Otherppl with Brad Listi: Books & Culture

Latest Episodes:

The Prostate Episode May 22, 2025

Show notes

Volume 44 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad learns what a prostate is...The Punisher takes the stand in the Diddy trial...the crucifixion of Kevin Spacey...and more...

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⁠Otherppl with Brad Listi⁠ is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers.

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966. Honor Jones May 20, 2025

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Honor Jones is the author of the debut novel Sleep, available from Riverhead Books.

Jones is a senior editor at The Atlantic, and previously at The New York Times. She lives in Brooklyn with her three children.

⁠⁠⁠Otherppl with Brad Listi⁠⁠⁠ is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers.

Available where podcasts are available: ⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠, etc.

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⁠⁠⁠Support the show on Patreon⁠⁠⁠

Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com

The podcast is a ⁠⁠⁠proud affiliate partner of Bookshop⁠⁠⁠, working to support local, independent bookstores.

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Kalen, 47, Blue Man Group Performer May 18, 2025

Show notes

Character Study, Vol. 11. 'Character Studies' is a new series on the podcast featuring interviews with 'civilians'—ordinary adult humans of all ages and backgrounds, talking with Brad about their lives, anonymously.

In Vol. 11, a conversation with Kalen, 47, a Blue Man Group performer from Las Vegas, Nevada.

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⁠⁠⁠Otherppl with Brad Listi⁠⁠⁠ is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers.

Available where podcasts are available: ⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠, etc.

Subscribe to ⁠⁠⁠Brad Listi’s email newsletter⁠⁠⁠.

⁠⁠⁠Support the show on Patreon⁠⁠⁠

Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com

The podcast is a ⁠⁠⁠proud affiliate partner of Bookshop⁠⁠⁠, working to support local, independent bookstores.

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Rosanna Norton 4Ever May 15, 2025

Show notes

Volume 43 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...remembering Mira's amazing grandmother, Rosanna Norton, who once bore witness to Peter Fonda's enormous genitalia...assessing the conclave and the new Chicago Pope..sifting through the toxic waste of the Diddy trial...Is Bill Belichick dating a Red Sparrow???...and more...

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Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers.

Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, etc.

Subscribe to Brad Listi’s email newsletter.

Support the show on Patreon

Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com

The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

965. Ocean Vuong May 13, 2025

Show notes

Ocean Vuong is the author of the novel The Emperor of Gladness, available from Penguin Press.

Ocean's other books include the critically acclaimed poetry collections Night Sky with Exit Wounds and Time Is a Mother, as well as the New York Times bestselling novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous. A recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship and the American Book Award, he used to work as a fast-food server, which inspired The Emperor of Gladness. Born in Saigon, Vietnam, he currently splits his time between Northampton, Massachusetts, and New York City.

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⁠⁠Otherppl with Brad Listi⁠⁠ is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers.

Available where podcasts are available: ⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠, ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠, etc.

Subscribe to ⁠⁠Brad Listi’s email newsletter⁠⁠.

⁠⁠Support the show on Patreon⁠⁠

Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com

The podcast is a ⁠⁠proud affiliate partner of Bookshop⁠⁠, working to support local, independent bookstores.

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Vanessa, Age??, Vegan Activist May 11, 2025

Show notes

Character Study, Vol. 10. 'Character Studies' is a new series on the podcast featuring interviews with 'civilians'—ordinary adult humans of all ages and backgrounds, talking with Brad about their lives, anonymously.

In Vol. 10, a conversation with Vanessa, a woman of unspecified age, a vegan activist from Los Angeles, California.

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⁠⁠Otherppl with Brad Listi⁠⁠ is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers.

Available where podcasts are available: ⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠, ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠, etc.

Subscribe to ⁠⁠Brad Listi’s email newsletter⁠⁠.

⁠⁠Support the show on Patreon⁠⁠

Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com

The podcast is a ⁠⁠proud affiliate partner of Bookshop⁠⁠, working to support local, independent bookstores.

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964. Katie Kitamura May 08, 2025

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Katie Kitamura is the author of the novel Audition, available from Riverhead Books.

Kitamura's other novels include A Separation and Intimacies, which was longlisted for the National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award and was a finalist for a Joyce Carol Oates Prize. She is a recipient of the Rome Prize in Literature, a Lannan fellowship, and many other honors, and her work has been translated into twenty-one languages. She teaches in the creative writing program at New York University.

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⁠Otherppl with Brad Listi⁠ is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers.

Available where podcasts are available: ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠, ⁠Spotify⁠, ⁠YouTube⁠, etc.

Subscribe to ⁠Brad Listi’s email newsletter⁠.

⁠Support the show on Patreon⁠

Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com

The podcast is a ⁠proud affiliate partner of Bookshop⁠, working to support local, independent bookstores.

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963. Jonathan Evison May 06, 2025

Show notes

Jonathan Evison is the author of the novel The Heart of Winter, available from Dutton.

Evison's other novels include Again and Again; Small World; All About Lulu; West of Here; The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving; This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance!; Lawn Boy; and Legends of the North Cascades. He lives with his wife and family in Washington State. He hosts the podcast A Fresh Face in Hell.

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Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers.

Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, etc.

Subscribe to Brad Listi’s email newsletter.

Support the show on Patreon

Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com

The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tyler, 38, Social Worker May 04, 2025

Show notes

Character Study, Vol. 9. 'Character Studies' is a new series on the podcast featuring interviews with 'civilians'—ordinary adult humans of all ages and backgrounds, talking with Brad about their lives, anonymously.

In Vol. 9, a conversation with a 38-year-old man named Tyler, a social worker from Portland, Maine.

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⁠Otherppl with Brad Listi⁠ is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers.

Available where podcasts are available: ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠, ⁠Spotify⁠, ⁠YouTube⁠, etc.

Subscribe to ⁠Brad Listi’s email newsletter⁠.

⁠Support the show on Patreon⁠

Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com

The podcast is a ⁠proud affiliate partner of Bookshop⁠, working to support local, independent bookstores.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Pep Talk for Writers, with Maggie Smith May 01, 2025

Show notes

A new Craftwork conversation with Maggie Smith, bestselling author of Dear Writer: Pep Talks & Practical Advice for the Creative Life, available from Washington Square Press.

Smith's other books includeYou Could Make This Place Beautiful, Good Bones, Goldenrod, Keep Moving, and My Thoughts Have Wings. A 2011 recipient of a Creative Writing Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, Smith has also received a Pushcart Prize, and numerous grants and awards from the Academy of American Poets, the Sustainable Arts Foundation, the Ohio Arts Council, the Greater Columbus Arts Council, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She has been widely published, appearing in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, The Nation, The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Best American Poetry, and more. You can follow her on social media @MaggieSmithPoet.