Episode 220 Encore




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Summary: KRISTEN SCHAAL & SCOTT JACOBSON According to the Onion AV Club, Bob's Burgers "can balance chaos and bizarre cutaways with legitimate insight and character development" which is a neat trick for any show but even more so for a Fox animated comedy. We'll be joined by comedian Kristen Schaal (30 Rock, Flight of the Conchords, The Daily Show) and writer Scott Jacobson (The Academy Awards, The Daily Show, TV Funhouse) to talk about how they bottle that particular brand of animated lightning. LISA HANAWALT Lisa Hanawalt is a Brooklyn based cartoonist and contributer to The New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Glamour, Vice, McSweeney’s, and The Believer, among others. You don't see Marmaduke getting that press, and Marmaduke is great. Do the math on that. Her newest book My Dirty Dumb Eyes will be out on May 28th. COURTENAY HAMEISTER This is Courtenay's debut in her swanky new essayist-sometime performer role. LAURA GIBSON Since the release of 2009's Beasts of Season, which NPR called "nothing short of a masterpiece" and Mojo called "both quietly devastating and life-affirming", singer/songwriter and multintrumentalist Laura Gibson has seen her career swell to include everything from modeling in a Japanese fashion magazine, to receiving a standing ovation from an auditorium full of prison inmates, to a 3 1/2 hour improvised performance art piece with sound artist Ethan Rose and filmmaker Ryan Jeffery. Her latest album is La Grande. JOHN RODERICK Musician, writer, and podcaster John Roderick makes a special musical appearance.