Simon Rich and Bill Burr

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Jesse Thorn

Society & Culture

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2013

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Simon Rich is an absolutely hilarious writer. He sits down with Jesse, and says that he doesn't write about the way love happens, he writes about the way love feels. Rich has a new book out — Last Girlfriend on Earth. Plus, we revisit an interview with comedian Bill Burr. The first time you hear Burr, you might think he's just a macho, in-your-face type of comic. But most of the time you'll find him pointing that aggression at himself. Plus, Eugene Mirman finds an old notebook in his parents basement and hear how soul singer Solomon Burke absolutely, positively tears the house down.

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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	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is produced independently
0:08.4	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.
0:16.5	I'm Jesse Thorn. Simon Rich hates it
0:19.8	when someone pulls the wool over his eyes.
0:22.0	I remember when they introduced the calculator
0:25.8	in like second or third grade, just like the horror of
0:29.2	my god, I've been doing this math by hand my whole life.
0:34.2	And you had this machine this whole time, you know.
0:37.1	You just punch in the buttons, there it is.
0:38.8	That's it. And you had it.
0:39.9	It's not a new invention.
0:41.8	I was singing about this the other day like post Wikipedia.
0:45.1	I mean, thank goodness I'm not somebody
0:48.8	who ever actually learned anything.
0:51.3	You know, I would hate to be somebody
0:52.8	who like has spent his life learning things
0:56.1	after the existence of, and then Wikipedia comes up.
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