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Bullseye with Jesse Thorn Jesse Thorn
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Bullseye is a celebration of the best of arts and culture in public radio form. Host Jesse Thorn sifts the wheat from the chaff to bring you in-depth interviews with the most revered and revolutionary minds in our culture. 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."
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Les Savy Fav's Tim Harrington and Syd Butler
Les Savy Fav recently released OUI, LSF, their first album in 14 years. On the latest episode, Jesse chats with Tim Harrington and bassist Syd Butler of Les Savy Fav. Harrington is in his 50's now and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder not too long ago. He opens up about taking better care of himself. Butler and Harrington also get into the new record, which was recorded in Harrington's attic – please don't tell his landlord.
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System of a Down's Serj Tankian
Serj Tankian is the lead singer and co-founder of the hard rock band System of a Down. He's also a solo artist, activist, symphony composer, and an author. He just released his book Down With The System: A Memoir (Of Sorts). Serj talks all about the book, his time as the frontman of System of a Down, and his love for Barbara Streisand.
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Molly Gordon
Molly Gordon joins us to talk about starring on FX's hit series The Bear. She get into what it's been like working with the incredible cast and how it's been to play a resident ER doctor on the show. She also shares what it was like growing up with parents who worked in show business and tell us what they taught her about filmmaking.
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Comedian Ms. Pat
Ms. Pat's standup comedy is direct, clever and raw. She headlines shows all over the country and she's got her own TV show - The Ms. Pat Show on BET Plus. We'll get into her Emmy nominated sitcom, her extraordinarily difficult road to success and why she decided to take a chance on standup in the first place. Plus, a bonkers story about the time she took an order from a U.S. President at a fast food restaurant.
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Tanya Tucker
Tanya Tucker is a country music legend! She's been singing since she was nine years old and has released about two dozen records in her time. When Tanya was last on Bullseye, she had just released her Grammy award-winning album While I'm Living. She talks about the album, turning down Elvis Presley, and so much more.
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Kaitlin Olson
Chances are you've probably seen Kaitlin Olson on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. The show's been on the air for almost two decades now! Olson also performs on the TV comedy Hacks. She earned an Emmy nomination for her part on the show. When Olson came on Bullseye back in 2015, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia had just wrapped its 10th season! She talked with us about morally broken comedy characters and whether it's a good idea to fall in love with the creator of your TV show.
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Customer Reviews
Raffi!!!
Thank you so much for replaying your Raffi interview! Hit me right in my heart. Hearing his songs again after many years was so touching. What a tender wholesome soul! ❣️
Stipe
This was a terrible interview. Questions probed with a bias. I thought Mr. Stipe was gracious .
David Mitchell and Robert Webb episode
The first and last episode I’ll ever listen to. Also, I didn’t seek this episode. I’m just tired and was curious about what Mitchell and Web were up to.
I was shocked at how blatantly backhanded all of this dude's compliments toward David and Robert were to begin with. Very awkward interview. But to then try and corner Robert at end of an interview because of a controversial tweet he made years previously and had since deleted? That’s bad interviewing.
I don’t agree with Robert’s decision to write that tweet. But it should be a conversation between the two of you, unrecorded, if you genuinely are curious and care to try and change his mind. Not a “gotcha” moment to publicly shame him. His reasons for not discussing the matter further were absolutely valid.
One star because this dude seemed to know what he’s talking about. But man, the way he says things akin to “don’t you wish your show was more successful” and “aren’t you mad that Olivia Coleman is so successful and you aren’t” is so childish and projecting.
I don’t blame them for not wanting to share audio with you afterward. What a disrespectful way to conduct an interview.