Otherppl with Brad Listi
Episodes
Russell Brand Bible Study
30 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Volume 88 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Samantha Irby, substitute podcaster...Mira is out this week with a herniated disc...the chaos reigns...Sam...
1031. Julian Zabalbeascoa
28 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Julian Zabalbeascoa is the author of the debut novel called What We Tried to Bury Grows Here, available now in trade paperback from Two Dollar Radio. ...
REPLAY: Sarah Kendzior on Donald Trump and American Decline
26 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 635, my conversation with Sarah Kendzior about her book entitled Hiding in Plain...
Federal Bureau of Inebriation
23 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Volume 87 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Mira on how her entire life is 4/20...and how her paraplegic dog had surgery....her new author photo is im...
1030. Willy Vlautin
21 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Willy Vlautin is the author of the novel The Left and the Lucky, available from Harper. It is the official April pick of the Otherppl Book Club. Born...
REPLAY: Kate Durbin on Poetry, Hoarders, and American Loneliness
19 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 734, my conversation with Kate Durbin, author of the poetry collection Hoarders ...
Gothchella
16 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Volume 86 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad is visited by animals...a white pigeon...a coyote...Mira is swarmed by bugs...ants...mosquitoes...Coa...
1029. Ada Limón
14 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ada Limón is the author of Against Breaking: On the Power of Poetry, available from Scribner. She served as the 24th Poet Laureate of the United Stat...
REPLAY: Roger McNamee on Mark Zuckerberg and the Facebook Catastrophe
12 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 571, my conversation with Roger McNamee, author of Zucked: Waking Up to the Face...
Fear and Loathing in the Cheese Castle
09 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Volume 85 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Spring Break recap...the Listis do Las Vegas...Brad goes Mormon?...Mira in the Cheese Castle...Passover in...
How Literary Awards Work: A Conversation with PEN/Faulkner Executive Director Gwydion Suilebhan
07 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Gwydion Suilebhan is the Executive Director of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation, which announced the 2026 recipient of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction...
REPLAY: Andrea Bajani on the Mysteries of Death and the Search for Renewal
05 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 702, my conversation with author Andrea Bajani. Air date: April 21, 2021. Andr...
REPLAY: Lorrie Moore on Writing, the Afterlife, and Ghost Stories
02 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 846, my conversation with author Lorrie Moore. (Note: Brad & Mira for the Cultur...
1028. Jung Yun
31 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jung Yun is the author of the novel All the World Can Hold, available now from 37 Ink / Simon & Schuster. Jung Yun was born in Seoul, South Korea, an...
REPLAY: Ned Vizzini on Early Success, Mental Illness, and Writing for Young People
29 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 131, my conversation with the late Ned Vizzini. Air date: December 16, 2012. N...
Excerpt from 'Black Bag,' by Luke Kennard
28 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Vol. 8 of Story Time, a new series on the program featuring an author reading aloud from his work. In this episode, Luke Kennard reads aloud from his...
A Few Good Afromen
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Volume 84 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad decries the tribal tendencies of Homo Sapiens...Is Hilaria Baldwin taping a new reality show?...Sprin...
1027. Luke Kennard
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Luke Kennard is the author of the novel Black Bag, available from Zando. It is the official March 2026 pick of the Otherppl Book Club. Kennard is an...
REPLAY: Anakana Schofield on Voice, Violence, and Building a Fictional Universe
22 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 766, my conversation with author Anakana Schofield. Air date: April 6, 2022. A...
Excruciating Oscars Recap
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Volume 83 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...trying to process this year's Oscars...Brad's Fashion Corner...the Marty Supreme shutout...Club Chalamet t...
1026. Naeem Murr
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Naeem Murr is the author of the novel Every Exit Brings You Home, available from Murr is the author of three novels, including The Boy (a New Yor...
REPLAY: Samantha Irby on Finding Humor in the Darkness
15 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 836, my conversation with author and humorist Samantha Irby. Air date: May 14, ...
Excerpt from 'He's the Devil,' by Tobi Coventry
14 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Vol. 7 of Story Time, a new series on the program featuring an author reading aloud from his work. In this episode, Tobi Coventry reads aloud from hi...
AWP, DUI, DOA, JFK, WW3, WTF, SMH
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Volume 82 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad reviews his AWP 2026 experience in Baltimore...accidentally dropped his winter hat in a toilet...trav...
1025. Namwali Serpell
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Namwali Serpell is the author of On Morrison, available from Hogarth Press. Serpell was born in Lusaka and lives in New York. Her debut novel, The ...
REPLAY: Mark Leidner on Aphorisms, Belief, Purpose, and Loss
08 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 545, my conversation with author, poet, and screenwriter Mark Leidner. Air dat...
REPLAY: Michael Finkel on The Last True Hermit
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 461, my conversation with author and journalist Michael Finkel about his book Th...
1024. Tobi Coventry
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Tobi Coventry is the author of the debut novel He's the Devil, available from Abrams Books. It was the official February pick of the Otherppl Book Clu...
Tess Gunty on Mysticism, the Midwest, and Winning the National Book Award
01 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 847, my conversation with National Book Award-winning author Tess Gunty from 202...
Excerpt from 'Clutch,' by Emily Nemens
28 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Vol. 6 of Story Time, a new series on the program featuring an author reading aloud from her work. In this episode, Emily Nemens reads aloud from her...
The 400 Bros
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Volume 81 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad plants a beautiful garden...continues tedious AWP preparations...binge-watching UFO docuseries...the ...
1023. Emily Nemens
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Emily Nemens is the author of the novel Clutch, available from Tin House. Nemens's debut novel, The Cactus League, was a New York Times Book Revie...
REPLAY: Sarah M. Broom on New Orleans, Family, Race, and Writing
22 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 600, my conversation with National Book Award-winning author Sarah M. Broom from...
Clavicular Manslaughter
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Volume 80 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad's AWP travel packing anxiety...his compassion for Chevy Chase....watching Eyes Wide Shut, looking for...
1022. Eric Lichtblau
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Lichtblau is the author of American Reich: A Murder in Orange County, Neo-Nazis, and a New Age of Hate, available from Little, Brown & Co. Licht...
REPLAY: Yiyun Li on Grief, Attention, Deep Reading, and the Writing Life
15 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 863, my conversation with Yiyun Li from 2023. Yiyun Li is the author of severa...
Excerpt from 'The End of Romance,' by Lily Meyer
14 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Vol. 5 of Story Time, a new series on the program featuring an author reading aloud from her work. In this episode, Lily Meyer reads from her new no...
Bad Bunny Saves America
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Volume 79 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad prepares for AWP...Mira advises amphetamines...the Pee-Wee Herman documentary...Brad can't cope with ...
1021. Lily Meyer
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Lily Meyer is the author of the novel The End of Romance, available from Viking. Meyer is a translator, a critic, and the author of the novel Short...
REPLAY: Ingrid Rojas Contreras on Colombia, Pablo Escobar, Immigration, and Amnesia
08 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 562, my conversation with Ingrid Rojas Contreras from 2019. Contreras was born...
Elmo is in the Epstein Files
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Volume 78 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...podcasting from the fetal position...Brad and Mira are spiritually broken after spending the weekend readi...
Peter Schmidt on Attention Activism, Corporate Greed, and Reclaiming Our Humanity in the Digital Age
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Schmidt is a member of an activist collection called The Friends of Attention. Together they have published a book called Attensity: A Manifesto...
REPLAY: Vesna Maric on War, Political Chaos, Immigration, and Home
01 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 696, my conversation with Vesna Maric from March 2021. Maric was born in Mos...
Erika Kirk Free Solos Trump Tower
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Volume 77 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad goes to the nursery...encounters an angry pit bull...confronts Mira about her unused Christmas gift.....
1020. Kathleen Boland
27 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Kathleen Boland is the author of the debut novel Scavengers, now available from Viking. Boland’s fiction has appeared in Tin House, Conjunctions...
Emily Witt on ICE Raids, Protests, and the Battle for Minneapolis
27 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Emily Witt is a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine and a native of Minneapolis. She has been reporting from the streets of her hometown over the...
1019. Brenda Navarro and Megan McDowell
25 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Brenda Navarro is the author of the novel Eating Ashes, available now in a new translation by Megan McDowell, from Liveright Press. Official January 2...
Mira's Screaming Nude Father Scares Away Intruders
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Volume 76 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad's Liver King epiphany...the Indiana Hoosiers are awash in God's glory...Abella Danger's ESPN moment.....
1018. Karl Ove Knausgaard
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Karl Ove Knausgaard is the author of the novel The School of Night, the fourth book in his acclaimed Morning Star series. Available from Penguin Press...
REPLAY: Michael Earl Craig on Poetry, Montana, and Life as a Farrier
18 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 308, my conversation with the poet Michael Earl Craig. Craig is from Dayton, ...
We Have Been Snubbed by the Golden Globes
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Volume 75 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad's farmer's market dilemma...Mira believes Bob Weir was murdered by John Mayer...lobbies Brad to watch...
What Needs to Change in the Publishing Industry
13 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Kathleen Schmidt returns to the program to discuss the current state of the publishing industry—and what needs to change. As the Founder and CEO o...
REPLAY: Tim O'Brien on America, War, Pacifism, Fatherhood, Death, and the Illusion of Self
11 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 616, my conversation with Tim O'Brien from December 2019. O'Brien received t...
Toxic Celebrity Mom Group
08 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Volume 74 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...we're so back, baby.......Brad and Mira review their holidays...Brad threw his back out on Christmas Eve t...
1017. Gerald Howard on Malcolm Cowley and the Triumph of American Literature
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Gerald Howard is the author of The Insider: Malcolm Cowley and the Triumph of American Literature, available from Penguin Press. Howard retired in 2...
1016. Jim Newton on Jerry Garcia, the Grateful Dead, and the American Counterculture
04 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jim Newton is the author of Here Beside the Rising Tide: Jerry Garcia, The Grateful Dead, and an American Awakening, available from Random House. New...
REPLAY: Susannah Cahalan
03 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Susannah Cahalan is the author of The Acid Queen: The Psychedelic Life and Counterculture Rebellion of Rosemary Woodruff Leary (Viking)...
REPLAY: Amanda Yates Garcia
01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Original air date: August 17, 2025 A special episode featuring Amanda Yates Garcia, also known as The Oracle of Los Angeles. Amanda is a writ...
REPLAY: What Does It Mean to Be a Minor Writer?
31 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Original air date: October 12, 2025. What does it mean to be a “minor writer” in a world obsessed with major success? In this episode, I talk wit...
REPLAY: Ocean Vuong
30 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ocean Vuong is the author of the novel The Emperor of Gladness, available from Penguin Press. Ocean's other books include the criticall...
REPLAY: Claire Hoffman
28 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Original air date: June 10, 2025. Claire Hoffman is the author of Sister, Sinner: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aime...
REPLAY: Jessa Crispin
27 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Original air date: July 8, 2025. Jessa Crispin is the author of What Is Wrong With Men: Patriarchy, The Crisis of Masculinity, and How (Of Co...
Best of 2025 - Part 2
25 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the program, we finish the year by highlighting the top-5 most-listened-to episodes of 2025. Big thanks to everyone who guested and everyone...
Best of 2025 - Part 1
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the program, we'll begin a countdown of the top 10 most-listened-to episodes of 2025. Please note that the countdown will unfold in two insta...
1015. Carla Kaplan
21 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Carla Kaplan is the author of Troublemaker: The Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford (Harper Books). Kaplan is an award-winning professor and writ...
Excerpt from 'A Silent Treatment,' by Jeannie Vanasco
20 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Vol. 4 of Story Time, a new series on the program featuring an author reading aloud from her work. In this episode, Jeannie Vanasco reads from her ne...
We're Already in Hell: Our Year in Review
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Volume 73 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Christmas shopping confusion...Brad anesthetizes himself with Ken Burns documentaries...Brad's friend has ...
1014. Susan Straight
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Susan Straight is the author of the novel Sacrament, available from Counterpoint Press. Straight has published nine previous novels, including Mecca...
1013. Jeannie Vanasco
14 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jeannie Vanasco is the author of the memoir A Silent Treatment, available from Tin House. It is the official December pick of the Otherppl Book Club. ...
Excerpt from 'Only Way Out,' by Tod Goldberg
13 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Vol. 3 of Story Time, a new series on the program featuring an author reading aloud from his work. In this episode, Tod Goldberg reads from his lates...
Don't Take Your Shoes Off
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Volume 72 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...police helicopters interrupt Brad's pre-dawn routine...almost sneezing in the dental chair...Brad gets wee...
1012. Jordan Castro
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jordan Castro is the author of the novel Muscle Man, available from Catapult Press. Castro is also the author of The Novelist, and two poetry books....
1011. Lauren Rothery
07 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lauren Rothery is the author of the debut novel Television, available from Ecco Books. Rothery was born in London and raised in San Diego. She spent ...
Excerpt from 'Empire of Orgasm,' by Ellen Huet
06 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Vol. 2 of Story Time, a new series on the program featuring an author reading aloud from her work. In this episode, Ellen Huet reads from Empire of O...
Kevin Spacey: Live from the Congo
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Volume 71 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad tries tai-chi...in holiday hell with the Elf on a Shelf...Mira's grandfather goes clam-diving...influ...
1010. Laura K. Field
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Laura K. Field is the author of Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right, available from Princeton University Press. Field is an associate wit...
1009. Tod Goldberg
30 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tod Goldberg is the author of the novel Only Way Out, available from Thomas & Mercer. Tod Goldberg is the New York Times bestselling author of sixt...
Excerpt from 'Open Wide,' by Jessica Gross
29 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A new series on the podcast called Story Time, featuring an author reading aloud from her work. In this debut episode, Jessica Gross reads from her ne...
A Badussy Thanksgiving
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Volume 70 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad goes to a Grateful Drag concert...the aliens are here....Mira is thankful for weed...Kate Beckinsale'...
1008. Ellen Huet
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ellen Huet is the author of Empire of Orgasm: Sex, Power, and the Downfall of a Wellness Cult, available from MCD Books. Huet is an investigative jo...
1007. Joseph O'Neill
23 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Joseph O'Neill is the author of the novel Godwin, now available in trade paperback from Vintage. O'Neill was born in Ireland and grew up in Mozambiq...
Bustin' a Nuzzi
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Volume 69 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad's toast panic...Mira's plumbing nightmare...Angry Adam, gentler than usual...the Olivia Nuzzi rehabil...
1006. Jennifer Eli Bowen
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Eli Bowen is the author of The Book of Kin: On Absence, Love, and Being, available from Milkweed Press. Bowen's work has received a Pushcart...
1005. Jessica Gross
16 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jessica Gross is the author of the novel Open Wide, available from Abrams Press. It is the official November pick of the Otherppl Book Club. Gross i...
70 is the New 35
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Volume 68 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Kris Jenner's insane and 'magical' James-Bond-themed 70th birthday party...looking 35 at 70...Kim K fails ...
1004. Chris Kraus
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Kraus is the author of the novel The Four Spent the Day Together, available from Scribner. Kraus is a writer and critic. She studied acting and...
1003. Aja Gabel
09 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Aja Gabel is the author of the novel Lightbreakers, available from Riverhead Books. Gabel is also the author of the debut novel The Ensemble. Her ...
Six Seven Eleven Frozen Burrito
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Volume 67 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad copes with the transactional nature of obscure podcaster fame...decides to attend AWP...Mira's big ga...
1002. Jonathan Lethem
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Lethem is the author of A Different Kind of Tension: New and Selected Stories, available from Ecco. It was the official October 2025 pick of ...
1001. Donika Kelly
02 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donika Kelly is the author of the poetry collection The Natural Order of Things, available from Graywolf Press. Kelly is also the author of Bestiar...
Space Mountain Death Trip
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Volume 66 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad airs his 1000th author interview...Mira shares her favorite Otherppl memories...Mira hasn't slept in ...
1000. Susan Orlean
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Susan Orlean is the author of the memoir Joyride, available from Avid Reader Press, and she joins me for my 1,000th author interview. Orlean has been...
999. Francesca Wade
26 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Francesca Wade is the author of the biography Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife, available from Scribner. Francesca Wade is the author of Square Haunting...
Me Love You, J-Lo
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Volume 65 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad makes his first DeepDive hire...Big Frank hits a hole-in-one...Mira is swarmed by a pack of coyotes a...
998. Amber Sparks
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amber Sparks is the author of the debut novel Happy People Don't Live Here, available from Liveright Publishing. Sparks is the author of the short s...
997. Vincenzo Latronico
19 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Vincenzo Latronico is the author of the novel Perfection, available from New York Review Books. Translated by Sophie Hughes. Perfection was longlisted...
Where in the World Are Mira's Psych Meds?
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Volume 64 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Mira's psych meds drama...Mira's grandma broke her hip...Mira's flu recap...her mushroom trip at the Chapp...
996. Angela Flournoy
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Angela Flournoy is the author of the novel The Wilderness, available from Mariner Books. It was longlisted for the National Book Award and is a finali...
What Does It Mean to Be a Minor Writer?
12 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to be a “minor writer” in a world obsessed with major success? In this episode, I talk with Jeff Alessandrelli about his...
The Life of a Showboy
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Volume 63 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Mira is out sick...Angry Adam and Gene Morgan sit in...Brad and Gene took their kids to One Battle After A...