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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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Episodes (1116)

Bobby Moynihan

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Devo

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Fab 5 Freddy

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Chuck Klosterman

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The Best of Monty Python

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Remembering Willie Colón

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Joyce Manor

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Photographer Noé Montes

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Raphael Saadiq

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Jazz legend Ron Carter

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Remembering Catherine O'Hara

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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

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Joe Cappa, creator of "Haha, You Clowns"

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Shonda Rhimes

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Mel Brooks

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The secret to writing great jokes, from Daily Show alum Elliott Kalan

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Susan Orlean on her memoir 'Joyride'

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Remembering Isiah Whitlock Jr.

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Walton Goggins

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Mary Roach on 'Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy'

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Regina Hall

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LaRussell

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Rian Johnson

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Sudan Archives

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Johnny Knoxville

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2025’s End of Year Stand-Up Comedy Spectacular!

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Bonus – The Outshot: Filling Time

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Bullseye 2025 Holiday Spectacular: Lil Rel Howery, Micky Dolenz and Sy Smith

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Tony Shalhoub, Jad Abumrad, H. Jon Benjamin and more – Live at The PIT in NYC

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The Hives

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Vince Staples

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25 interviews for 25 years

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Adam Scott, Boots Riley, Glynn Washington and more - Live at Kuumbwa Jazz Center

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25 Years Ago, Bullseye with Jesse Thorn was a weird college radio show

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Roy Wood Jr., Jason Mantzoukas, Rebecca Sugar – Live at LAist

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Marc Maron & Brendan McDonald

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Ana Fabrega, co-creator of ‘Los Espookys’

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Bruce Campbell

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Yaya Bey

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Nick Offerman

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'Slow Horses' creator Will Smith

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Gwendoline Christie

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Why Digable Planets' Blowout Comb is one of the greatest albums of all time

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Ghostface Killah

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Sonia Manzano

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Christopher Lloyd

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Elizabeth Gilbert

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Jinkx Monsoon

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Jason Segel

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Bob Odenkirk

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