Sam Tallent on Publishing, Comedy, Community, Doug Stanhope, Vegas, Reading, Self-Education, Writing, Weed, and Panic Attacks
Release Date: 05/17/2024
How to Write from the Inside Out
Otherppl with Brad Listi
A new 'Craftwork' episode about writing deeply personal narratives. My guest is , author of the debut memoir , now available in trade paperback from Harmony Books. Krantz is a journalist and one of the founding editors of Bustle, where she served as senior features editor for three years. Her work has been featured on NPR, The Guardian, Vox, Vice, and many other outlets. She's the recipient of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, the Investigative Reporters and Editors Radio Award, the Edward R. Murrow Award, and the Peabody Award for her work as an investigative...
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Big Asses, Plane Crashes, & Donald Sutherland's Ashes
Otherppl with Brad Listi
Volume 5 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...juice cleansing....RIP Donald Sutherland...J-Lo's Photogenic Ass....Bill Belichick's Geriatric Gen Z Romance...J-Law's New Movie...Kanye Insanity...Rap Beefs...Boeing Nosedives...and more... Brad & Mira For the Culture is a series about popular culture and generational divides. Brad is inept when it comes to pretty much anything mainstream, while Mira is a a voracious consumer. Brad's Gen X. Mira's a Millennial. Together, they try to make sense of a senseless world. *** is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's...
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Kathryn Miles on the 90s, the Shenandoah Murders, LGBTQ Rights, Finding Refuge in Nature, and Wilderness Crime
Otherppl with Brad Listi
In today's flashback, an outtake from , my conversation with . It first aired on May 25, 2022. Miles is an award-winning journalist and science writer. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Saint Louis University and took both her Master of Arts and Doctorate in English from the University of Delaware. The long-time editor of Hawk & Handsaw, Miles served as professor of environmental studies and writing at Unity College from 2001-2015 and has since taught in several graduate schools and low residency-MFA programs. Miles is the author of five books: Adventures with Ari, All...
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Down Bad Cruising at the Gym
Otherppl with Brad Listi
The fourth episode of 'Brad & Mira For the Culture'...O'Reilly Auto Parts...Ozempic...John Travolta at the gym...Justin Timberlake's DUI...and more... 'Brad & Mira For the Culture' is a series about popular culture and generational divides. Brad is inept when it comes to pretty much anything mainstream, while Mira is a a voracious consumer. Brad's Gen X. Mira's a Millennial. Together, they try to make sense of a senseless world. *** is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are...
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928. Ayana Mathis
Otherppl with Brad Listi
is the author of the novel , now available in trade paperback from Vintage. Mathis's first novel, The Twelve Tribes of Hattie was a New York Times best seller, an NPR Best Book of 2013, the second selection for Oprah's Book Club 2.0. and has been translated into sixteen languages. Her nonfiction has been published in the The New York Times, The Atlantic, Guernica, and RollingStone. Mathis is a graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop. She was born in Philadelphia, and currently lives in New York City where she teaches writing in Hunter College's MFA Program....
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We Need to Talk About Kevin
Otherppl with Brad Listi
The third episode of 'Brad & Mira For the Culture,' in which we cover Grimace— McDonald's character, gay icon, and talisman of the New York Mets...the return of Kate Middleton...and the weird and twisted downfall of Oscar winner Kevin Spacey. 'Brad & Mira For the Culture' is a series about popular culture and generational divides. Brad is inept when it comes to pretty much anything mainstream, while Mira is a a voracious consumer. Brad's Gen X. Mira's a Millennial. Together, they try to make sense of a senseless world. *** is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with...
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Fear of Dogs, Earthing, and My Terrible Dream
Otherppl with Brad Listi
In this week's monologue, I talk about a terrible dream I had, in which I killed Matt Damon in cold blood. I also contemplate male rage, fear of dogs, and the pros and cons of barefoot hiking. *** is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: , , , etc. Subscribe to . Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a , working to support local, independent bookstores.
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927. Teddy Wayne
Otherppl with Brad Listi
is the author of the novel , available from Harper. Wayne is the winner of a 2011 Whiting Writers' Award and a finalist for the Young Lions Fiction Award, PEN/Bingham Prize, and Dayton Literary Peace Prize. He writes regularly for the New Yorker, New York Times, Vanity Fair, McSweeney's, and other publications. *** is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: , , , etc. Subscribe to . Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is...
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Richard Chiem on Joy Williams, Tonal Struggles, Kristin Iversen, Hippo Attacks, Mountain Lions, Depression, Pot, Childhood, and the Joy of Being a Sad Person
Otherppl with Brad Listi
In today's flashback, an outtake from , my conversation with . It first aired on April 3, 2019. Chiem is the author of (Sorry House Classics) and the novel King of Joy (, 2019). His work has appeared in City Arts Magazine, NY Tyrant, and Gramma Poetry, among other places. His book, You Private Person, was named one of Publisher Weekly's 10 Essential Books of the American West. He lives in Seattle, WA. *** is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are...
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926. Kimberly King Parsons
Otherppl with Brad Listi
is the author of the debut novel , available from Knopf. The official June pick of the . Parsons is the author of Black Light, a collection of stories that was long-listed for the National Book Award and the Story Prize. In 2020, she received the National Magazine Award for fiction. Born in Lubbock, Texas, she lives in Portland, Oregon, with her partner and children. We Were the Universe is her first novel. *** is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: , , , etc. Subscribe...
info_outlineIn today's flashback, an outtake from Episode 708, my conversation with author and comedian Sam Tallent. It first aired on May 26, 2021.
Tallent is a comedian, novelist and host of the Chubby Behemoth Podcast. For the last decade, he has performed more than 45 weekends per year in North America, Asia, Australia and Europe. His writing has appeared in Birdy Magazine and on VICE.com and he’s told jokes on Comedy Central, TruTV and VICELAND.
His acclaimed debut novel, Running the Light, heralded as the definitive book on standup comedy, is soon to be a major motion picture (Doug Stanhope: “the best fictional representation of comedy in any medium ever,” Marc Maron: “a beautiful rendering of a dark reality”). His novella, ATTABOY, was published as an Audible Original. "Waiting for Death to Claim Us," his comedy special, is available on Amazon Prime. He lives in Colorado.
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