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About Me

Whether he is arguing with an ex-girlfriend about his lack of style, counselling a friend who's recently become addicted to eating rabbit food, or trying to give his nephew advice about women, Jonathan Goldstein gleefully welcomes all eavesdroppers. Each episode swings back and forth between his monologues and phone chats with a roster of some of the funniest story-tellers on the radio today.

Check out the latest WireTap video! A late night visit to Tucker's holds an unexpected surprise for Jonathan, in "The Gang's All Here", starring Jonathan Goldstein, Joshua Karpati, Howard Chackowicz and Jon Tucker. [ Watch in HD .]

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Member Since: 22/01/2008
Band Website: http://cbc.ca/wiretap
Band Members: Jonathan Goldstein
Heather O'Neill
David Rakoff
Howard Chackowicz
Joshua Karpati
Gregor Ehrlich
John Hodgman

Sounds Like:
The Toronto Star describes Wiretap as "[pitting] the absurd against the plausible. The sense is of a world not completely unlike our own that runs parallel... conversation, storytelling and introspection, culled from equal parts real-world experience and the warp of Goldstein's imagination" and The Montreal Gazette calls the show "something between borscht-belt comedy and Franz Kafka." Earlier this year, WireTap was awarded the Gold World Medal for Best Regularly Scheduled Comedy Program at The New York Festivals.

Jonathan Goldstein's writing has appeared in The Walrus, The New York Times, GQ, and The National Post. He is a frequent contributor to PRI'S This American Life and the New York Times Magazine. He is an editorial board member of the Public Radio Exchange and was a 2002 co-recipient of The Third Coast Audio Festival's Gold Prize. In 2004, he was awarded a Canadian National Magazine award for humor. His novel, "Lenny Bruce is Dead," made its US debut earlier this year.
Record Label: CBC, Sirius Satellite 137, PRI
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Season 6 and Podcast!

Saturday September 12, WireTap is launching a brand new season at a brand new time: Saturdays at 1:30 p.m. and Wednesdays at 11:30 p.m. on CBC Radio One. American listeners, check your local listings ...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:37:00 GMT

Jonathan Goldsteins "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bible!" Book Tour Schedule

Please come by so it wont just be Jonathan Goldstein and the cleaning staff...NEW YORK, NYTuesday, April 7Time: 8 PM to 11 PMThe Accompanied Literary Society (of NY), w/ Riverhead Books, presents:LAD...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Apr 2009 07:48:00 GMT