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Jesse Thorn
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Jesse Thorn (born April 24, 1981) is an American public radio show host/creator. He is the host and producer of the radio show and podcast The Sound of Young America, which is distributed by Public Radio International. Thorn was born in San Francisco, California. He attended UC Santa Cruz where he cofounded The Sound of Young America and was the news editor for the campus radio station KZSC. At first, The Sound of Young America was a variety college radio show featuring Thorn and two other cohosts, Jordan Morris and Gene O'Neill. He is also a part of sketch comedy group Prank The Dean, along with Morris, Lauren Pasternak and Jim Real. The show grew in popularity due to Thorn making it available as a podcast. As the years progressed, The Sound of Young America slowly transformed into an interview based show. Since then, Thorn has interviewed many prominent personalities of arts and culture on his show including Chuck D, Art Spiegelman, Davy Rothbart, Shelley Berman, David Cross, James Fry, Ira Glass, and Patton Oswalt. On June 18, 2007, Thorn announced that The Sound of Young America had been picked up for national distribution by Public Radio International. Thorn also interviewed Stephen Colbert as a part of iTunes's Meet the Author series. Thorn has also produced several other podcasts for MaximumFun.org, including Jordan, Jesse Go!, Coyle & Sharpe: The Imposters, and The Kasper Hauser Podcast. Jordan, Jesse Go! is hosted by Thorn and Fuel TV correspondent Jordan Morris.
