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Andy Daly is a comedian, actor and improviser in Los Angeles. He's probably best known for his stint on Mad TV, or his role in the recent Will Ferrel vehicle Semi-Pro. He's just released his first CD of character monologues, called "Nine Sweaters." In the spring, he'll be seen as a co-star of the HBO comedy series "East Bound and Down."

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Ratatat are an instrumental music duo from New York, who just released their third album, LP3. Guitarist Mike Stroud and producer/programmer Evan Mast perform and record music that straddles the line between rock, hip-hop and dance, and have built an enormous following in the world of indie rock.

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Jesse and Jordan discuss Jesse's songwriting career, both Jesse and Jordan's joke failures, presidential candidates and much more.

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

The future is here today, in the past on a classic episode of TSOYA. With Guests Chad Trujillo, Paul Moller, and Dippin Dots we take a look deep into the future. We talk with the inventor of the Skycar, with the discoverer of a new planet, and with a representative of the Ice Cream of the Future, Dippin' Dots. Plus the future of scrapbooking, reptiles, and more, and relationship advice from The Evil Computer Bent on World Domination.

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 completely confuse a local working man by speaking in codes and gibberish.

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Chip Kidd is one of the country's best-known designers. For the past twenty years, he's designed book covers for authors like Michael Crichton, David Sedaris, Cormac McCarthy and innumerable others. More recently, he's taken pen to page himself, writing two comic novels, "The Cheesemonkeys" and "The Learners."

This show was recorded live at the Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival in Seattle, Washington.

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The Human Giant are a sketch comedy group whose eponymous series airs on MTV. Since getting their start at the UCB Theater in New York, they've become well known for a cast of signature characters, and for their distinctive, filmic style. Jesse spoke with Aziz Ansari, Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer; filmmaker Jason Woliner was absent.

This show was recorded live at the Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival in Seattle, Washington.

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Adrian Tomine is one of the world's most acclaimed comics artists. He began publishing his own work at the age of 15, and his series Optic Nerve has run continuously since he was a teenager. His work often focuses on subtle, shifting relationships between young people, and his clean, striking art is broadly regarded as among the best in the field. He also regularly contributes illustrations to The New Yorker and other publications. His most recent book-length work is Shortcomings.

This show was recorded live at the Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival in Seattle, Washington.

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Jesse and Jordan discuss lifelong learning, take calls, and cover the events of Jesse's wedding.

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: The Imposters discuss with a native San Franciscan the appropriate level of mourning for the death of a car.

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