Otherppl with Brad Listi
A weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Launched in 2011. Hosted by Brad Listi.
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AWP, DUI, DOA, JFK, WW3, WTF, SMH
03/12/2026
AWP, DUI, DOA, JFK, WW3, WTF, SMH
Volume 82 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad reviews his AWP 2026 experience in Baltimore...accidentally dropped his winter hat in a toilet...traveled with large amounts of avocados and tangerines...fasted daily...didn't pee...worked out at dawn in hotel gym...Mira goes to the Frieze LA, now hates art...gets a severe migraine in the aftermath...goes to Disneyland...Trump starts WWIII to distract from the fact that he's a psychotic child rapist...Britney gets a DUI in Ventura....Florida woman shoots at Rihanna's house...JFK Jr., Carolyn, Love Story...Ryan Murphy is unafraid to insult the dead...& more... *** is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. This episode is sponsored by Ulysses. Go to to download Ulysses, and use the code OTHERPPL at checkout to get 25% off the first year of your yearly subscription." Available where podcasts are available: , , , etc. Get the debut audio course from DeepDive. 50+ hours of never-before-heard insight, inspiration, and instruction from dozens of today's most celebrated contemporary authors. Subscribe to . Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a , working to support local, independent bookstores.
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1025. Namwali Serpell
03/10/2026
1025. Namwali Serpell
is the author of , available from Hogarth Press. Serpell was born in Lusaka and lives in New York. Her debut novel, The Old Drift, won an Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Science Fiction, and the Los Angeles Times’s Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction. Her second novel, The Furrows, was a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction and was selected as one of The New York Times Ten Best Books of the Year. Her book of essays, Stranger Faces, was a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism. She is a recipient of the Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction, the Caine Prize for African Writing, and a Rona Jaffe Foundation Award. She is a professor of English at Harvard University. 📸Jordan Kines *** is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. This episode is sponsored by Ulysses. Go to to download Ulysses, and use the code OTHERPPL at checkout to get 25% off the first year of your yearly subscription." Available where podcasts are available: , , , etc. Get the debut audio course from DeepDive. 50+ hours of never-before-heard insight, inspiration, and instruction from dozens of today's most celebrated contemporary authors. Subscribe to . Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a , working to support local, independent bookstores.
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1024. Tobi Coventry
03/03/2026
1024. Tobi Coventry
is the author of the debut novel , available from Abrams Books. It was the official February pick of the . For the past ten years, Coventry has worked as a book scout for film and television production companies. In 2023, he produced an award-winning short horror film, Blood Rites, based on a story by Daisy Johnson. He lives in East Sussex, UK. *** is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. This episode is sponsored by Ulysses. Go to to download Ulysses, and use the code OTHERPPL at checkout to get 25% off the first year of your yearly subscription. Available where podcasts are available: , , , etc. Get the debut audio course from DeepDive. 50+ hours of never-before-heard insight, inspiration, and instruction from dozens of today's most celebrated contemporary authors. Subscribe to . Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a , working to support local, independent bookstores.
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Excerpt from 'Clutch,' by Emily Nemens
02/28/2026
Excerpt from 'Clutch,' by Emily Nemens
Vol. 6 of Story Time, a new series on the program featuring an author reading aloud from her work. In this episode, reads aloud from her sophomore novel, , available from Tin House / Zando. Nemens’s debut novel, The Cactus League, was a New York Times Book ReviewEditors’ Choice and named one of NPR’s and Lit Hub’s favorite books of 2020. Her stories have appeared in BOMB, The Gettysburg Review, n+1, and elsewhere; her illustrations have appeared in The New Yorker and in collaboration with Harvey Pekar. Emily spent over a decade editing literary quarterlies, including leading The Paris Review and serving as co-editor and prose editor of The Southern Review. She held the 2022-23 Picador Professorship (University of Leipzig) and teaches in the MFA program at Bennington College. She lives in central New Jersey with her husband and dog. *** is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. This episode is sponsored by Ulysses. Go to to download Ulysses, and use the code OTHERPPL at checkout to get 25% off the first year of your yearly subscription." Available where podcasts are available: , , , etc. Get the debut audio course from DeepDive. 50+ hours of never-before-heard insight, inspiration, and instruction from dozens of today's most celebrated contemporary authors. Subscribe to . Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a , working to support local, independent bookstores.
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The 400 Bros
02/26/2026
The 400 Bros
Volume 81 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad plants a beautiful garden...continues tedious AWP preparations...binge-watching UFO docuseries...the aliens are probably in the ocean...Mira still hasn't set up her hummingbird cam...is now invested in a new conspiracy theory involving the late Queen Elizabeth...Marty Supreme loses huge at the BAFTAs...the Tourette Syndrome vs. Racism online circular firing squad...Prince Andrew gets arrested...screams "I AM THE QUEEN'S SON"...Bonnie Blue gets knocked up by one of 400 men with whom she had unprotected sex in a 24-hour period...& more... *** is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. This episode is sponsored by Ulysses. Go to to download Ulysses, and use the code OTHERPPL at checkout to get 25% off the first year of your yearly subscription." Available where podcasts are available: , , , etc. Get the debut audio course from DeepDive. 50+ hours of never-before-heard insight, inspiration, and instruction from dozens of today's most celebrated contemporary authors. Subscribe to . Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a , working to support local, independent bookstores.
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1023. Emily Nemens
02/24/2026
1023. Emily Nemens
is the author of the novel , available from Tin House. Nemens's debut novel, The Cactus League, was a New York Times Book ReviewEditors’ Choice and named one of NPR’s and Lit Hub’s favorite books of 2020. Her stories have appeared in BOMB, The Gettysburg Review, n+1, and elsewhere; her illustrations have appeared in The New Yorker and in collaboration with Harvey Pekar. Emily spent over a decade editing literary quarterlies, including leading The Paris Review and serving as co-editor and prose editor of The Southern Review. She held the 2022-23 Picador Professorship (University of Leipzig) and teaches in the MFA program at Bennington College. She lives in central New Jersey with her husband and dog. *** is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. This episode is sponsored by Ulysses. Go to to download Ulysses, and use the code OTHERPPL at checkout to get 25% off the first year of your yearly subscription. Available where podcasts are available: , , , etc. Get the debut audio course from DeepDive. 50+ hours of never-before-heard insight, inspiration, and instruction from dozens of today's most celebrated contemporary authors. Subscribe to . Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a , working to support local, independent bookstores.
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Clavicular Manslaughter
02/19/2026
Clavicular Manslaughter
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 clues to our present reality...contemplating a possible trip to Guatemala....Mira reviews Wuthering Heights..."shockingly prude"...getting obsessed with the Nancy Guthrie case...shoddy police work...another edition of This Week in Dead Influencers...Angry Adam unleashes his wrath...Amy Schumer's revenge bod and performative Valentine's Day post-divorce social media spectacular...Clavicular gets attacked in NYC...bone-smashing and Chad-fishing...mogging and jester-gooning...Shia LaBeouf laissa les bons temps rouler at Mardi Gras...& more... *** is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. This episode is sponsored by Ulysses. Go to to download Ulysses, and use the code OTHERPPL at checkout to get 25% off the first year of your yearly subscription." Available where podcasts are available: , , , etc. Get the debut audio course from DeepDive. 50+ hours of never-before-heard insight, inspiration, and instruction from dozens of today's most celebrated contemporary authors. Subscribe to . Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a , working to support local, independent bookstores.
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1022. Eric Lichtblau
02/17/2026
1022. Eric Lichtblau
is the author of , available from Little, Brown & Co. Lichtblau is a Washington journalist and a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner. He was a reporter in the Washington bureau of the New York Times for nearly 15 years until 2017, and a reporter for the Los Angeles Times for 15 years before that. He has also written for the New Yorker, TIME, USA Today, and other publications. His other books include The Nazis Next Door: How America Became a Safe Haven for Hitler's Men, a New York Times bestseller; Bush's Law: The Remaking of American Justice; and Return to the Reich: A Holocaust Refugee's Secret Mission to Defeat the Nazis. *** is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. This episode is sponsored by Ulysses. Go to to download Ulysses, and use the code OTHERPPL at checkout to get 25% off the first year of your yearly subscription. Available where podcasts are available: , , , etc. Get the debut audio course from DeepDive. 50+ hours of never-before-heard insight, inspiration, and instruction from dozens of today's most celebrated contemporary authors. Subscribe to . Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a , working to support local, independent bookstores.
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Excerpt from 'The End of Romance,' by Lily Meyer
02/14/2026
Excerpt from 'The End of Romance,' by Lily Meyer
Vol. 5 of Story Time, a new series on the program featuring an author reading aloud from her work. In this episode, reads from her new novel , available from Viking Books. Meyer is a translator, a critic, and the author of the novel Short War. She is also a contributing writer at The Atlantic. Her stories and translations can be found in The Dial, The Drift, The Sewanee Review, The Southern Review, and many other journals, and her essays and criticism appear in outlets including Bookforum, The New Yorker, and The New York Times Book Review. *** is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. This episode is sponsored by Ulysses. Go to to download Ulysses, and use the code OTHERPPL at checkout to get 25% off the first year of your yearly subscription." Available where podcasts are available: , , , etc. Get the debut audio course from DeepDive. 50+ hours of never-before-heard insight, inspiration, and instruction from dozens of today's most celebrated contemporary authors. Subscribe to . Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a , working to support local, independent bookstores.
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Bad Bunny Saves America
02/12/2026
Bad Bunny Saves America
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 Van Morrison being an asshole...Mira's severe vitamin D deficiency...Angry Adam returns...Bad Bunny drives middle-aged women wild...please save America...Lady Gaga is Latina now...the Epstein Files fallout continues...Ghislaine pleads the 5th...Brad learns about looksmaxxing...& more... *** is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. This episode is sponsored by Ulysses. Go to to download Ulysses, and use the code OTHERPPL at checkout to get 25% off the first year of your yearly subscription." Available where podcasts are available: , , , etc. Get the debut audio course from DeepDive. 50+ hours of never-before-heard insight, inspiration, and instruction from dozens of today's most celebrated contemporary authors. Subscribe to . Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a , working to support local, independent bookstores.
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1021. Lily Meyer
02/10/2026
1021. Lily Meyer
is the author of the novel , available from Viking. Meyer is a translator, a critic, and the author of the novel Short War. She is also a contributing writer at The Atlantic. Her stories and translations can be found in The Dial, The Drift, The Sewanee Review, The Southern Review, and many other journals, and her essays and criticism appear in outlets including Bookforum, The New Yorker, and The New York Times Book Review. *** is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. This episode is sponsored by Ulysses. Go to to download Ulysses, and use the code OTHERPPL at checkout to get 25% off the first year of your yearly subscription. Available where podcasts are available: , , , etc. Get the debut audio course from DeepDive. 50+ hours of never-before-heard insight, inspiration, and instruction from dozens of today's most celebrated contemporary authors. Subscribe to . Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a , working to support local, independent bookstores.
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Elmo is in the Epstein Files
02/05/2026
Elmo is in the Epstein Files
Volume 78 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...podcasting from the fetal position...Brad and Mira are spiritually broken after spending the weekend reading the Epstein Files...Mira doubles her psych meds....Mira goes to a trampoline park, gets injured....Happy birthday, Elmo...farewell to the wonderful Catherine O'Hara...reviewing this year's Grammy Awards...Brad's Fashion Corner....Olivia Dean is an angel sent from heaven?....Justin Bieber's on-stage underwear choices....Brad gets choked up during Bob Weir in-memoriam...the Melania documentary debuts...super-fan tries to break Luigi out of prison...massive airplane toilet failure nightmare...& more... *** is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. This episode is sponsored by Ulysses. Go to to download Ulysses, and use the code OTHERPPL at checkout to get 25% off the first year of your yearly subscription." Available where podcasts are available: , , , etc. Get the debut audio course from DeepDive. 50+ hours of never-before-heard insight, inspiration, and instruction from dozens of today's most celebrated contemporary authors. Subscribe to . Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a , working to support local, independent bookstores.
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Peter Schmidt on Attention Activism, Corporate Greed, and Reclaiming Our Humanity in the Digital Age
02/03/2026
Peter Schmidt on Attention Activism, Corporate Greed, and Reclaiming Our Humanity in the Digital Age
is a member of an activist collection called . Together they have published a book called , available from Crown. Schmidt is a writer and organizer originally from Missouri, now living in Brooklyn. He is a writer and the Editor-in-Chief of , a dispatch on the politics of attention. Currently working on a book-length project about non-institutional communities of study he is a member of the coalition, and leads workshops, seminars, and study groups at the , where he is co-founder and Program Director. *** is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. This episode is sponsored by Ulysses. Go to to download Ulysses, and use the code OTHERPPL at checkout to get 25% off the first year of your yearly subscription." Available where podcasts are available: , , , etc. Get the debut audio course from DeepDive. 50+ hours of never-before-heard insight, inspiration, and instruction from dozens of today's most celebrated contemporary authors. Subscribe to . Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a , working to support local, independent bookstores.
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Erika Kirk Free Solos Trump Tower
01/29/2026
Erika Kirk Free Solos Trump Tower
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...Mira rewatches Mad Men...Angry Adam returns with a vegeance...Kanye takes out a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal...claims brain damage caused him to hate the Jews...Alex Honnold free solos a skyscraper...unleashes psychological trauma on millions....Erika Kirk begins another national tour...wants to 'make heaven crowded again'...& more... *** is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. This episode is sponsored by Ulysses. Go to to download Ulysses, and use the code OTHERPPL at checkout to get 25% off the first year of your yearly subscription." Available where podcasts are available: , , , etc. Get the debut audio course from DeepDive. 50+ hours of never-before-heard insight, inspiration, and instruction from dozens of today's most celebrated contemporary authors. Subscribe to . Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a , working to support local, independent bookstores.
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1020. Kathleen Boland
01/27/2026
1020. Kathleen Boland
is the author of the debut novel , now available from Viking. Boland’s fiction has appeared in Tin House, Conjunctions, Gulf Coast, and elsewhere, and she has received support from the Tin House Summer Workshop, the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, and the Vermont Studio Center. The former event director for Catapult/Counterpoint Press/Soft Skull Press, she earned her MFA from Louisiana State University, where she received the Robert Penn Warren Thesis Award. *** is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. This episode is sponsored by Ulysses. Go to to download Ulysses, and use the code OTHERPPL at checkout to get 25% off the first year of your yearly subscription. Available where podcasts are available: , , , etc. Get the debut audio course from DeepDive. 50+ hours of never-before-heard insight, inspiration, and instruction from dozens of today's most celebrated contemporary authors. Subscribe to . Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a , working to support local, independent bookstores.
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Emily Witt on ICE Raids, Protests, and the Battle for Minneapolis
01/27/2026
Emily Witt on ICE Raids, Protests, and the Battle for Minneapolis
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 past couple of weeks, covering the ICE raids, the killings of Rene Good and Alex Pretti, the non-fatal shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, and the spirited citizen response by Minneapolitans. She recently wrote about it in a piece called with includes some excellent photos by Philip Cheung. Emily Witt is the author of (Farrar, Straus, & Giroux), (Columbia Global Reports 2017), and an award-winning memoir called (Pantheon). In addition to her work for The New Yorker, she has also written for n+1, The New York Times, GQ, the London Review of Books, and many other places. She has degrees from Brown, Columbia, and Cambridge, and was a Fulbright scholar in Mozambique. *** is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. This episode is sponsored by Ulysses. Go to to download Ulysses, and use the code OTHERPPL at checkout to get 25% off the first year of your yearly subscription. Available where podcasts are available: , , , etc. Get the debut audio course from DeepDive. 50+ hours of never-before-heard insight, inspiration, and instruction from dozens of today's most celebrated contemporary authors. Subscribe to . Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a , working to support local, independent bookstores.
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1019. Brenda Navarro and Megan McDowell
01/25/2026
1019. Brenda Navarro and Megan McDowell
is the author of the novel , available now in a new translation by , from Liveright Press. Official January 2026 pick of the . Brenda Navarro is one of the most critically acclaimed authors in the Spanish language. Eating Ashes won the Cálamo and CEGAL prizes and was a finalist for the Mario Vargas Llosa Biennial Novel Prize. Originally from Mexico, she lives in Madrid. Megan McDowell has translated works by Samanta Schweblin and Mariana Enriquez, among others. Her translations have won the National Book Award for Translated Literature and the English PEN award. *** is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. This episode is sponsored by Ulysses. Go to to download Ulysses, and use the code OTHERPPL at checkout to get 25% off the first year of your yearly subscription. Available where podcasts are available: , , , etc. Get the debut audio course from DeepDive. 50+ hours of never-before-heard insight, inspiration, and instruction from dozens of today's most celebrated contemporary authors. Subscribe to . Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a , working to support local, independent bookstores.
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Mira's Screaming Nude Father Scares Away Intruders
01/22/2026
Mira's Screaming Nude Father Scares Away Intruders
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...Mira's sex worker friend group...Ralph Fiennes shows hog in The Bone Temple...Mira's dad experiences a home invasion in the nude...Angry Adam brings the mediocrity...The Beckham Family Feud...Posh Spice's grinding problem...the Glambot Shitstorm...Elordi and Robbie's Wuthering Heights soft-core marketing strategy...Happy 80th to Dolly Parton...& more... *** is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. This episode is sponsored by Ulysses. Go to to download Ulysses, and use the code OTHERPPL at checkout to get 25% off the first year of your yearly subscription." Available where podcasts are available: , , , etc. Get the debut audio course from DeepDive. 50+ hours of never-before-heard insight, inspiration, and instruction from dozens of today's most celebrated contemporary authors. Subscribe to . Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a , working to support local, independent bookstores.
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1018. Karl Ove Knausgaard
01/20/2026
1018. Karl Ove Knausgaard
is the author of the novel , the fourth book in his acclaimed Morning Star series. Available from Penguin Press. Translated from the Norwegian by Martin Aitken. Knausgaard’s first novel, Out of the World, was the first ever debut novel to win the Norwegian Critics’ Prize, and his second, A Time for Everything, was longlisted for the 2010 International Dublin Literary Award. The My Struggle cycle of novels has been heralded as a masterpiece wherever it has appeared. His work is published in thirty-five languages.Martin Aitken’s translations of Scandinavian literature number some thirty-five books. His work has appeared on the shortlists of the 2017 International Dublin Literary Award and the 2018 U.S. National Book Award, as well as the 2021 International Booker Prize. He received the PEN America Translation Prize in 2019. *** is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. This episode is sponsored by Ulysses. Go to to download Ulysses, and use the code OTHERPPL at checkout to get 25% off the first year of your yearly subscription. Available where podcasts are available: , , , etc. Get the debut audio course from DeepDive. 50+ hours of never-before-heard insight, inspiration, and instruction from dozens of today's most celebrated contemporary authors. Subscribe to . Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a , working to support local, independent bookstores.
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We Have Been Snubbed by the Golden Globes
01/15/2026
We Have Been Snubbed by the Golden Globes
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 The Traitors...Angry Adam returns...Beyonce never talks about money?....Spencer Pratt for mayor....Cher goes for Dax Shepard's jugular...Golden Globes recap...Brad's Fashion Corner...etc. *** is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. This episode is sponsored by Ulysses. Go to to download Ulysses, and use the code OTHERPPL at checkout to get 25% off the first year of your yearly subscription." Available where podcasts are available: , , , etc. Get the debut audio course from DeepDive. 50+ hours of never-before-heard insight, inspiration, and instruction from dozens of today's most celebrated contemporary authors. Subscribe to . Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a , working to support local, independent bookstores.
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What Needs to Change in the Publishing Industry
01/13/2026
What Needs to Change in the Publishing Industry
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 of , Kathleen is a well-respected voice in book publishing with in-depth experience in all aspects of the industry, including as a publicist, literary agent, acquisitions editor, and ghostwriter. Her career encompasses 30 years of creating and directing impactful and strategic global media, marketing, and branding campaigns for politicians, A-List celebrities, athletes, and high-profile personalities. To date, she has worked on 50 New York Times bestsellers, and her clients have continuously appeared in top-tier national print, broadcast, and radio outlets such as The Today Show, Good Morning America, Vogue, Elle, Financial Times, Vanity Fair, GQ, and Sirius XM. Schmidt, who learned to read when she was four, comes from a family of voracious readers. Inspired by the legendary book editor Jackie Kennedy Onassis, she purposely focused on obtaining a position in book publishing. , shares her wealth of inside knowledge that she hopes will help demystify the book industry. *** is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. This episode is sponsored by Ulysses. Go to to download Ulysses, and use the code OTHERPPL at checkout to get 25% off the first year of your yearly subscription. Available where podcasts are available: , , , etc. Get the debut audio course from DeepDive. 50+ hours of never-before-heard insight, inspiration, and instruction from dozens of today's most celebrated contemporary authors. Subscribe to . Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a , working to support local, independent bookstores.
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REPLAY: Tim O'Brien on America, War, Pacifism, Fatherhood, Death, and the Illusion of Self
01/11/2026
REPLAY: Tim O'Brien on America, War, Pacifism, Fatherhood, Death, and the Illusion of Self
Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to , my conversation with from December 2019. O'Brien received the 1979 National Book Award for Going After Cacciato. Among his other books are The Things They Carried, Pulitzer Finalist and a New York TimesBook of the Century, and In the Lake of the Woods, winner of the James Fenimore Cooper Prize. He was awarded the Pritzker Literature Award for lifetime achievement in military writing in 2013. I spoke with Tim O'Brien as he was on tour in support of his memoir, Dad's Maybe Book. Air date: December 11, 2019. *** 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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Toxic Celebrity Mom Group
01/08/2026
Toxic Celebrity Mom Group
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 trying to do a tai-chi workout...Mira saw Marty Supreme and got a terrible UTI...the annual celebrity infestation of St. Bart's...Trump bombs Venezuela, kidnaps Maduro...the Bari Weiss destruction of CBS News continues apace...Ashley Tisdale reveals 'toxic celebrity mom group' drama in New York magazine...and more.... *** is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. This episode is sponsored by Ulysses. Go to to download Ulysses, and use the code OTHERPPL at checkout to get 25% off the first year of your yearly subscription." Available where podcasts are available: , , , etc. Get the debut audio course from DeepDive. 50+ hours of never-before-heard insight, inspiration, and instruction from dozens of today's most celebrated contemporary authors. Subscribe to . Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a , working to support local, independent bookstores.
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1017. Gerald Howard on Malcolm Cowley and the Triumph of American Literature
01/06/2026
1017. Gerald Howard on Malcolm Cowley and the Triumph of American Literature
is the author of , available from Penguin Press. Howard retired in 2021 as executive editor and vice president of Doubleday Books. He received the 2009 Maxwell E. Perkins Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Field of Fiction and has worked over the years with authors such as Paul Auster, Don DeLillo, David Foster Wallace, Debby Applegate, Hanya Yanagihara, Pat Barker, Sean Wilentz, and Bill Bryson. Howard’s essays and reviews have appeared in Bookforum, The New York Times Book Review, The American Scholar, London Review of Books, n+1, Slate, and other publications. *** is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. This episode is sponsored by Ulysses. Go to to download Ulysses, and use the code OTHERPPL at checkout to get 25% off the first year of your yearly subscription. Available where podcasts are available: , , , etc. Get the debut audio course from DeepDive. 50+ hours of never-before-heard insight, inspiration, and instruction from dozens of today's most celebrated contemporary authors. Subscribe to . Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a , working to support local, independent bookstores.
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1016. Jim Newton on Jerry Garcia, the Grateful Dead, and the American Counterculture
01/04/2026
1016. Jim Newton on Jerry Garcia, the Grateful Dead, and the American Counterculture
is the author of , available from Random House. Newton is a journalist, teacher, and author of Justice for All, Eisenhower, Worthy Fights, and Man of Tomorrow. He was at the Los Angeles Times for twenty-five years as a reporter, bureau chief, editorial page editor, columnist, and editor at large. He lives in Pasadena, California, and teaches at UCLA, where he founded and edits the award-winning public affairs magazine Blueprint. *** is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: , , , etc. Get the debut audio course from DeepDive. 50+ hours of never-before-heard insight, inspiration, and instruction from dozens of today's most celebrated contemporary authors. Subscribe to . Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a , working to support local, independent bookstores.
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Best of 2025 - Part 2
12/25/2025
Best of 2025 - Part 2
Today on the program, we highlight the top-5 most-listened-to episodes of 2025. Big thanks to everyone who guested and everyone who listens. And a very special thank you to everyone who supports the show Wishing you all a very happy 2026! *** is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: , , , etc. Get the debut audio course from DeepDive. 50+ hours of never-before-heard insight, inspiration, and instruction from dozens of today's most celebrated contemporary authors. Subscribe to . Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a , working to support local, independent bookstores.
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Best of 2025 - Part 1
12/23/2025
Best of 2025 - Part 1
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 installments. Today, we'll be covering #10 through #6, and then on Christmas Day, a breakdown of the top 5 episodes of the year. Happy Holidays to all! Enjoy! *** is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: , , , etc. Get the debut audio course from DeepDive. 50+ hours of never-before-heard insight, inspiration, and instruction from dozens of today's most celebrated contemporary authors. Subscribe to . Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a , working to support local, independent bookstores.
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1015. Carla Kaplan
12/21/2025
1015. Carla Kaplan
is the author of (Harper Books). Kaplan is an award-winning professor and writer who holds the Stanton W. and Elisabeth K. Davis Distinguished Professorship in American Literature at Northeastern University. She has published seven books, including Zora Neale Hurston: A Life in Letters and Miss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance, both New York Times Notable Books. A recipient of Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Humanities “Public Scholar” fellowships, Kaplan has been a fellow in residence at the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and the W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute; is a fellow of the Society of American Historians; and serves on the board of Biographers International. She divides her time between Boston and Cape Cod. *** is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. This episode is sponsored by Ulysses. Go to to download Ulysses, and use the code OTHERPPL at checkout to get 25% off the first year of your yearly subscription." Available where podcasts are available: , , , etc. Get the debut audio course from DeepDive. 50+ hours of never-before-heard insight, inspiration, and instruction from dozens of today's most celebrated contemporary authors. Subscribe to . Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a , working to support local, independent bookstores.
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Excerpt from 'A Silent Treatment,' by Jeannie Vanasco
12/20/2025
Excerpt from 'A Silent Treatment,' by Jeannie Vanasco
Vol. 4 of Story Time, a new series on the program featuring an author reading aloud from her work. In this episode, reads from her new memoir , available from Tin House. Official December pick of the . Jeannie's other memoirs are Things We Didn’t Talk About When I Was a Girl and The Glass Eye. Born and raised in Sandusky, Ohio, she lives in Baltimore and is an associate professor of English at Towson University. *** is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. This episode is sponsored by Ulysses. Go to to download Ulysses, and use the code OTHERPPL at checkout to get 25% off the first year of your yearly subscription." Available where podcasts are available: , , , etc. Get the debut audio course from DeepDive. 50+ hours of never-before-heard insight, inspiration, and instruction from dozens of today's most celebrated contemporary authors. Subscribe to . Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a , working to support local, independent bookstores.
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We're Already in Hell: Our Year in Review
12/18/2025
We're Already in Hell: Our Year in Review
Volume 73 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Christmas shopping confusion...Brad anesthetizes himself with Ken Burns documentaries...Brad's friend has a gun....Mira's dog almost dies?....might adopt a feral cat...all planets are in retrograde...the darkest weekend in memory....a cascade of terrible news...Alec and Hilaria, house-hunting in Jersey?...Bennie and the Jens...Dick Van Dyke turns 100....looking back on 2025...the year in review...and more.... *** is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. This episode is sponsored by Ulysses. Go to to download Ulysses, and use the code OTHERPPL at checkout to get 25% off the first year of your yearly subscription." Available where podcasts are available: , , , etc. Get the debut audio course from DeepDive. 50+ hours of never-before-heard insight, inspiration, and instruction from dozens of today's most celebrated contemporary authors. Subscribe to . Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a , working to support local, independent bookstores.
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