Megan Boyle is the guest. She’s the author of selected unpublished blog posts of a mexican panda express employee, an unorthodox debut poetry collection from Muumuu House. At the time of this interview, she had been up for 36 hours … Continue reading
Josh Spilker has some kind words for the podcast over at Impose magazine. (Thanks, Josh!) Here’s the gist: …there’s been a new entry. Other People Podcast by Brad Listi. Brad is from The Nervous Breakdown and does it right. … Continue reading
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 conversation include: tequila, book tour, cocktail waitressing, pizza delivery, horrible bosses, getting fired, the fact … Continue reading
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. “Evocative of David Foster Wallace,” writes Rolling Stone, “full of death-defying sentences, manic wit, exciting provocations … Continue reading
Good news! The editors at McSweeney’s have included Other People in the latest edition of their ‘McSweeney’s Recommends’ column. Some very kind words about the show: My thanks to the folks at McSweeney’s! And: humbling to have the … Continue reading
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 Workshop, where he was a Truman Capote Fellow. He’s now the author of … Continue reading
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. Lorrie Moore calls it “funny and beguiling and completely original.” Wanna buy it … Continue reading
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. The guest is Victoria Patterson, author of the story collection Drift and the … Continue reading
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 blog HTML Giant. He’s the author of the novella Ever (Calamari Press); the author of … Continue reading
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 rest. We talk about books, of course. But we also talk about … Continue reading
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 the author of novels Totally Killer (2009) and the brand new Fathermucker … Continue reading
Other People with Brad Listi
