Jazz pianist Robert Glasper and animator Pendleton Ward

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Jesse Thorn

Society & Culture

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2012

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

An interview with jazz pianist Robert Glasper, who transforms the 90s grunge hit Smells Like Teen Spirit into something surprisingly beautiful. Then Pendleton Ward talks about his animated show Adventure Time. It combines two great elements of boyhood: innocence and Dungeons & Dragons! Plus, Found Magazine's Davy Rothbart shares a mysterious note uncovered in Texas.

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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, Matt.
0:05.6	Both I with 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	This is at MaximumFund.org slash Donate.
0:15.8	I'm Jesse Thorn.
0:17.0	One of my guests this week is the jazz pianist Robert Glasper.
0:20.6	What kind of music did you love when you were 14 years old?
0:25.6	Actually, I love pop rock music.
0:27.7	I love Billy Joel.
0:29.2	I love Bruce Hornsby.
0:31.1	I love Bonnie Rape.
0:32.4	And I loved hip hop as well.
0:34.4	I was a Tribe Called Quest fan.
0:36.3	And I loved a lot of Keith Jarrett at that time period.
0:40.1	Fewer of the guests on our show, who don't say that when they were 14,
0:43.7	they loved Keith Jarrett, a Tribe Called Quest and Bonnie Rape.
0:49.4	That will literally be like a mix tape.
0:51.1	I used to make tapes to listen to in my car.
0:53.9	My friends would get in my car and be like,
0:55.4	huh?
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