Otherppl with Brad Listi
Brad Listi
Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly books and culture podcast featuring in-depth conversations with today's leading authors. Literature, screenwriting, the creative process, pop culture, and more. Available wherever you get your podcasts. Follow the show on Bluesky and Instagram.
Episodes
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Dec 28, 2011 • 1h 27min
Episode 30 — Jamal Joseph
Today's guest is Jamal Joseph, author of the memoir Panther Baby, which details his coming of age within the Black Panther movement during the 1960s and '70s—a journey that took him to Riker's Island and Leavenworth prisons before ultimately leading ... Continue reading → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 25, 2011 • 1h 20min
Episode 29 — Ben Loory
Ben Loory is the guest. He's the author of the debut collection Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day, now available from Penguin. Long a favorite of small zine readers in print and online, as well as a longtime ... Continue reading → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 21, 2011 • 1h 22min
Episode 28 — Edan Lepucki
Edan Lepucki is the guest. She's the author of the novella If You're Not Yet Like Me, originally published by Flatmancrooked and now available from Nouvella Books. She's a graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop and a staff writer over ... Continue reading → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 18, 2011 • 1h 25min
Episode 27 — Barry Eisler
The guest is Barry Eisler. He's the author of several bestselling thrillers, the most recent of which is The Detachment, which caused a stir in publishing earlier this year when Eisler turned down a six-figure deal from St. Martin's and ... Continue reading → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 14, 2011 • 1h 21min
Episode 26 — David Shields
David Shields is the guest. He's the author of twelve books, including Reality Hunger: A Manifesto (Knopf, 2010), which was named one of the best books of the year by more than thirty publications; The Thing About Life Is That ... Continue reading → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 11, 2011 • 1h 19min
Episode 25 — John Warner
Today's guest is John Warner. He's the author of four books, most recently a debut novel called The Funny Man, available now from SoHo Press. And he's also the longtime editor of McSweeney's Internet Tendency. Publishers Weekly calls The Funny ... Continue reading → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 7, 2011 • 1h 18min
Episode 24 — Charles Shields
Charles Shields is the guest. He's the author of And So It Goes — Kurt Vonnegut: A Life, now available in hardcover from Henry Holt. Shields is also the author of Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee, also available from ... Continue reading → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 4, 2011 • 1h 19min
Episode 23 — Dennis Cooper
Dennis Cooper is the guest. He's the author of several books, including The Sluts, God Jr., the five novels of the George Miles cycle, and, most recently, The Marbled Swarm, now available from Harper Perennial. "Disquieting, humbling, and sadly beautiful ... Continue reading → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 30, 2011 • 1h 20min
Episode 22 — Darin Strauss
Darin Strauss is today's guest. He is the author of three novels—Chang & Eng, The Real McCoy, and More Than It Hurts You. And his most recent book is a memoir called Half a Life (McSweeney's) which won the National ... Continue reading → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 27, 2011 • 1h 20min
Episode 21 — Janet Reitman
Janet Reitman is the guest. She is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone magazine and the author of the bestselling Inside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion, recently named by the New York Times as one of its ... Continue reading → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
