Kumail Nanjiani & Lake Bell

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Jesse Thorn

Society & Culture

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2013

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

First up on the show is an interview with Kumail Nanjiani. He has come a long way since we had him do stand up on our show a few years ago. He just put out his first comedy special, Beta Male. He just got a role in Mike Judge's new HBO show. He's co-hosting a new show on Comedy Central next year and he soaks up his free time with a hit video game podcast called The Indoor Kids. Then, Jesse Talks to Lake Bell. She's the writer, director and the star of a funny new movie called In A World. It's about a woman trying to make it in the voiceover business. We'll talk about her new movie, and about some her favorite accents and vocal exercises, and how she handled the transition from being an actress to a director. Plus, Andrew Noz recommends some new rap music for you to check out, Sergio Dias from the Brazilian psych rock group Os Mutantes talks about how Elvis changed his life, and Jesse opens a window into the crazy world of the Confidence Man.

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0:00.0	Howdy, I'm Eric from Antioch, California, and Kevin from Victor, New York.
0:04.8	I'm Luke from Seattle. Both I with Jesse Thorn is produced independently and
0:10.0	supported by listeners like you and me.
0:12.4	You should support the show like I did just visit maximumfund.org slash donate.
0:17.5	I'm Jesse Thorn. Lake, I have to tell you that at this point it is taking all of
0:21.7	my self-control not to just spend the rest of the time in our interview just doing funny vocal warm.
0:27.1	Listen, I am with you we could talk forever and just do weirdo kind of punk.
0:46.9	Woman you just heard doing vocal warmups is Laker Bell, she's the writer director
0:50.7	and star of a really funny new movie called In a World.
0:53.6	It's about a woman trying to make it in the voiceover business.
0:56.8	Voice over, in general, is such a big part of our lives.
1:00.2	Voice is telling you what to buy, what movies to see,
1:02.9	what kind of think to trust.
1:04.4	You know, I mean, there's just so many people telling you
1:06.4	what to do.
1:07.3	And by the way, women don't get the opportunity
1:09.2	to do that as much.
1:10.6	We'll talk about her new movie,
1:12.0	and about some of her favorite accents,
1:13.8	as it's on later on in the show.
1:15.6	But first, I'm going to talk to the comedian,
1:17.6	Kumail Nanjani.
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