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Interviews

Talking to Jesse Thorn about NPR, Podcasting Empires, and Not Going Viral

by | March 5th, 2013

It's fair to say that the comedy podcast boom would not exist without Jesse Thorn. Thorn, who began doing his public radio show, The Sound of Young America, as a college student in 2000, began podcasting the often comedy-centric show in 2004. (He also taught Marc Maron how to podcast.) In 2011, The Sound of Young America became Bullseye with Jesse Thorn, and starting this April, the show will be heard on NPR stations around the country.

Thorn's podcasting network, Maximum Fun, which hosts Bullseye along with Jordan, Jesse GO!, Judge John Hodgman, and a half dozen others, continues to grow, recently adding Dave Hill's Podcasting [...]

Podcasts

This Week in Comedy Podcasts

by | April 5th, 2012

“Knock knock.”

Who’s there?

“Pod.”

Pod, who?

“Podcast.”

Oh, Podcast, come on in.

Podcasts

Jesse Thorn's 'Bullseye' Will Be Distributed Through NPR Starting in April

by | February 7th, 2013

MaximumFun.org chief Jesse Thorn's radio show/podcast Bullseye (previously called The Sound of Young America) will be airing on NPR beginning in April, Thorn announced today. The move comes after months of negotiations and planning between Thorn and NPR. Bullseye is an expertly-curated show that features Thorn interviewing guests from the entertainment world and recommending his favorite works of pop culture with an emphasis on comedy. Past guests have included Jeff Bridges, Judd Apatow, Dolly Parton, Michael Ian Black, Demetri Martin, Chris Gethard, Bob Newhart, and Key & Peele. Under the new deal, Thorn will continue to produce Bullseye independently; it will just be distributed by NPR. Congrats [...]

Radio

The Sound of Young America Has a New Name

by | January 2nd, 2012

Hear ye, radio people, podcast people (a species very similar to pod people, but also quite different). Starting on Tuesday, The Sound of Young America will be called Bullseye with Jesse Thorn. The first episode of the new show features Angry Boys' Chris Lilley, and you can take a look back to TSOYA's Best Comedy of 2011 show here.

Podcasts

Tracing the Birth of the Comedy Podcast Boom

by | July 18th, 2012

The Montreal Just for Laughs Festival is not every comic’s cup of tea. That being said, many consider it to be the most prestigious event of the year. Not only is it the largest international comedy festival in the world, it is also the best attended by industry representatives, precisely the put-off for some. Last year at the 29th installment of the summer rendezvous in Quebec’s cultural capital the Keynote Address was delivered by Marc Maron and kicked off the Conference finale — a three-day parade of panels, parties, pitching and pimping between the purse-holders and the performers.

“I have never been more nervous about anything than to [...]

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