I'm Linda Holmes, the pop culture happy hour team is off today, so we're bringing you

an excerpt of the podcast, Bullseye, with Jesse Thorn.

Normally, when you tune in to an episode of Bullseye, you'll hear interviews with pop culture

creators like David Letterman, Sudan Archives, or Weird Al.

I've even guest hosted a few times.

I've talked with the likes of Elizabeth Moss and Successions Sarah Snook.

But once a year, the show breaks format.

The team at Bullseye listens through every stand-up comedy album from the year past to bring

you the best of the best.

Here's an excerpt from 2022's Bullseye Stand-Up Comedy Spectacular.

It's Bullseye, I'm Jesse Thorn.

Next up is Josh Gondelman.

He's a killer stand-up, also a writer.

He wrote for last week's night with John Oliver.

He won a P-body and an Emmy for his work on that show.

He was senior staff writer and producer for Showtime's Deicison Marrow.

He's also written two books, the latest of which, Nice Try Stories of Best Intentions

and Mixed Results came out in 2019.

Very funny book.

Josh, in fact, is one of the funniest and sweetest dudes around.

He has several stand-up albums under his belt.

Here's a bit from his latest People Pleaser.

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