Au Revoir Simone

Au Revoir Simone are an all-female, all-keyboard indie pop band from Brooklyn, New York. Their new CD is Still Night, Still Light.

Welcome to season two of Coyle & Sharpe: The Imposters! In the early 1960s, James P. Coyle and Mal Sharpe roamed the streets of San Francisco, microphone in hand, roping strangers into bizarre schemes and surreal stunts. These original recordings are from the Sharpe family archive, which is tended by Mal's daughter, Jennifer Sharpe. You can learn more about Coyle & Sharpe on their website or on MySpace. Their recent box set is These 2 Men Are Imposters.

On this episode: Coyle and Sharpe chant while a man reads.

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We continue our journey into The Sound of Young America's vast audio archive with this program from The Sound of Young America Classics.

This week's guests are Maz Jobrani, Lisa Jervis, and Andi Zeisler. Maz Jobrani is an actor and standup comedian who's the star of the sitcom The Knights of Prosperity. Lisa Jervis & Andi Zeisler are the founding editors of Bitch Magazine, "A Feminist Response to Popular Culture."

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Deyan Sudjic's "The Language of Things"

Deyan Sudjic is the director of the Design Museum in London and the author of "The Language of Things." We talk with him about the history, function and significance of design.

Michael Jackson

Oliver Wang and Jay Smooth join Jesse to talk about the life and music of Michael Jackson.

Chris Hardwick, photo by Reed Kavner

Live comedy from Chris Hardwick, Kasper Hauser and Jordan Morris, recorded live at MaxFunCon 2009.

Tonight Show writer-performer Brian Stack joins Jesse and Jordan to take calls and talk about Shoeverine, among many other things.

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We continue our journey into The Sound of Young America's vast audio archive with this program from The Sound of Young America Classics.

This week we're joined by longtime friend of the show, Patton Oswalt. He created "The Comedians of Comedy," co-starred in CBS' The King of Queens, and starred in the Pixar film "Ratatouille."

Also, we dip into our archives for a 2004 interview with rapper Masta Ace, a hip-hop legend and original member of the Juice Crew.


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Merlin Mann, photo by Douglas Dollars

Merlin Mann talks about the process of doing creative work, and particularly how to abandon the quest for perfection, get off your butt and get started.

We continue our journey into The Sound of Young America's vast audio archive with this program from The Sound of Young America Classics.

This week's guests are Eddie Argos and Paul Malmont. Paul Malmont is the author of "The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril." Eddie Argos is the frontman of the acclaimed rock band Art Brut.


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