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.
Michael Schumacher on Allen Ginsberg, New York City, Poetry, Kindness, Controversy, and Writing a Biography
29 mins; August 04, 2023
856. Jamel Brinkley
85 hours 49 mins; August 02, 2023
855. Edan Lepucki
93 hours 1 min; July 30, 2023
Viet Thanh Nguyen on History, War Movies, Race, Refugees, Vietnam, and the Need for Political Literature
26 mins; July 28, 2023
854. Geoff Rickly
103 hours 33 mins; July 26, 2023
853. Ruth Madievsky
90 hours 39 mins; July 23, 2023
Carmen Maria Machado on Anxiety, Death, Childhood, Sick Lit, Writing Letters, and Religion
25 mins; July 21, 2023
852. Jenny Xie
84 hours 1 min; July 19, 2023
851. Andrew Lipstein
82 hours 11 mins; July 16, 2023
D.T. Max on David Foster Wallace, Different Kinds of Intelligence, Bret Easton Ellis, Irony vs. Sincerity, and 12-Step Philosophy
28 mins; July 14, 2023
850. Nicole Flattery
77 hours 49 mins; July 12, 2023
849. Sarah Rose Etter
89 hours 40 mins; July 09, 2023
Elif Batuman on Epistolary Relationships, Childhood, the Foolishness of Youth, Creative Humiliation, Perseverance, and Finding the Beauty in Yourself
26 mins; July 07, 2023
848. Patrick deWitt
90 hours 59 mins; July 05, 2023
How to Start an Indie Press
115 hours 1 min; July 02, 2023
Hanya Yanagihara on Big Books, Writing Quickly, Creative Immersion, Great Readers, Complex Interiors, and the Removal of Context
24 mins; June 30, 2023
847. Tess Gunty
79 hours 54 mins; June 28, 2023
846. Lorrie Moore
77 hours 54 mins; June 25, 2023
Tim O'Brien on Death, Fatherhood, Child Wisdom, Pacifism, War, Memory, and the Illusion of Self
22 mins; June 23, 2023
845. Leila Slimani
64 hours 57 mins; June 21, 2023
844. Alejandra Oliva
105 hours 39 mins; June 18, 2023
Pulitzer Special: Hernan Diaz and Ingrid Rojas Contreras
62 hours 46 mins; June 16, 2023
843. Molly Lynch
70 hours 10 mins; June 14, 2023
842. Tania James
80 hours 15 mins; June 11, 2023
Andre Dubus III on Family, Divorce, Fear, Poverty, Vigilante Justice, Writing as Salvation, and the Divine
23 mins; June 09, 2023
841. Jasmin Iolani Hakes
87 hours 13 mins; June 07, 2023
840. Jim Ruland
70 hours 54 mins; June 04, 2023
Roxane Gay on Hateful Men, Twitter, Breaking Barriers, Selling Books, Channing Tatum, and Hunger
23 mins; June 02, 2023
839. Bea Setton
101 hours 50 mins; May 31, 2023
How to Start a Literary Magazine
94 hours 29 mins; May 28, 2023
Jonathan Franzen on Ambition, Plot, Childhood, Birdwatching, and Life-Changing Advice
25 mins; May 26, 2023
How the Horror Genre Works
95 hours 33 mins; May 24, 2023
838. Ivy Pochoda
70 hours 58 mins; May 21, 2023
Ottessa Moshfegh on Creative Inspiration, Mental Anguish, Substance Abuse, Sobriety, and Writing Into the Dark Places
