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Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is a production of maximum fun.org and is distributed by NPR.

I'm Jesse Thorne. Look, the holidays can be a chilly time of year. But what about those of us who prefer things warm? Folks who wear

hoodies in June. Jennifer Hudson knows the feeling and she has a message. The holidays are

perfect for you too. I go in the house and I turn the heat on hill and I'm warmed up and I look at the snow frosted on the

windows and the cold outside. They don't mean I'm going to go like be in the middle of it.

From maximum fun.org and NPR, it's Bullseye.

This week, it's the Bullseye Holiday Spectacular.

We got Jennifer Hudson, Judy Greer, Zach Cherry, Tower of Power, and indeed, my mom.

It's so much holiday cheer, you will flip out. Yeah, da, da, da da da.

Oh, hi. I didn't see you.

No, no, no, stay. Sit down. Can I offer you some cocoa? How about some hot cider? It's mold.

I'm Jesse. Welcome to my show, Bullseye. We're celebrating the holidays this week in a very big way. We've got a bunch of great interviews and fun segments lined up,

first of which is a chat with Jennifer Hudson, the one and only Jay Hud. She is an actor,

a talk show host, an EGOT winner, and of course a singer, one of the

greatest ever to appear on American Idol and a chart-topping solo artist. And for the last decade,

we've had to wait for new music from one of our greatest. Until now.

Rain drafts on roses and whiskers on kittens.

Bright copper cattels and warm woolen mittens.

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