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The Sound of Young America: The College Years is a trip through our salad days at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Listen in on Jesse Thorn, "America's Radio Sweetheart," Jordan Morris "Boy Detective," and Gene "Big Time" O'Neill and their guests each week.

Podcast: The College Years: First Impressions

Posted Wed, 02/17/2010 - 18:35 by MaxFun Intern | 0 comments
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The College Years
Guests: 
Joanne Gilbert
Guests: 
Jeff Richards
Guests: 
Harmon Leon

The College Years is a look deep into the vaults of The Sound of Young America. Take a journey with us every week as we post a new program or two from our salad days.

Today's theme: First Impressions.

Joanne Gilbert, former standup comic and doctor of philosophy, talks about her book Performing Marginality, a look at the roles of women in standup comedy.

Standup comedian and former Saturday Night Live and MadTV cast member Jeff Richards stops by to talk about his career and do some of his celebrity impressions.

He's also done the late-night circuit with appearances on The Late Show with Conan O’Brien, NBC's Late Friday, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn.


And finally, we're joined by Harmon Leon, a first-person journalist and funnyman who's written for Might Magazine, Esquire, Salon, This American Life, and Wired, among others. He's also published six books, including The Harmon Chronicles. You can find links to his writing and cultural commentary at his site, FreedomHaters.org.

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Podcast: The College Years: God Bless America

Posted Wed, 01/20/2010 - 14:37 by MaxFun Intern | 0 comments
Show: 
The College Years
Guests: 
Patton Oswalt
Guests: 
Kenneth C. Davis

The College Years is a look deep into the vaults of The Sound of Young America. Take a journey with us every week as we post a new program or two from our salad days.

Today's Theme: God Bless America! Brian "Back In Business" Lane & "The Non-Threatening Negro" Nick Adams join Jesse in today's TSOYA while Jordan Morris is away.

Historian Kenneth C. Davis wants to recruit you into History Nerdom. He explains how fireworks came to be a thing that happens on the 4th of July and about how awesome but kind of a jerk Benjamin Franklin was.
His book is called Don't Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned (he now has a whole series of books about things you wish you'd learned in school)

Also: Our pal actor & comedian Patton Oswalt talks about his first comedy album: Feelin' Kinda Patton, & about standup being the goal itself and not just the vehicle to getting elsewhere.


PLUS- Mr. Peabody's Way-Back Joke Machine Presents:
Standup comedy by "The Jazz Comedian" Franklyn Ajaye.

Franklyn Ajaye - Celibacy
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Podcast: The College Years: Come Fly With Me!

Posted Wed, 01/13/2010 - 10:36 by MaxFun Intern | 0 comments
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The College Years
Guests: 
Jasper Redd
Guests: 
W. Kamau Bell

The College Years is a look deep into the vaults of The Sound of Young America. Take a journey with us every week as we post a new program or two from our salad days.

Today's Theme: Come Fly With Me!

Comedians Jasper Redd & W. Kamau Bell on the show, PLUS a contest to win a chance to fly with Jesse on a WW2 Red Baron Pizza biplane!

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Podcast: The College Years: Sticking it to The Man

Posted Wed, 01/06/2010 - 16:18 by MaxFun Intern | 0 comments
Davy Rothbart
Show: 
The College Years
Guests: 
Michael Slack & Rich Stimbra of SFCC
Guests: 
Davy Rothbart of FOUND! Magazine.

The College Years is a look deep into the vaults of The Sound of Young America. Take a journey with us every week as we post a new program or two from our salad days.

Today's Theme is: Sticking it to The Man. With guests Michael Slack & Rich Stimbra of the San Francisco Comedy College, and Davy Rothbart of FOUND! Magazine.

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Podcast: The College Years: R.O.C.K!

Posted Thu, 12/31/2009 - 13:34 by MaxFun Intern | 0 comments
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The College Years
Guests: 
Andrew W.K.
Guests: 
Brendan Thorn

Our rock star friend, Andrew W.K., give's Jesse's little brother Brendan some rock n roll advice. Brendan Thorn (aka Eddy Demon) is the frontman of the band Total Annihilation.


(above: Andrew with Brendan Thorn of Total Annihilation)

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Podcast: The College Years: FOOD

Posted Wed, 12/16/2009 - 10:37 by MaxFun Intern | 0 comments
Show: 
The College Years
Guests: 
Jamis McNiven

The College Years is a look deep into the vaults of The Sound of Young America. Take a journey with us every week as we post a new program or two from our salad days.

Today's theme is FOOD - Our guest is Jamis McNiven, eccentric restaurant mogul of Bucks of Woodside and the author of Breakfast at Bucks: Tales From the Pancake Guy.
Also Jordan gets some ideas on how to make the most out of his short time left in college.

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Podcast: The College Years: A Doozy

Posted Wed, 12/09/2009 - 12:40 by MaxFun Intern | 0 comments
Show: 
The College Years
Guests: 
Andrew W.K.

The College Years is a look deep into the vaults of The Sound of Young America. Take a journey with us every week as we post a new program or two from our salad days.

Today we have a doosy of a show with the fantastic Andrew W.K. in studio via telephone.
Plus Jim Real: "The Master of "Would You Rather."

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Podcast: The College Years: Pathetic!

Posted Wed, 12/02/2009 - 11:00 by MaxFun Intern | 3 comments
Show: 
The College Years
Guests: 
Maria Schneider

The College Years is a look deep into the vaults of The Sound of Young America. Take a journey with us every week as we post a new program or two from our salad days.

Today's Theme: Pathetic! Tales of a woe and failure. Featured guest is The Onion's Maria Schneider: She's the creator of the comic strip Pathetic Geek Stories.

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Podcast: The College Years: NEW New

Posted Wed, 11/25/2009 - 09:00 by MaxFun Intern | 0 comments
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The College Years

The College Years is a look deep into the vaults of The Sound of Young America. Take a journey with us every week as we post a new program or two from our salad days.

In today's episode: The Sound of Young America boys showcase some of their comedy chops with their sketch group Prank The Dean. Also an interview with Santa Cruz's long-form sketch group Freefall.

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Podcast: The College Years: April Fools!

Posted Wed, 11/18/2009 - 10:40 by MaxFun Intern | 2 comments
Show: 
The College Years
Guests: 
Sarah Silverman
Guests: 
Seth "Fingers" Flynn Barkan

The College Years is a look deep into the vaults of The Sound of Young America. Take a journey with us every week as we post a new program or two from our salad days.

In today's episode: What type of girl is best? Sarah Silverman is best.
Also writer/musician Seth "Fingers" Flynn Barkan discusses his book "Blue Wizard Is About To Die! which is a poetry book... about video games.

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