Otherppl with Brad Listi
Episodes
Episode 25 — John Warner
11 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is John Warner. He's the author of four books, most recently a debut novel called The Funny Man, available now from SoHo Press. And ...
Episode 24 — Charles Shields
07 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Charles Shields is the guest. He's the author of And So It Goes — Kurt Vonnegut: A Life, now available in hardcover from Henry Holt. Shields is ...
Episode 23 — Dennis Cooper
04 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Dennis Cooper is the guest. He's the author of several books, including The Sluts, God Jr., the five novels of the George Miles cycle, and, most rec...
Episode 22 — Darin Strauss
30 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Darin Strauss is today's guest. He is the author of three novels—Chang & Eng, The Real McCoy, and More Than It Hurts You. And his most recent bo...
Episode 21 — Janet Reitman
27 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Janet Reitman is the guest. She is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone magazine and the author of the bestselling Inside Scientology: The Story...
Episode 20 — Adam Novy
23 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! The guest is Adam Novy, author of the debut novel The Avian Gospels, available now from Short Flight / Long Drive Books...
Episode 19 — Elissa Schappell
20 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The guest is Elissa Schappell, author of the story collections Use Me (William Morrow), which was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award, and the bran...
Episode 18 — Katie Arnoldi
16 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest: Katie Arnoldi, the bestselling author of three novels: Chemical Pink, The Wentworths, and Point Dume. This one's gonna blow your mi...
Episode 17 — Joshua Mohr
13 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Joshua Mohr is the guest. He's the author of three novels: Some Things That Meant the World to Me, Termite Parade, and, most recently, Damascus. ...
Episode 16 — Gina Frangello
09 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Gina Frangello is the guest. She is the critically acclaimed author of the novel My Sister's Continent (Chiasmus Press), the story collection Slut Lul...
Episode 15 — Jillian Lauren
06 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The 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 av...
Episode 14 — Shann Ray
02 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The guest is Shann Ray, author of the critically acclaimed story collection American Masculine, now available from Graywolf Press. A very impressive g...
Episode 13 — Megan Boyle
30 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Megan Boyle is the guest. She's the author of selected unpublished blog posts of a mexican panda express employee, an unorthodox debut poetry collec...
Episode 12 — Diana Spechler
26 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
A great conversation with Diana Spechler, author of the novels Who By Fire and Skinny, both from Harper Perennial. We get into it. Topics of conversat...
Episode 11 — Adam Levin
23 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Adam 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. "E...
Episode 10 — Alexander Maksik
19 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Alexander 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 Wor...
Episode 9 — Steve Almond
16 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Such 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. ...
Episode 8 — Victoria Patterson
12 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Okay 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. Th...
Episode 7 — Blake Butler
09 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Blake 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...
Episode 6 — Jessica Anya Blau
05 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
I 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 re...
Episode 5 — Greg Olear
02 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 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 th...
Episode 4 — Ron Currie, Jr.
29 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Here 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 aud...
Episode 3 — Emma Straub
26 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 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 ...
Episode 2 — Melissa Febos
22 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
And 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...
Episode 1 — Jonathan Evison
14 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Okay. 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...