HOST and GUEST

On a very special edition of Host and Guest, Rick celebrates the most wonderful time of the year with a cavalcade of guests including Ira Glass, Chuck Klosterman, Bob Odenkirk, Jimmy Pardo, Andy Daly, Matt Belknap, Dan Wilson, Morgan Taylor, Nathan Rabin, TJ Jagodowski and David Pasquesi, Team Submarine, Matt Braunger, The Found Footage Festival, Tom Fuchs, Lee Rowley, Aaron Kopec, and Dick Chudnow If you'd like to support Host and Guest and want something more tangible than the hours of audio entertainment, please purchase Rick Katschke's first book "Mark Sanders' Tangential September" available for purchase at: http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/mark-sanders-tangential-september/6123477 Download the holiday extravaganza: http://www.archive.org/download/HostAndGuestEpisode41TheHolidayExtravaganza/Hostandguestholidayextravaganza.mp3

On the 40th episode of Host and Guest, Rick is joined by Josh Modell from the Onion A.V. Club and Spin Magazine. The A.V. Club has just released their second book, titled "Inventory. For more information on Inventory, be sure to check out: http://www.avclub.com/inventorybook/ You can read Josh's work at http://www.avclub.com/ and at http://www.spin.com/writers/josh-modell Here's Episode 40: http://www.archive.org/download/HostAndGuestEpisode40JoshModell/hostandguestepisode40.mp3 Stream it!

On this edition of Host and Guest, Rick is joined by Morgan Taylor, the singer, songwriter and illustrator behind Gustafer Yellowgold. For more information about Gustafer Yellowgold, be sure to visit http://www.gustaferyellowgold.com/. The songs sampled on this episode are from Gustafer Yellowgold's Wide Wild World. Here's Episode 39: http://www.archive.org/download/HostAndGuestEpisode39MorganTaylor/hostandguestepisode39.mp3 Stream it!

On this edition of the show, Rick is joined by Aaron Kopec of the Alchemist Theatre. Aaron is the director of their current production "Dracula: The Undead", which runs Thursdays-Saturdays until November 7th. Tickets for the show can be purchased at http://www.alchemisttheatre.com/index.cfm?fuse=viewShow&showId=65 For more information about the Alchemist, be sure to visit http://bayviewlounge.com and http://www.alchemisttheatre.com/index.cfm?fuse=home Here's episode 38: http://www.archive.org/download/HostAndGuestEpisode38AaronKopec/hostandguestepisode38.mp3 Stream it!

On the thirty seventh edition of Host and Guest (THIRTY-SEVEN!?), Rick is joined by Twin Cities singer/songwriter Jeremy Messersmith. You can check out Jeremy's music at his website http://jeremymessersmith.com/. Sign up for his mailing list and you'll get a free digital copy of his first album, The Alcatraz Kid. Due to rising noise in the original recording spot, there is an edit midway through the interview as locations were shifted. Here's Episode 37: http://www.archive.org/download/HostAndGuestEpisode37JeremyMessersmith/hostandguestepisode37.mp3 Stream it!

For the one year anniversary of Host and Guest, Rick is joined by Grammy winning singer-songwriter Dan Wilson. Dan Wilson is a member of the band Semisonic that created the hit single "Closing Time". He was also a member of the band Trip Shakespeare. For more information on Dan, be sure to visit his website http://www.danwilsonmusic.com/ Here's Episode 36: http://www.archive.org/download/HostAndGuestEpisode36DanWilson/hostandguestepisodethirtysix.mp3 Stream it!

On this edition of Host and Guest, Rick is joined by Matt Besser of the Upright Citizen's Brigade. This was recorded in advance of the Del Close Marathon in August. For more information, be sure to check out http://mattbesser.com/ and http://www.ucbtheatre.com/ and http://www.ucbcomedy.com/ and http://www.uprightcitizens.org/ Here's episode 35: http://www.archive.org/download/HostAndGuestEpisode35MattBesser_276/hostandguestepisode35.mp3 Stream it!

On this edition of Host and Guest, Rick is joined by Matt Besser of the Upright Citizen's Brigade. This was recorded in advance of the Del Close Marathon in August. For more information, be sure to check out http://mattbesser.com/ and http://www.ucbtheatre.com/ and http://www.ucbcomedy.com/ and http://www.uprightcitizens.org/ Here's episode 35: http://www.archive.org/download/HostAndGuestEpisode35MattBesser_276/hostandguestepisode35.mp3 Stream it!

On this historic edition of Host and Guest, Rick is joined by his favorite film director Joe Dante. Joe's directed films such as Gremlins, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Innerspace, The Howling, Matinee, The 'burbs, Explorers, Looney Tunes: Back in Action and Small Soldiers. His new film is called The Hole and will be in theaters in 2010. Be sure to check out Joe's project, Trailers From Hell at http://trailersfromhell.com/ Also, this episode contains the first ever Host and Guest contest. Count how many teams I say "special screening" and e-mail me at hostandguest AT gmail.com The first person with the correct amount wins a special Host and Guest Prize! Here's Episode 34: http://www.archive.org/download/HostAndGuestEpisode34JoeDante/hostandguestepisodethirtyfour.mp3 Stream it!

On the thirty-third edition of Host and Guest, a sick Rick Katschke bids farewell to his friend, sports writer Joe Ewert before Joe relocates to Iowa. Here's Episode 33: http://www.archive.org/download/HostAndGuestEpisode33JoeEwert/hostandguestepisode33.mp3 Stream it!