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''Bullseye with Jesse Thorn'' (formerly ''The Sound of Young America'') is a public radio program and podcast based in Los Angeles, California and distributed by National Public Radio (NPR). The weekly show is currently heard on over 50 public radio stations.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.maximumfun.org/about-bullseye )〕 The program features host Jesse Thorn interviewing personalities in arts and culture, with a special focus on comedy. Past guests have included Dolly Parton, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Fran Lebowitz, David Cross, Ira Glass, Patton Oswalt, Bob Newhart, Jeff Bridges and others. ==History== ''The Sound of Young America'' began in 2000 on the college radio station KZSC-FM, based at the University of California, Santa Cruz. At first, ''The Sound of Young America'' was a variety college radio show featuring Thorn and two other cohosts, Matt Dobbs (who soon dropped out in favor of Jordan Morris) and Gene O'Neill.〔Jesse Thorn, ("My Life As America's Radio Sweetheart" ), ''Metro Santa Cruz'', August 23–30, 2006.〕 Initially a morning show, it later ran from 5-6 PM each Thursday. O'Neill left in 2003, and Brian Lane filled in periodically thereafter. Upon Morris' departure in May 2004, the show began to use rotating co-hosts. That autumn, Thorn went solo. 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 "Would You Rather?" Jim Real, Brian "Back in Business" Lane, and artist/musician Dan Grayson. In 2003, the show staged a radio drama of ''Sad Dad'', an original play written by Morris and O'Neill. 2003 also saw the debut of the show's theme song, Maximum Fun, written and performed by Thorn and Grayson.〔〕 Near the end of 2004 the show became available as a podcast. Thorn and the show were mentioned in ''The Wall Street Journal'', ''TIME Magazine'', and ''Salon.com.''〔 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 () Gross leavened with the good humor of () O'Brien." In January 2006, ''TIME'' selected the show in a column entitled "Pick of the Podcasts." ''The Wall Street Journals "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." During this time, Thorn received a call from the director of programming at Public Radio International, who had heard one of the podcasts and expressed interest in distributing the show.〔 In 2006 WNYC-FM, a public radio station in New York City, picked up the show, and PRI decided to distribute it.〔(Vows: Theresa Hossfeld and Jesse Thorn, ) ''New York Times'', September 6, 2008.〕 As of September 2008 the show was carried on 18 public radio stations, in addition to the podcast.〔 In January 2012, the show was renamed ''Bullseye'', and began featuring The Go! Team's "Huddle Formation" as its theme song. As of April 2013, the show is distributed by National Public Radio. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bullseye with Jesse Thorn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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