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Photo: Emi Ito / 2025
This month marks the 25th anniversary of Bullseye being on the air. This week, we return from whence we came! That’s right, this week’s episode was recorded live in Santa Cruz at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center on Cedar Street.
Bullseye started as a community radio show at Santa Cruz’s KZSC. Every morning, just as the sun was rising, Jesse and his co-hosts would trudge through the woods to the station to make jokes, do interviews and raffle off tickets to local flamenco shows.
In this live show, we are joined by Glynn Washington of Snap Judgment, Boots Riley of The Coup and Sorry to Bother You, and Adam Scott of Severance. Also, we have live tunes from Santa Cruz surf legends, The Mermen, and standup from Scott Simpson!
In this episode...
Guests
- Adam Scott
- Boots Riley
- Glynn Washington
- The Mermen
- Scott Simpson
About the show
Bullseye is a celebration of the best of arts and culture in public radio form. Host Jesse Thorn sifts the wheat from the chaff to bring you in-depth interviews with the most revered and revolutionary minds in our culture.
Bullseye has been featured in Time, The New York Times, GQ and McSweeney’s, which called it “the kind of show people listen to in a more perfect world.” Since April 2013, the show has been distributed by NPR.
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