Tim Harrington of Les Savvy Fav is probably best known for his singing, not his cooking and inventing... but don't let that fool you. He's a brilliant COOKING INVENTOR as well.

In this outtake from the Sound of Young America interview with Les Savvy Fav that will run shortly on our podcast, Harrington describes his idea for a "BODY OVEN." This oven is perfect for PRISON INMATES and others with access to condoms, but not cooking supplies or STANDARD OVENS.

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If you're interested in picking up the first six months of Jordan, Jesse GO! in one big fat torrent, you can do so now on MySpleen. It's free of course, but requires a MySpleen account (and the ability to use torrents). If you need the former, just email me and I'll hit you with one. You must include a specific favorite MaxFun moment in the email so I can verify you're a listener and not a random (if you're somebody who found this on google, please do not bother me).

Remember that you can also use MySpleen to download all the TSOYAs of 2006, 2005, and 2004 and before.

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GLC's been waiting patiently since Kanye's "I'm Good" mixtape before The College Dropout. He's always been a pretty formidable talent, particularly his beautiful voice. I guess A-Trak produced this record? Just guessing based on GLC's adlibs at the end. Doesn't sound like Kanye, maybe No ID. This isn't a hit record, but it's a good one.

When Hodgman said Jonathan Winters was on Chelsea Peretti's Superdeluxe show, "All My Exes," I thought it was a joke. But that really is Jonathan Wintes. Holy shit.

This important documentary documents the Onion staff's Thanksgiving Day Chili Cookoff, 2007, and their descent into madness as CHILI MANIA spreads throughout the team.

Jesse interviews Eric Lax. Lax is the author of "Woody Allen: A Biography," "On Being Funny" and most recently "Conversations with Woody Allen." Since being assigned to profile Allen for the New York Times magazine almost forty years ago, Lax has followed the comedian and filmmaker's career, interviewing him regularly. We talk about Allen's life and enormous ouvre, from the great to, well... The Curse of the Jade Scorpion.

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The Onion's show preview of Monday's TSOYA Live! in San Francisco show:

"The Sound of Young America calls itself 'a public radio show about things that are awesome,' but the show is pretty awesome in and of itself. Made in the living room of "America's Radio Sweetheart" Jesse Thorn, a host whose voice sounds way too seasoned to belong to a 26-year-old, The Sound of Young America is everything a podcast (or public radio show for that matter) should be: insightful, funny, snappy and above all, not stuffy. The show covers all forms of entertainment, from books to music to TV, but casts an especially focused eye on comedy, which means lots of interviews with comedians like Louis CK, Bob Odenkirk, David Cross, and even Shelley Berman. Here, Thorn tapes a live TSOYA program with guests Morgan Murphy, Rogue Wave's Zach Rogue, Merlin Mann and others."

Thanks to the Onion's SF staff, especially Marc!

I really like Michael Feldman's Whaddya Know. I think it's very funny, very charming and authentically Midwestern in a way that makes me feel like I'm looking through a peephole at a whole other culture.

This isn't a response to anything in particular, I've just been missing it a bit here in LA. Luckily, every weekend I have approximately 18 opportunities to hear a certain other weekend "comedy" variety show.