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.
Stephen Graham Jones on Stephen King, Slasher Movies, Fear, Writing Fast, Being Physical, the Mechanics of a Joke, Dilating the Moment, Imaginary Safe Places, Screenwriting, Caffeine, and the Perfect Horror Novel
Tao Lin on Iced Coffee, Cannabis, Eating Tobacco, Beta-Carbolines, Kathleen Harrison, Terence McKenna, Tripping, Taking Notes, Autobiographical Writing, MDMA Films, Memory, and Leave Society
27 mins; March 15, 2024
906. Katya Apekina
74 hours 13 mins; March 13, 2024
905. Tana French
78 hours 38 mins; March 10, 2024
Sebastian Castillo on Teaching, Creative Constraints, Oulipo Writing, Edouard Leve, Hybrid Forms, Warhol, GIF Novels, Dennis Cooper, Boredom, Emotion, Imitation, and Philip Roth
26 mins; March 08, 2024
904. Tommy Orange
66 hours 17 mins; March 06, 2024
How to Write Flash Fiction
76 hours 42 mins; March 03, 2024
Leland Cheuk on Success, Rejection, Persistence, Bad Luck, Denial, Near-Death Experiences, Rebirth, Freedom Swimmers, and Good Luck
27 mins; March 01, 2024
903. Sloane Crosley
86 hours 10 mins; February 28, 2024
902. Lauren Markham
75 hours 31 mins; February 25, 2024
Ben Loory on Needles, Doctors, Nighttime, The Sun, Endings, Dennis Etchison, Screenwriting, Growing Up Without a TV, Writing Mathematically, and The Twilight Zone
27 mins; February 23, 2024
901. Vanessa Chan
75 hours 52 mins; February 21, 2024
900. Leslie Jamison
74 hours 14 mins; February 18, 2024
Jacinda Townsend on Music, Kentucky, Childhood, Greyhound Buses, Getting Taken Seriously, Siblings, Skipping Grades, Leaving Home, and Harvard
29 mins; February 16, 2024
899. Sarah Tomlinson
76 hours 45 mins; February 14, 2024
898. Paul Theroux
83 hours 37 mins; February 11, 2024
Bethany C. Morrow on Air Travel, Basic Human Manners, Throat Chops, Self-Soothing, Pretzels, Mindful Eating, California Produce, The Obscenity of Vegetarians, and Her Sister’s Potato Salad
27 mins; February 09, 2024
897. Margot Livesey
78 hours 39 mins; February 07, 2024
896. Brandi Wells
83 hours 31 mins; February 04, 2024
Megan Boyle on Tao Lin, Marriage, Media Coverage, Blogging, Me Fatigue, Isolation, Hippie Siblings, Moving, Shyness, and Alien Abductors
28 mins; February 02, 2024
895. Christina Cooke
89 hours 35 mins; January 31, 2024
894. Annie Liontas
87 hours 17 mins; January 28, 2024
Lidia Yuknavitch on Artistic Responsibility, Life and Death Moments, The Savior Complex, Understanding Others, Ideology, Direct Action, Rage, and Change
21 mins; January 26, 2024
893. Venita Blackburn
90 hours 34 mins; January 24, 2024
892. Ishmael Reed
77 hours 30 mins; January 21, 2024
Atticus Lish on Book Reviews, Expectations, Isolation, Chinese, New York, Family, Drawing, Phillips Exeter, and Don DeLillo
29 mins; January 19, 2024
891. Marie-Helene Bertino
77 hours 12 mins; January 17, 2024
890. De'Shawn Charles Winslow
84 hours 38 mins; January 14, 2024
Jean Kyoung Frazier on New York City, Bartending, Crushtomers, Not Caring, Dead Flies, First Lines, Reconnecting, and Ambivalence About Ambition
26 mins; January 12, 2024
Publishing Industry Predictions: 2024
98 hours 50 mins; January 10, 2024
889. Julie Myerson
86 hours 29 mins; January 07, 2024
Azareen Van Der Vliet Oloomi on Moving, Revolution, Sai Baba, Transnational Personhood, Sea Captains, and the Upper Midwest
26 mins; January 05, 2024
888. Susannah Breslin
80 hours 45 mins; January 03, 2024
My Favorite Books of 2023
58 mins; December 31, 2023
Best of 2023 - Part 3
31 mins; December 27, 2023
Best of 2023 - Part 2
27 mins; December 26, 2023
Best of 2023 - Part 1
38 mins; December 24, 2023
Alexander Chee on Titles, Endings, Writer Types, Anger, Patience, Deadlines, and the Messiness of the Creative Process
27 mins; December 22, 2023
887. Lauren Elkin
86 hours 52 mins; December 20, 2023
How Meditation Can Inform Creative Writing
100 hours 44 mins; December 17, 2023
Michael Earl Craig on Shoeing Horses, Poetry, Grad School, Feedback, Raymond Carver, Family, and Creative Inheritance
28 mins; December 15, 2023
886. E.J. Koh
75 hours 36 mins; December 13, 2023
885. Rumaan Alam
93 hours 24 mins; December 10, 2023
Chuck Klosterman on Brooklyn, Book Tour, Time, Predictions, Identity Politics, Farming, High School, Dreams, and Heavy Metal
27 mins; December 08, 2023
884. Blake Butler
116 hours 49 mins; December 06, 2023
883. Wendy Chin-Tanner
78 hours 48 mins; December 03, 2023
Elizabeth Ellen on Whiskey, Childhood, Shyness, Florida, House Parties, Panic Attacks, and The Hills
27 mins; December 01, 2023
How to Think Like a Publicist
114 hours 18 mins; November 29, 2023
How to Be a Ghostwriter
101 hours 33 mins; November 26, 2023
Susan Choi on Adolescence, Motherhood, Teaching, Me Too, Power, Abuse, and High School
19 mins; November 24, 2023
882. Lindsay Hunter
83 hours 54 mins; November 22, 2023
881. Lexi Freiman
91 hours 11 mins; November 19, 2023
Jonathan Ames on Insecurity, Writing, Youth, Time, Choices, Failure, Letting Go, Luck, David Letterman, and Hollywood Meetings
27 mins; November 17, 2023
880. Michael Cunningham
80 hours 21 mins; November 15, 2023
879. Jami Nakamura Lin
74 hours 20 mins; November 12, 2023
Megan Fernandes on Edmonton, Poetry, Immigration, Patriotism, Language, Bernie, and Covid
27 mins; November 10, 2023
878. Thurston Moore
89 hours 12 mins; November 08, 2023
877. Justin Torres
82 hours 50 mins; November 05, 2023
Wendy C. Ortiz on Dreams, Ghosts, Tori Amos, Belief, Machine Elves, and Jungian Analysis
26 mins; November 03, 2023
How Conglomeration Changed the Publishing Industry and American Literature
88 hours 21 mins; November 01, 2023
876. Athena Dixon
82 hours 36 mins; October 29, 2023
Brad Phillips on The Name Brad, Heroin, Divorce, Suicide, Friendship, the Art World, and Instagram
26 mins; October 27, 2023
How to Fight for Truth in an Age of Disinformation
80 hours 28 mins; October 25, 2023
875. Eliza Clark
83 hours 42 mins; October 22, 2023
Hilton Als on Writing on the Floor, Time Between Projects, Andre Leon Talley, and Creative Evolution
27 mins; October 20, 2023
874. Elle Nash
90 hours 31 mins; October 18, 2023
873. Claudia Dey
87 hours 12 mins; October 15, 2023
Douglas Coupland on Insomnia, Thursdays, Work Habits, News, Visual Thinking, and Early Writing
24 mins; October 13, 2023
872. Roxane Gay
88 hours 24 mins; October 11, 2023
871. David L. Ulin
83 hours 18 mins; October 08, 2023
Frederick Barthelme on Family, Architecture, Red Krayola, Writing, and Getting Kicked Out of School
24 mins; October 06, 2023
870. James Frankie Thomas
87 hours 19 mins; October 04, 2023
869. C Pam Zhang
61 hours 49 mins; October 01, 2023
Susan Straight on Riverside, Family, Ross Macdonald, and Writing in Your Car
26 mins; September 29, 2023
868. Vauhini Vara
87 hours 0 mins; September 27, 2023
867. Mona Awad
69 hours 36 mins; September 24, 2023
Natalie Baszile on Time, Writing, Big Decisions, Creative Community, and Motherhood
