My favorite end-of-year tradition: the Bullseye podcast standup comedy special

Cory Doctorow 1:44 pm Thu Dec 27, 2018

As is the case every year Maximum Fun's Jesse Thorn has posted a special episode (MP3) of the Bullseye podcast, anthologizing excerpts from the best comedy albums of the year.

Here's this year's contributors (Here's 2017 and here's 2016):

Gina Yashere – Ticking Boxes
Laura House – Mouth Punch
Adam Cayton-Holland – Adam Cayton-Holland Performs His Signature Bits
Sara Hennessey – They Know Too Much
Louie Anderson – Big Underwear
Kimberly Clark – Live at Max Fun Con 2018
Emily Heller – Pasta
Nore Davis – Too Woke
Jo Firestone – The Hits
Dino Archie – Live at Max Fun Con 2018
Jen Kirkman – Just Keep Livin'?
Nato Green – The Whiteness Album

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