When veteran comedian Joe Piscopo was in the studios last week Justin joined Brian Babylon on Vocalo radio. If you listened to the interview you already know Justin got in a few questions about Piscopo’s Wikipedia entry. If you missed it, here’s the video.
You can catch the “Vice Chairman of the Board” and his big-band act at Germania Place on New Year’s Eve.
Jeff Garlin knows his way around WBEZ. He’s been on Studio 312 twice (1 and 2), so when we found him hanging out by himself in our lobby on Friday it was only kind of surprising. It turns out he was here to record an interview with Scott Simon for Weekend Edition. While he was waiting we fact-checked his Wikipedia entry.
Kid Sister is in the house! She stopped by to talk with Jim & Greg at Sound Opinions. So, we took the opportunity to fact-check her Wikipedia page.
And, music critic Althea Legaspi profiled Kid Sister’s rise for Eight Forty-Eight.
One of alternative rock’s most enigmatic front men sits down with our own Justin Kaufmann to fact-check his Wikipedia entry. Call him Black Francis, Frank Black, Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV, or @mrBlackFrancis…any way you slice it the man’s a legend. On an upcoming Sound Opinions you can hear him talk about “Doolittle,” his masterwork with The Pixies. You can watch his Wikipedia Files installment (episode #23) right now!
Today we fact-check the Wikipedia entry of the most controversial performer we’ve ever interviewed: Peaches! The Canadian electronic rock musician is well-known for her over-the-top live shows and frank sexuality. On occasion she’s been known to make some men uncomfortable… and Justin is not immune!
News Desk Intern Kate Gardiner went to Peaches’ show on Friday and got these photos as well:
Last Friday Vocalo had Meatwad and Master Shake from Aqua Teen Hunger Force on the air promoting their new Christmas album. We were thrilled by the opportunity to do a Wikipedia Files episode with the men behind the voices, Dave Willis and Dana Snyder. The only problem was the host of Wikipedia Files, Justin Kaufmann, wasn’t at work that day. No problem, we just let Dana and Dave fact-check each others’ entries.
If yesterday’s Wikipedia Files with John Hodgman left you unsatisfied, fear not! Here is the other half in which the author of The Areas of My Expertise and More Information Than You Require comments on Nerd Prom, why he’s jealous of Justin Long and whether or not President Obama is truly a nerd.
We’re excited to bring you episode 21 of The Wikipedia Files with John Hodgman! In this series we fact-check Wikipedia entries with the subject of the entry- just to be sure there aren’t any made-up facts in there. Since Hodgman’s books The Areas of My Expertise and More Information Than You Require are full of made-up facts, we were hoping to uncover some doozies. Find out how we did by watching part 1 of the interview.
It’s not every day we get a bonafied superstar fiction-writer up in our studios. So when Audrey Niffenegger was here for an interview with Eight Forty-Eight, we pounced. Her Wikipedia page has a few little tidbits, so like any self-respecting journalist who wants to get to the heart of the story: we focused on her cashflow.
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