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Mark Duplass

Tue, Dec 8 Listen
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.

Jordan Ranks America

Thu, Dec 3 Listen
Jordan Morris ranks America in his own inimitable way.

Alex Patsavas

Mon, Nov 30 Listen
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.

Ian MacKaye

Tue, Nov 24 Listen
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.

The Sartorialist

Fri, Nov 13 Listen
Scott Schuman is the proprietor of the street photography blog The Sartorialist. His new book is a collection of the best of his photos.

Nick Hornby

Tue, Nov 10 Listen
Nick Hornby is the author of numerous novels; his most recent is called Juliet, Naked. He also wrote the film An Education.

Andrew WK, Nellie McKay & The Spinto Band

Fri, Nov 6 Listen
Music from our recent East Coast trip from Andrew WK, Nellie McKay and The Spinto Band.

Comedy: Kumail Nanjiani and Kent Haines

Wed, Nov 4 Listen
Live comedy from our shows in Philadelphia and New York City.

Charles Burns

Tue, Nov 3 Listen
Charles Burns is a cartoonist and illustrator whose best-known work is the graphic novel Black Hole. We spoke with him at the Philly Improv Theater in Philadelphia.

The Mutter Museum

Thu, Oct 29 Listen
Dr. Robert Hicks is the director of the Mutter Museum at the College of Physicians in Philadelphia. It's a museum of medical history - and oddities of the human body.

Rik Cordero: Live at WNYC

Fri, Oct 23 Listen
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.

Live from WNYC: Scott Adsit

Tue, Oct 20 Listen
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.

The Trailer Park Boys

Thu, Oct 15 Listen
Ricky, Julian and Bubbles are the stars of the Canadian documentary-style sitcom The Trailer Park Boys. For years, the show has tracked their charming inability to make anything of themselves.

Langhorne Slim

Sun, Oct 11 Listen
Langhorne Slim plays songs from his new album Be Set Free.

Bucky Sinister

Tue, Oct 6 Listen
Bucky Sinister is the author of Get Up: A 12-Step Guide to Recovery for Misfits, Freaks, and Weirdos

Marc Maron: RRL

Mon, Oct 5 Listen
In a commentary, Marc Maron says he's not so sure that someone in India should be pre-distressing his belts.

Nathan Rabin

Mon, Sep 28 Listen
Nathan Rabin is head writer for The AV Club and author of The Big Rewind: A Memoir Brought To You By Pop Culture.

An Hour with Kasper Hauser

Mon, Sep 14 Listen
A full, hilarious hour with the San Francisco comedy group Kasper Hauser, plus a bonus sketch for podcast listeners.

Gary Hustwit

Thu, Sep 10 Listen
The filmmaker behind the typeface documentary Helvetica talks about his new film Objectified, which explores our interactions with everyday stuff.

Mike Sacks, author of And Here's The Kicker

Mon, Sep 7 Listen
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Brent Weinbach

Thu, Sep 3 Listen
There's odd standup comedy, and then there's standup comedy so odd it gets you banned from a network late night show... after you've already taped your appearance. Comedian Brent Weinbach is my guest.

Al Madrigal

Mon, Aug 31 Listen
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.

The Rejection Show's Jon Friedman

Mon, Aug 24 Listen
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.

Rob Siegel

Tue, Aug 18 Listen
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.

Chris Anderson

Thu, Aug 13 Listen
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.

Greg Kot

Mon, Aug 10 Listen
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.

Paul Rust

Fri, Aug 7 Listen
Paul Rust has just made his big break starring in the teen romp I Love You Beth Cooper, but he's been a long time friend of the show and was named one of Variety's 10 Comics To Watch in 2008. Rust will talk about how the silliness of Pee-wee Herman remains a seminal influence and the best parts of working with a big time, earnest filmmaker like Chris Columbus.

Charlyne Yi

Tue, Aug 4 Listen
Charlyne Yi made her first on screen appearance playing the stoned girlfriend of Martin Starr's character in the Judd Apatow flick Knocked Up. Now, she's written Paper Heart a documentary and narrative film in which she also stars opposite Michael Sera. Hear from Yi about why she doesn't believe in love, and from Paper Heart director Nick Jasenovec about the choice of casting someone else to play himself.

The State

Wed, Jul 29 Listen
Kerri Kenney-Silver, Thomas Lennon and Ken Marino talk about the history of the sketch comedy group The State.

Michael Showalter and Michael Ian Black

Mon, Jul 27 Listen
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.

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