Boots Riley, Roman Mars and Steve Agee – Recorded at SF Sketchfest!

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Jesse Thorn

Society & Culture

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2013

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

The Coup's Boots Riley talks about using lyrics to battle capitalism coporatism, police brutality and injustice. Roman Mars, host of 99% Invisible, traces his journey from wunderkind PhD student to public radio producer to crowd-funded podcaster. Comedian Steve Agee reveals why God invented the Internet Movie Database. Jesse recommends a song that never fails to make him think of the Bay Area. This week's show was recorded live on stage at the Punchline in San Francisco.

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Morgan from Seattle.
0:01.9	I'm Matt from Essex, Ontario.
0:03.4	Hey, I'm Dan from Dayton, Mass.
0:05.6	Both I was Jesse Thorn is produced independently and supported by listeners like you and me.
0:10.6	You should support the show like I did.
0:12.4	Just visit MaximumFund.org slash Donate.
0:17.1	I'm Jesse Thorn.
0:18.5	Most people who know Boots Riley know him as the frontman and producer
0:22.4	for the hip-hop group The Koo.
0:24.5	He's a self-described revolutionary.
0:27.0	But for a little while in the early days,
0:29.3	he was also a telemarketer.
0:31.1	It's all using your creativity for evil, right?
0:36.9	You know, you think about those ad guys that are there like at ad companies
0:40.7	and they're all like, would be great artists and some of them
0:44.0	maybe geniuses and you know, and their whole thing is trying to figure out how to sell you
0:49.2	underwear. It's listening and creativity and it's, you know, it makes you feel very depressed.
0:56.8	It's Bullseye.
1:00.0	This week, why rapper Boots Riley battles capitalism,
1:08.2	corporatism, police brutality and injustice in his lyrics.
1:11.8	I feel like the best way to engage with the world is to change it.
1:15.6	And Roman Mars changes from Wunderkind PhD student.
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