Otherppl with Brad Listi
1,265 episodes - English - Latest episode: 15 days ago - ★★★★★ - 477 ratingsOtherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth conversations with today's leading authors. Books, writing, literature, screenwriting, the creative process, and more. Available wherever you get your podcasts. Watch it on the Otherppl YouTube channel. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram.
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Episodes
Episode 15 — Jillian Lauren
November 06, 2011 03:08 - 1 hourThe guest is Jillian Lauren, author of the memoir Some Girls: My Life in a Harem, a New York Times bestseller, and the brand new novel Pretty, both available from Plume Books. Kirkus calls her a "deft storyteller," and Antoine ... Continue reading → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 14 — Shann Ray
November 02, 2011 04:08 - 1 hourThe guest is Shann Ray, author of the critically acclaimed story collection American Masculine, now available from Graywolf Press. A very impressive guy. A college basketball star. A doctorate in psychology. A professor of leadership studies (with an emphasis on ... Continue reading → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 13 — Megan Boyle
October 30, 2011 04:08 - 1 hourMegan Boyle is the guest. She's the author of selected unpublished blog posts of a mexican panda express employee, an unorthodox debut poetry collection from Muumuu House. At the time of this interview, she had been up for 36 hours ... Continue reading → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 12 — Diana Spechler
October 26, 2011 04:08 - 1 hourA great conversation with Diana Spechler, author of the novels Who By Fire and Skinny, both from Harper Perennial. We get into it. Topics of conversation include: tequila, book tour, cocktail waitressing, pizza delivery, horrible bosses, getting fired, the fact ... Continue reading → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 11 — Adam Levin
October 23, 2011 04:08 - 1 hourAdam Levin is the guest. He's the author of The Instructions, a 1,030-page novel published by McSweeney's in late 2010 to great critical acclaim. "Evocative of David Foster Wallace," writes Rolling Stone, "full of death-defying sentences, manic wit, exciting provocations ... Continue reading → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 10 — Alexander Maksik
October 19, 2011 04:08 - 1 hourAlexander 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
Episode 9 — Steve Almond
October 16, 2011 04:00 - 1 hourSuch 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
Episode 8 — Victoria Patterson
October 12, 2011 08:25 - 1 hourOkay 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
Episode 7 — Blake Butler
October 09, 2011 08:00 - 1 hourBlake 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
Episode 6 — Jessica Anya Blau
October 05, 2011 08:00 - 1 hourI 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
Episode 5 — Greg Olear
October 02, 2011 08:35 - 1 hourEpisode 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
Episode 4 — Ron Currie, Jr.
September 29, 2011 02:09 - 1 hourHere 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
Episode 3 — Emma Straub
September 26, 2011 05:58 - 1 hourEpisode 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
Episode 2 — Melissa Febos
September 22, 2011 07:15 - 1 hourAnd 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
Episode 1 — Jonathan Evison
September 14, 2011 07:46 - 1 hourOkay. 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