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Jordan, Jesse, GO!The Listener with a Thousand Faces, with Jonathan AmesOn this week’s episode, we welcome back writer and raconteur, Jonathan Ames (Bored to Death), to chat about New Year’s Resolutions, his latest book Karma Doll (the third book in the Doll detective series), the Macarena, and more! Buy Jonathan Ames’s newest book, Karma Doll, out now!Justice for migrants. Please consider donating to Al Otro Lado this holiday season.Want your Capybara roasted? Send to our Instagram!#RoastMyCapy Jordan is writing an official Spider-Man comic!Be sure to get our new 'Ack Tuah...
2025-01-161h 27
Sleeping with CelebritiesJonathan Ames Stays Cool Talking About Russian BathhousesJonathan Ames is the author of numerous acclaimed and popular books, including the brand new detective novel Karma Doll. He’s also a television creator, having come up with the series Bored to Death, wherein Jason Schwarzman played a detective named Jonathan Ames. When he’s not writing, Jonathan, the real Jonathan, not the character, enjoys a comfortable soak in the Russian bathhouses of New York and Los Angeles and, using his smooth and sonorous voice, is here to tell you about all that as well as the heat, the cold, and the importance of the towel as you drift...
2025-01-1540 min
Depresh Mode with John MoeJonathan Ames, Detectives, and Your Own MysteriesIt used to be that Jonathan Ames read and wrote all kinds of books. But somewhere along the line everything but detective novels kind of fell away and now that’s pretty much his thing. His big project these days is a detective series, featuring private eye Happy Doll, a 50-year-old Angeleno who tries to solve cases and not get killed in the process.Ames says we relate to detective stories because we’re all constantly trying to solve our own mysteries. That’s hard in real life, to put it mildly. But when we know a book h...
2022-09-0556 min
Go Fact YourselfEp 16: Jonathan Ames & Janet VarneyJonathan Ames created several TV shows, including Bored to Death and Blunt Talk. He’s also the author of many books, including You Were Never Really Here, which was recently adapted into a movie. Janet Varney stars in the TV show Stan Against Evil and hosts of the podcast The JV Corner. In this episode, we’ll learn about Jonathan’s experience with having his book transformed into a movie and why, for all his literary expertise, he still has trouble pronouncing certain words. We’ll also hear more about Janet’s involvement at the annual Ske...
2018-07-201h 01
Jordan, Jesse, GO!Ep. 451: Hulk Hoagie with Jonathan AmesWriter Jonathan Ames joins Jordan and Jesse for a discussion of Jonathan's history fencing, the specifics of Hulk Hogan's sex tape trial, and the new Nintendo Switch commercial.
2016-10-241h 29
Bullseye with Jesse Thorn (donors-only feed)Jonathan Ames / Glenn O'Brien / Jordan Ranks AmericaTwo conversations exploring different kinds of New York men this week, plus rankings from a man all his own -- Jordan Morris. First, Glenn O'Brien, GQ's Style Guy, meditates on what it means to be a man in the 21st century. Then, writer Jonathan Ames talks about his TV show Bored to Death that follows the lives of three unconventional New York men as portrayed by Jason Schwartzman, Ted Danson and Zach Galifianakis.
2011-11-2159 minBullseye with Jesse Thorn (donors-only feed)John Waters / Jonathan Ames / Kasper Hauser NewsThe weird and wonderful. John Waters has a new book out called Role Models that packs a few surprises -- chief among them the influence of Johnny Mathis. Also, novelist Jonathan Ames tells the story of watching his own show -- HBO's Bored To Death -- at a fan's house because he had no television. Plus, a news update from Kasper Hauser.
2010-09-2159 min