Vijay Iyer, Demetri Martin & Dave Hill
Jazz pianist and composer Vijay Iyer explores the relationship between music, the mind and the body. The comedian Dave Hill performs in front of his toughest audience yet: 250 maximum security felons....
16 Okt 201257min
Liam Lynch and Geoff Nunberg on the "A-word"
The writer, director and musician Liam Lynch talks to us about bringing back his sock puppet duo Sifl and Olly and how he met not ONE, but TWO Beatles. Plus, linguist Geoff Nunberg talks about how the...
9 Okt 20121h 6min
Syl Johnson, Gillian Flynn and Matt Berninger from The National
Jesse talks to Syl Johnson – the soul singer who has been sampled on countless hip-hop records — about turning down the record deal that ended up going to Al Green. Julie Klausner sits down with Gilli...
2 Okt 201259min
Rob Delaney, Nellie McKay and Jordan Ranks America
Jesse talks to Rob Delaney, one of the funniest guys on Twitter with over a half a million followers. He might prefer the virtual world because he's so uncomfortable with the human body.And co-host Ju...
25 Sep 201258min
Wayne White, Antibalas, Brent Weinbach
Wayne White is the subject of a new documentary directed by Neil Berkeley. If you ever wished you could live in Pee-Wee Herman's bizarre and amazing playhouse - Wayne's the man responsible for that dr...
18 Sep 201259min
R.A. Dickey, pitcher for the New York Mets
Mets pitcher RA Dickey talks about fighting his way through 10 years as a marginal pro baseball player before giving himself over to the uncontrollable but devastating knuckleball.Then we travel back ...
11 Sep 201258min
W. Kamau Bell, Mike Birbiglia, Eleni Mandell
W. Kamau Bell, host of Totally Biased, calculates the gentrification sweet spot. Singer-songwriter Eleni Mandell's life is changed by a Tom Waits song, even though it wasn't the one she meant to hear...
4 Sep 20121h 6min
Kurt Andersen, Chris Fairbanks and Ari Graynor
Guest host Jordan Morris sits down with Kurt Andersen to talk about creative procrastination, why a new generation is happily digging into its parents record collection, and Andersen's new book True B...
28 Aug 201258min
