Liam Lynch and Geoff Nunberg on the "A-word"

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Jesse Thorn

Society & Culture

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2012

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

The writer, director and musician Liam Lynch talks to us about bringing back his sock puppet duo Sifl and Olly and how he met not ONE, but TWO Beatles. Plus, linguist Geoff Nunberg talks about how the word "asshole" found its way into our lexicon in his new book Ascent of the A-Word: Assholism, the First Sixty Years. Plus, only the BEST of fake news from Kasper Hauser.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Evan from Silver Spring, Maryland.
0:02.3	I'm Nicole from Toronto.
0:03.8	I'm Jake from Chattanooga.
0:05.7	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is produced independently and supported by listeners like you and me.
0:10.7	You should support the show like I did.
0:12.8	It's easy.
0:13.8	Just so that maximum fun.org flash donate.
0:16.8	I'm Jesse Thorn.
0:17.8	Whatever.
0:18.8	When Liam Lynch recorded this silly song in his house, he had no idea who'd hear it.
0:23.4	But years later, he got a call.
0:25.8	Literally, it was like at home playing Xbox.
0:29.8	And the phone rang and I picked it up and it was just, this is Liam.
0:35.4	I don't like it yet, yes?
0:37.4	Liam, this is Ringo Star.
0:40.4	I just wanted you to know, I really love just song.
0:44.5	I now wanted to come and set up my drums in your bedroom.
0:47.9	It's Bullseye.
0:55.8	Liam Lynch is the creator of Cifl and Oli, a pair of sock puppets that were counter cultural icons in the late 90s.
1:02.7	I'll find out why he's bringing them back after more than a decade.
1:06.0	He'll also tell me about the second beetle he met under completely different unrelated circumstances.
1:12.9	This is Liam Lynch's life.
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