Billy Eichner & Ali Wong

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

NPR

Society & Culture

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2018

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

This week we're pulling two favorites out of the Bullseye archives. First on the docket: Billy Eichner! He's an actor and comic and host of the hit comedy game show Billy on the Street - where he and a camera crew accost random New Yorkers with questions about Hocus Pocus, Meryl Streep and more. Yes, it sounds great. If you've seen it, you know it's even better. Then, we revisit Jesse's 2016 chat with Ali Wong. She's an acclaimed stand up comic. At the time, she'd just released Baby Cobra. It was her debut hour long special and she recorded the entire thing while 7 months pregnant. 7 months! She talks with Jesse about her standup act, her new motherhood and how her relationship with her mom has changed. And finally, for The Outshot: a story about a man who invented a brand new genre of music just by stripping other instruments away.

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0:00.0	Hey gang, it's Jesse.
0:01.6	Before we get into this week's show, quick message for you.
0:04.6	Giving Tuesday is happening this week.
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0:11.6	a bunch of stuff, you donate some money to causes that you care about.
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0:27.8	Whether I'm listening on the radio or via podcast or NPR1 or whatever else.
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0:36.7	It's where I know I can get thoughtful and considered in-depth coverage of what's going
0:41.5	on in the world.
0:42.8	But it's also one of the only places in media I trust to go to for insights into culture
0:48.3	and the arts.
0:49.3	Like that kind of stuff that you get on bullseye.
0:51.4	And I'm not listening to bullseye and then getting insights from that.
0:56.9	But other shows.
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1:07.4	from you supporting your local station.
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