Gweek 033: Jesse Thorn

Gweek is a podcast where the editors and friends of Boing Boing talk about comic books, science fiction and fantasy, video games, board games, tools, gadgets, apps, and other neat stuff.

In this episode, Dean Putney and I are joined by Jesse Thorn, the creator and host of the long-running and fantastic radio show and podcast formerly known as The Sound of Young America. Jesse’s also the co-creator and bailiff on the Judge John Hodgman podcast, and the founder of the MaximumFun.org podcast network.

Here’s the neat stuff we talked about in this episode:

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Subscribe to Bullseye on iTunes

Free torrent of entire Sound of Young America archive

MaxFunCon 2012

The Judge John Hodgman Podcast

The Lightning Thief, by Rick Riordan

The Maker of Universes, by Philip Jose Farmer

Killer Stuff and Tons of Money: Seeking History and Hidden Gems in Flea-Market America by Maureen Stanton

Objective-C Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide by Aaron Hillegass

Said The Gramophone’s best songs of 2011

ASAP Rocky - LiveLoveASAP

Put This On

Film Noir on Archive.org

Khraigslist

Meanwhile

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• [Adam Webb]

  FYI The MP3 link at the bottom of this article is for episode 31 instead of 33.

• [Mark_Frauenfelder]

  Thanks, Adam!

• [Jim Saul]

  America’s radio sweetheart!

• [serfer0]

  Can’t wait to listen to this because I LOVE LOVE LOVE Jesse Thorn’s laugh!
  It can be heard many times on each episode of the Judge Hodgman show and I can attest that it is the perfect definition of a human engaged in absolute, thorough enjoyment of hilarity.

  • [Jesse Thorn]

    That is very kind. I’m lucky to have a lot to laugh at on that show.

    About. A lot to laugh about.