Other People with Brad Listi

Other People is a podcast hosted by Brad Listi, author of the novel Attention. Deficit. Disorder. and founder of The Nervous Breakdown, and online culture magazine and literary community.

The show features in-depth, inappropriate interviews with today’s leading authors.

New episodes appear twice weekly, on Sundays and Wednesdays. Please subscribe at iTunes. Or at Stitcher. Or to the RSS feed. (It’s free!)

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Episode 62 — Heidi Julavits

by Other People with Brad Listi April 18, 2012 Other People

Heidi Julavits is today’s guest.  She’s the author of four books, the most recent of which is a novel called The Vanishers, now available from Doubleday. And she’s also the co-editor of The Believer magazine. Here’s what The New York … Continue reading →

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Episode 61 — Rosecrans Baldwin

by Other People with Brad Listi April 15, 2012 Other People

Rosecrans Baldwin is the guest.  He’s a co-founder of The Morning News and the author of a new memoir called Paris, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down, available on April 24th from Farrar, Straus, & Giroux. Kirkus, in … Continue reading →

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Episode 60 — Kris Saknussemm

by Other People with Brad Listi April 11, 2012 Other People

Kris Saknussemm is the guest.  His latest novel, Reverend America, is now available from Dark Coast Press.  And the soundtrack to the book is now available at iTunes. From Booklist: Once upon a time, Mathias Gaspenny was a child preacher … Continue reading →

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Episode 59 — Amelia Gray

by Other People with Brad Listi April 8, 2012 Other People

Amelia Gray is the guest.  She’s the author of three works of fiction, the most recent of which is a novel called Threats, now available from Farrar, Straus, & Giroux. Doug Dorst, author of The Surf Guru, has this to … Continue reading →

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Other People Listed Among 10 Best Podcasts for Writers by Brooklyn Based

by Other People with Brad Listi April 7, 2012 Other People

  Good news!  Brooklyn Based has listed Other People among its 10 Best Podcasts for Writers, calling it “a fantastic interview show and probably the best-curated book-centric talk show out there.”  (Subscribe for free at iTunes.) Huge thanks to Jon … Continue reading →

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Episode 58 — Melissa Broder

by Other People with Brad Listi April 4, 2012 Other People

Melissa Broder is the guest.  Her new poetry collection, entitled Meat Heart, is now available from Publishing Genius Press.  And by day she is the publicity manager for Penguin Group. Says Publishers Weekly: Broder’s second collection cranks up the weird … Continue reading →

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Episode 57 — Hari Kunzru

by Other People with Brad Listi April 1, 2012 Other People

Hari Kunzru is the guest.  He’s the author of four books, the most recent of which is a novel called Gods Without Men, now available from Knopf. David Mitchell, author of Cloud Atlas, calls it a “beautifully written echo chamber … Continue reading →

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Episode 56 — Jessica Keener

by Other People with Brad Listi March 28, 2012 Other People

Jessica Keener is today’s guest.  Her debut novel, Night Swim, is now available from Fiction Studio Books. Pulitzer Prize-winner Jennifer Egan says: Jessica Keener steps boldly into the terrain of Eugene O’Neill, conjuring up the pathologies and quirks of a … Continue reading →

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Episode 55 — Catherine Chung

by Other People with Brad Listi March 25, 2012 Other People

Catherine Chung is the guest.  Her debut novel, Forgotten Country, is now available from Riverhead Books. Booklist, in a starred review, raves: Chung’s superb debut examines the twin hearts of cruelty and compassion between sisters in particular and family in … Continue reading →

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Episode 54 — Jeff Ragsdale

by Other People with Brad Listi March 21, 2012 Other People

Jeff Ragsdale is the guest.  He’s the co-author, along with David Shields and Michael Logan, of Jeff, One Lonely Guy. Here’s what Bret Easton Ellis, author of American Psycho, has to say about it: You can either make fun of … Continue reading →

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Episode 53 — Sarah Manguso

by Other People with Brad Listi March 18, 2012 Other People

Sarah Manguso is today’s guest.  She’s the author of the new book The Guardians: An Elegy, now available from Farrar, Straus, & Giroux. Megan O’Grady, writing for Vogue, says: Shortly after returning home from a fellowship year in Rome, poet … Continue reading →

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Episode 52 — Lysley Tenorio

by Other People with Brad Listi March 14, 2012 Other People

Lysley Tenorio is the guest.  A winner of the Whiting Writer’s Award and a former Stegner Fellow at Stanford University, he is the author of a debut story collection called Monstress, now available from Ecco. Raves Chang-Rae Lee, New York … Continue reading →

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Episode 51 — Lauren Groff

by Other People with Brad Listi March 11, 2012 Other People

Lauren Groff is the guest.  She’s the author of the novel The Monsters of Templeton, the story collection Delicate Edible Birds, and most recently, a novel called Arcadia, which has received starred reviews from Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, and … Continue reading →

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