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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Oct 19, 2011 • 1h 23min
Episode 10 — Alexander Maksik
Alexander Maksik is the guest. An old buddy of mine, one of the original writers at The Nervous Breakdown, and a graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop, where he was a Truman Capote Fellow. He's now the author of ... Continue reading → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 16, 2011 • 1h 17min
Episode 9 — Steve Almond
Such a great pleasure to have Steve Almond on the show. His new story collection, God Bless America, is due out from Lookout Books on October 25th. Lorrie Moore calls it "funny and beguiling and completely original." Wanna buy it ... Continue reading → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 12, 2011 • 1h 29min
Episode 8 — Victoria Patterson
Okay then. Here we go. Episode 8 is here. It's ready. You can listen to it. Just push PLAY (below). Or subscribe for free at iTunes. The guest is Victoria Patterson, author of the story collection Drift and the ... Continue reading → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 9, 2011 • 1h 24min
Episode 7 — Blake Butler
Blake Butler is the guest. (Just push PLAY below.) Or listen (and subscribe!), free of charge, at iTunes. He's the founder of the popular literary blog HTML Giant. He's the author of the novella Ever (Calamari Press); the author of ... Continue reading → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 5, 2011 • 1h 23min
Episode 6 — Jessica Anya Blau
I like this show a lot. I like the conversation. We get into stuff. Jess is a fantastic guest—funny as hell and open and honest and all the rest. We talk about books, of course. But we also talk about ... Continue reading → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 2, 2011 • 1h 25min
Episode 5 — Greg Olear
Episode 5 - Greg Olear. Here you go. Greg, in addition to being a terrific author, is the senior editor over at The Nervous Breakdown. He is the author of novels Totally Killer (2009) and the brand new Fathermucker ... Continue reading → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 29, 2011 • 1h 19min
Episode 4 — Ron Currie, Jr.
Here we have it: Episode 4 - Ron Currie, Jr. One of the brighter young lights in the literary firmament. One of those guys who deserves a huge audience, who writes daring books that will, as you read them, change ... Continue reading → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 26, 2011 • 1h 13min
Episode 3 — Emma Straub
Episode 3 is here. Another sneak preview. (Just push PLAY below. Or listen for free via iTunes. And the podcast is also now available over at Stitcher, gratis. Listen on your phone, iPod, iPad, etc. FREE!) In today's show: my ... Continue reading → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 22, 2011 • 1h 12min
Episode 2 — Melissa Febos
And here we have the second episode. Melissa Febos, author of the memoir Whip Smart, which details the years she spent working as dominatrix in New York City. There was some heroin addiction. Some college. Some wild experiences. Some ... Continue reading → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 14, 2011 • 1h 6min
Episode 1 — Jonathan Evison
Okay. Finally. This is it. Episode 1 of Other People is here. It's done. It exists. It's live. It's real. We start out in style, with Johnny Evison, bestselling author of All About Lulu (Soft Skull) and West of ... Continue reading → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
