Bullseye with Jesse Thorn
Los Angeles, California | |
Original release | 2000 – present |
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Website | maximumfun |
Bullseye with Jesse Thorn (formerly The Sound of Young America) is a
History
The Sound of Young America began in 2000 on the
Past contributors to the show include Jordan Morris, "Boy Detective", and "Big Time" Gene O'Neill as co-hosts, and regular appearances from Thorn's joke-telling and sometime rock-and-roller younger brother, the Master of "
Near the end of 2004 the show became available as a podcast. Thorn and the show were mentioned in The Wall Street Journal, Time, and Salon.com.[2] Salon.com's Audiofile wrote, "If you've never heard of The Sound of Young America, The Sound of Young America is the greatest radio show you've never heard of", and described Thorn's interviewing style as combining "the civility and preparedness of [Terry] Gross leavened with the good humor of [Conan] O'Brien."[7] In January 2006, Time selected the show in a column entitled "Pick of the Podcasts".[8] The Wall Street Journal's "Blog Watch" column described the show as "a popular podcast where Mr. Thorn interviews some of the nation's top talent and comics occasionally perform sketches, and noted that Thorn produced the podcast "from his living room".[9]
During this time, Thorn received a call from the director of programming at
In January 2012, the show was renamed Bullseye, and began featuring
Market availability
In addition to the availability of the show as a podcast, the program is heard on 59 public terrestrial radio stations in 17 states.[1]
Other projects
In April 2006, The Sound of Young America launched a second podcast, The College Years, chronicling the pre-podcasting history of the show.[14]
In December 2006, Thorn and Morris reteamed to launch the podcast-only program
References
- ^ a b "About Bullseye". Maximum Fun. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
- ^ a b c Rappaport, Scott (April 2, 2008). "Maximum Fun: Alum Jesse Thorn woos young listeners with a new brand of radio show". UC Santa Cruz Review. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
- ^ Thorn, Jesse (April 18, 2006). "Hammer's Browser Preference". Jesse Thorn's Blog. Maximum Fun. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
- ^ Thorn, Jesse; Morris, Jordan (June 4, 2010). "Jordan, Jesse, Go! Episode 135: Excerpts from the MaxFunMarathon with Andy Richter, Sarah Thyre, Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer". Jordan, Jesse, Go! (Podcast). No. 135. Maximum Fun. Event occurs at 00:50:00. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
- ^ Thorn, Jesse (August 23–30, 2006). "My Life As America's Radio Sweetheart". Metro Santa Cruz. Archived from the original on 2008-07-03.
- ^ Thorn, Jesse; Morris, Jordan (December 1, 2008). "Waldorf Schools". Jordan, Jesse, Go! (Podcast). No. 82. Maximum Fun. Event occurs at 1:06:00. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
- Salon. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
- ^ Caplan, Jeremy (May 2, 2006). "The Pick of the Podcasts". Time. Archived from the original on June 20, 2006. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
- ^ Huang, Keith (July 24, 2006). "Blog Watch: The Sound of Young America". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on January 12, 2016. Retrieved August 16, 2014. Alt URL
- ^ a b "Vows: Theresa Hossfeld and Jesse Thorn". The New York Times. September 6, 2008.
- ^ "monstersofpod: Starting in 2012, The Sound of... - Jesse Thorn: Tumbler". Jessethorn.tumblr.com. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
- Current.org. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
- ^ "Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is joining NPR! It's... - Jesse Thorn: Tumbler". Jessethorn.tumblr.com. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
- ^ "College Years podcast announcement". Sound of Young America. April 13, 2006.
- ^ "Jordan, Jesse, Go! Episode Guide". Archived from the original on 2010-01-15. Retrieved 2010-03-19.