Jesse Thorn grew up in San Francisco, where he attended Discovery Center School, The Nueva School and Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts.
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Jesse Thorn graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he cofounded The Sound of Young America and worked as news director of the campus radio station KZSC.
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Jesse Thorn was a part of sketch comedy group Prank the Dean, along with Morris, Lauren Pasternak and Jim Real.
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Jesse Thorn has interviewed many notable personalities on his show, including Dolly Parton, Greta Gerwig, Jay Leno, Antonio Banderas, Jeff Goldblum and E-40.
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Jesse Thorn interviewed Stephen Colbert as a part of iTunes's Meet the Author series.
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Jesse Thorn has been an important leader in the podcast business.
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In 2009, Jesse Thorn helped comedian and podcaster Marc Maron to set up the microphones and software necessary to produce his WTF with Marc Maron podcast from his garage.
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Jesse Thorn is the coproducer of the public radio broadcast version of Maron's podcast.
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In 2017 and 2018, Jesse Thorn released a podcast series on the art of interviewing, entitled The Turnaround.
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From 2013 until the pandemic finally prompted her to step down in spring of 2022, Theresa Jesse Thorn co-hosted the Maximum Fun podcast One Bad Mother with Biz Ellis.
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