the writers behind the strange and irreverent basketball blog Free Darko.  Their new book is The Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Larry Wilmore Larry Wilmore is a comedy writer and performer.  He's the author of "I'd Rather We Got Casinos," and is The Daily Show's Senior Black Correspondent.  He also wrote for In Living Color and created the sitcoms The Bernie Mac Show and The PJs. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Larry Wilmore Larry Wilmore is a comedy writer and performer.  He's the author of "I'd Rather We Got Casinos," and is The Daily Show's Senior Black Correspondent.  He also wrote for In Living Color and created the sitcoms The Bernie Mac Show and The PJs. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Larry Wilmore Larry Wilmore is a comedy writer and performer.  He's the author of "I'd Rather We Got Casinos," and is The Daily Show's Senior Black Correspondent.  He also wrote for In Living Color and created the sitcoms The Bernie Mac Show and The PJs. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Alien Vs. Predator Poet Michael Robbins reads his poem  "Alien Vs. Predator." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Alien Vs. Predator Poet Michael Robbins reads his poem  "Alien Vs. Predator." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Alien Vs. Predator Poet Michael Robbins reads his poem  "Alien Vs. Predator." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Spike Feresten Spike Feresten wrote for David Letterman, The Simpsons, Seinfeld and Saturday Night Live before going in front of the camera.  Now he's hosting an hour-long late-night talkshow on FOX called, appropriately, "Talk Show with Spike Feresten." 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Last Christmas Brian Posehn and Gerry Duggan talk about their post-apocalyptic Santa Claus story The Last Christmas, plus a holiday sketch from Elephant Larry. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Last Christmas Brian Posehn and Gerry Duggan talk about their post-apocalyptic Santa Claus story The Last Christmas, plus a holiday sketch from Elephant Larry. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Last Christmas Brian Posehn and Gerry Duggan talk about their post-apocalyptic Santa Claus story The Last Christmas, plus a holiday sketch from Elephant Larry. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dan Savage Dan Savage is the writer of the sex and relationship advice column Savage Love, which runs in alternative newspapers around the country.  He also edits the Seattle newspaper The Stranger.  This interview was recorded live on stage at Seattle Sketchfest. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dan Savage Dan Savage is the writer of the sex and relationship advice column Savage Love, which runs in alternative newspapers around the country.  He also edits the Seattle newspaper The Stranger.  This interview was recorded live on stage at Seattle Sketchfest. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Adrian Tomine Comics artist Adrian Tomine is the creator of the series Optic Nerve.  His most recent book is "Shortcomings." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Adrian Tomine Comics artist Adrian Tomine is the creator of the series Optic Nerve.  His most recent book is "Shortcomings." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Adrian Tomine Comics artist Adrian Tomine is the creator of the series Optic Nerve.  His most recent book is "Shortcomings." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Submarines Chris Bowman interviews the Los Angeles indie pop group The Submarines.  Their most recent album is Honeysuckle Weeks. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Robert Popper Robert Popper was co-creator of the British comedy series "Look Around You."  He's also the author, as "Robin Cooper" of "The Timewaster Letters," which are smash bestsellers in the UK, and have just been released in the US. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Robert Popper Robert Popper was co-creator of the British comedy series "Look Around You."  He's also the author, as "Robin Cooper" of "The Timewaster Letters," which are smash bestsellers in the UK, and have just been released in the US. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Seun Kuti Seun Kuti is the leader of the band Egypt 80, which was founded by his father, the legendary creator of Afrobeat, Fela Kuti. 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