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Ghostbuster! Beldar the Conehead! Blues Brother Elwood! The one and only Dan Aykroyd joins us. In the audio documentary Blues... more

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Molly Gordon joins us to talk about starring on FX's hit series The Bear. She get into what it's been... more

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Tanya Tucker is a country music legend! She's been singing since she was nine years old and has released about... more

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David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker – together they created some truly classic comedies: Airplane!, Top Secret, and... more

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Steve Buscemi! The best ever. The actor, director and producer joins Bullseye to talk about dying on screen dozens of... more

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Alison Brie is the star of beloved television shows Community, Mad Men and BoJack Horseman. She joins us on the... more

Paula Pell spent 18 years behind the scenes as a writer on Saturday Night Live. These days, you can see... more

Shabaka Hutchings makes brilliant, beautiful genre blending songs. His music is vivid, complex and hypnotic. He recently hung up his... more

On the latest episode, R&B singer SiR joins us to talk about his new record Heavy, growing up in Inglewood... more

Jenny Slate has starred in films like Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Obvious Child and Everything Everywhere All at... more

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Peter Dinklage joins us on the latest episode to talk about his new film American Dreamer and working alongside Shirley... more

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Bill Bradley is a two-time NBA champion and hall of famer, Olympic gold medalist, and former U.S. Senator. He recounts... more

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Bob Edwards died last month. He was 76. Edwards was the original host of Morning Edition when the program launched... more

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Catherine Opie's photographs have been shown in museums all over the world. Her career spans nearly four decades. Breathtaking photographs... more

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Ten years ago Seth Meyers hosted the NBC show Late Night for the first time. Taking on a gig like... more

Chloë Sevigny is known for a lot of things in showbiz – but she is perhaps best known for being... more

Meshell Ndegeocello has made a career as a bassist, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist. She's been performing professionally for over thirty years... more

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We must break him! Dolph Lundgren's performance in Rocky IV features two of the most memorable pieces of dialogue in... more

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Jo Firestone's comedy special Good Timing is the culmination of months of work from her and a group of senior... more

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Benny Safdie has done work on both sides of the camera. He's starred in movies like Oppenheimer and co-written and... more

Paul Dooley is a legend of showbiz. He's played some iconic dads in films like Sixteen Candles, Runaway Bride and... more

Sonia Manzano is a legend of kids TV. She played Maria on Sesame Street for four decades and changed what... more

Norman Lear died last month. He was 101. He was a writer and showrunner for some of the biggest, most... more

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Our guest this week doesn't need much introduction. We're talking with the one and only Patrick Stewart. Patrick joins us... more

Ira Kaplan has played guitar and co-fronted the band Yo La Tengo for almost forty years. He founded Yo La... more

If you ask just about any alternative comic from the last twenty years to name their influences, one name you're... more

Rebecca Sugar is behind some of the most magical shows on Cartoon Network. They started as a storyboard artist on... more

Nile Rodgers has been in the game for over fifty years. He's a founding member of the band Chic, and... more

Singer-songwriter Devendra Banhart tells us about a beautiful, cinematic, heartbreaking song performed by the legendary Venezuelan singer Simón Díaz. He... more

George Wallace has been doing stand-up for almost 50 years. He came up in New York – his roommate was... more

Jillian and Mariko Tamaki are talented graphic novelists. And if you didn't already know, the two are also cousins. They've... more

Daniel Clowes is an award-winning writer and comics artist. He penned the Eight-Ball series and Ghost World, among others. This... more

His name is Will Oldham. You might know him better, though, as Bonnie "Prince" Billy or Palace or as half... more

Yes, Jack Handey is his real name. He's one of the best to ever write for Saturday Night Live: Unfrozen... more

Carla Fernández is a Mexico City based fashion designer who creates new clothes inspired by traditional, indigenous garments of Latin... more

Dale Earnhardt Jr. is a stock car racing legend. He's won more than two dozen races and has been inducted... more

Bettye LaVette is a singer with over 60 years in the game. She's recorded dozens of albums. And earned multiple... more

This American Life has been on public radio airwaves for almost three decades. This year, the show passed eight hundred... more

The Song That Changed My Life is a segment that gives us the chance to talk with some of our... more

Bob Odenkirk is an alt-comedy legend. He wrote for Saturday Night Live in the 90s. Then he got the part... more

Major League Baseball is in its Postseason. This week we're joined by a great – former Cubs, Rays and Angels... more

Maria Bamford is a brilliant stand-up comic. She's also now an author. She recently wrote her first book. It's a... more

Sean Doolittle played a decade in the major leagues. He was a beloved weirdo and all-star with the Oakland A's.... more

Sam Richardson's breakthrough role came in HBO's Veep. Sam is also a writer. With the help of SNL alum Tim... more

We're concluding Rap Month with Buffalo MC Benny the Butcher. Alongside Conway the Machine and Westside Gunn, he's a member... more

In the story of Master P, there's plenty of success. He's launched careers and sold millions of dollars in records.... more

Bun B and his partner Pimp C put Port Arthur, Texas on the map when they founded one of the... more

Many of you may know Angie Stone as a soul-singer. But before her singing career took off, Angie was an... more

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Rap month continues here at Bullseye. Next up, the trap pioneer Jeezy. On his major label debut in the... more

In 2018, the Chicago rapper Saba released the critically acclaimed Care for Me. A frenetic, beautiful album recorded after the... more

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John Wilson is the host and creator of the HBO series How To with John Wilson. Each episode of the... more

It's almost impossible to be in a bad mood after hearing a song by Brenton Wood. His music has a... more

Along with fronting the Talking Heads, David Byrne has collaborated with Brian Eno, St. Vincent, Philip Glass, Selena and so... more

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There's an art to the perfect prank. This week, we're joined by Johnny Knoxville, an expert prankster. He's been at... more

Paul Reubens was the man behind one of the country's most beloved household names. "Pee-wee Herman" was born out of... more

There's no other way to put it, Smokey Robinson is a legend. The Motown great and former frontman of The... more

Geezer Butler is patient zero for heavy metal bass riffs. He played bass for Black Sabbath. One of the greatest... more

Boots Riley is known nowadays for his work as a writer, but he's been making waves as an artist for... more

Chris Estrada is a stand-up comedian and co-creator of the TV comedy, This Fool. Estrada also stars as the show's... more

Christine Baranski is an actor with an impressive resume. She attended Juilliard and went on to perform on Broadway. She's... more

Kool & the Gang have made some of the biggest hits of all time. We're talking about some of the... more

It's a strange thing, to be famous, right? Like, really really famous. Famous like Khalid, the singer. He deals with... more

Nick Kroll is a comedian, actor and writer. Nick starred on the FX show The League, created the sketch comedy... more

The podcast Think Twice examines one of the toughest subjects in American pop culture: Michael Jackson. Not just his biography... more

Ann-Margret is your classic triple threat: she can sing, she can dance and she can act. Oh yeah, and you... more

These days, the look is everywhere, but the next time you see someone in a designer logo, head-to-toe: know that... more

Jon Hamm is an actor with a lot of range. He can do serious, and he can definitely do funny.... more

Ana Fabrega is a comedian, actor and writer. She's probably best known as a star and co-creator of HBO's Los... more

Tony Shalhoub is a veteran of both the big and small screens. Recently, you might know Shalhoub from his role... more

Tre'vell Anderson is non-binary and black, and they often focus their work on identity, especially the places where queerness intersects... more

Michaela Watkins is a talented comic and actor. But when she first started acting, she thought she was going to... more

At this point in his career, Eric Andre is almost a household name. The Eric Andre Show was his first... more

Hua Hsu is a writer. You might have seen his profiles and criticism in The New Yorker. But his most... more

Lonnie Liston Smith is a jazz legend. He's a pianist and keyboard player. He's worked with Pharoah Sanders, Miles Davis... more

Not many actors can be nice, warm, and funny at the same time. Mary Steenburgen has basically made a career... more

Bridget Everett is a comedian and singer. She grew up in Manhattan, Kansas —- the "Little Apple" of the Midwest.... more

Stanley Tucci is handsome, assertive, a killer dresser and he can teach you how to make a Negroni in under... more

There are a lot of funny and strange characters on HBO's Succession. But there might not be any of them... more

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John Cale grew up a promising viola player in Wales. He moved to New York to study classical music. There,... more

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Elijah Wood is, of course, the star of the Lord of the Rings movies. He's also known for his work... more

Dougie Poole is a Maine-based singer-songwriter. He makes country music, but it's not your standard country fare. His music is... more

Delroy Lindo is a veteran actor and writer. Born in London to Jamaican parents, Delroy spent his childhood moving from... more

Robin Thede works hard. She always has. One of her first gigs in showbiz was on Queen Latifah's daytime talk... more

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Being able to make light of extremely heavy topics is what makes Atsuko Okatsuka a brilliant comedian. Her debut comedy... more

Anna Deavere Smith is one of the most accomplished people in American theater. She's an incredible actor, playwright and scholar.... more

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Marc Maron has been performing stand-up comedy for decades. He always figured that would be his legacy. Until he started... more

The Craziest Day of My Entire Career is a segment where we invite guests from the entertainment industry to... more

This week, comedy legend Cheech Marin! He's one-half of the comedy duo Cheech and Chong. But Cheech is more than... more

Christina Ricci got her first paid acting gig when she was ten. Within a couple of years, Christina was everywhere:... more

Eugene Levy is a legend in the comedy world. Hailing from Toronto, he first got his start in improv comedy... more

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Bonnie Raitt is a legend. Early in her career, she decided she'd only create songs she loved, on her own... more

Jonathan Majors has been acting professionally for about seven years now. He's done theater, TV, and starred in movies. In... more

Roger Deakins got his start as a director of photography in 1977 on the pulpy British drama Cruel Passion. He's... more

Jason Woliner has directed episodes of Parks and Recreation, Nathan for You and The Last Man on Earth. In 2020,... more

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Michael Showalter is a founding member of the sketch comedy group The State. He's in part responsible for other cult... more

Music legend David Crosby passed away last month after a long illness. He was 81. Crosby's work paved the way... more

At the close of 2022, American music lost a treasure: Anita Pointer died at age 74. Alongside her sisters June,... more

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John Larroquette is an actor with almost 50 years of experience. The trajectory of his career is an especially interesting... more

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