Jesse Thorn

I went to the basement of the Smithsonian this summer.

Lula's victory in Brazil means a lot to a ton of people in the country, including transgender people. So when Lula won, it was a major moment of celebration when he turned to kiss a popular transgender lawmaker on the cheek. Subscribe to support our journalism.

The new documentary Capturing Bigfoot largely centers around one piece of footage: the Patterson–Gimlin film. Director Marq Evans joined us to talk about the documentary, and what it was like working with the family that captured the alleged Bigfoot footage. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or0j...

'Where are your nuclear wessels." Still my favorite scene in all of Star Trek. RIP youtu.be/sf8rDpu1vCk?...

Kavanaugh stops in action: ICE tackled a non-verbal kid near his school, left him with injuries requiring surgery, and then left the scene when they realized he wasn't the person they were looking for www.independent.com/2026/10/23/i...

This isn’t my first rodeo. It’s my second rodeo, but I’m just now realizing that two rodeos are still not enough to be good at rodeo.

“Hi, I’m looking for dogs, and not fish, water or rocks. Should I look in the creek?”

A true public service announcement:

One way to think of voters this fall: the determined v. the disappointed. Based on voter interveiws on Georgia, here’s part of my exchange with Fredricka Whitfield of @cnn.com:

Yeah! Have some laughs, you yutz!

Get this man a podcast (extremely derogatory)!

Worst of the worst

“I will trial your case so hard, in front of a real judge. And a jury.”

Wonderful obit, by a writer who seems to have truly admired Noah, and put in the time to get it right.

remembering there’s another world series game without the dodgers tonight

Wait shoes what and mirrors?

Mad atmospheric when my firehose be taking aim

You think this is a boring town? Get to know it a little. We actually have a really cool brewery scene.

Jason Mantzoukas is one of the first American comics to compete in the bizarre, beloved British reality competition Taskmaster. He talked with us about his experience on the show. Full episode : buff.ly/CUkXnhm

“I will trial your case so hard, in front of a real judge. And a jury.”

Good luck to our MLBPA union brothers on the Brewers and Rays tonight as they start the World Series! Play ball, and solidarity forever. ⚾️✊

Flashback Friday to the time that @jessethorn.bsky.social interviewed 25 guests back-to-back to celebrate 25 years of Bullseye! buff.ly/P3BTfUW

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So glad I’m not a football beat writer, forced by once-a-week games to push publish on a story about how a defensive lineman is wearing different length cleats 🙏

I am co-signing this 1000-million%. As I read the book, my wife I cackled together, I sent photos of bits to friends... Meanwhile all the painfully real and deeply vulnerable material wrung me out🥲. Please laugh, cry, and psychically hug (with permission) this sweet bird-horsey angel 😭♥️

On the Bullseye Halloween Special, John Carroll Lynch tells us about the time his character Twisty the Clown was licensed to Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights. What was it like for him to drive past a giant billboard of his face as an evil clown? 🤡He let us know! www.npr.org/2026/10/20/n...

Hey, we saw your post bemoaning the fact that media is conglomerating in the hands of a few billionaires, and thought we’d mention that you can, in fact, support independent, artist-owned media for less than you’d pay for any mainstream streaming service. maximumfun.org/join

In honor of Halloween, guest co-host @jordanmorris.bsky.social shares his favorite neighborhood dad costume: Chainsaw Dracula?? That's right, Dracula with a chainsaw that chases neighborhood kids. Dracula can have any job he wants, okay!!

The library is my sanctuary

A very spooky docket clearing on Judge John Hodgman with the very not-spooky @jordanmorris.bsky.social ! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-Np...

So I shared this on r/bigfoot and it ended up getting deleted without explanation. There are some folks big upset about the famous footage being fake, so much so that they can't seem to process that the film is about so much more than that.

I absolutely went into this documentary thinking it would be fun to chat about Bigfoot, and was shocked to find that I was in tears watching a man struggling to mend his broken heart, and a community of obsessives forced to reconvene their worldviews. youtu.be/Or0jyXgo4XU?...