
Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly books and culture podcast featuring in-depth conversations with today's leading authors. Literature, screenwriting, the creative process, pop culture, and more. Available wherever you get your podcasts. Follow the show on Bluesky and Instagram.
| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 1337 | Founded | 15 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | BooksArtsSociety & Culture | |||

Volume 102 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Dolly Parton, our Lord & Savior, has shuffled off her mortal coil...Mira laments not being able to cancel the podcast for mental health reasons...Mira ridicules Brad for not marketing his podcast until year... more
Roberta Recchia is the author of the debut novel All That is Left of Life, available from Scribner. Translated by Antonella Lettieri.
Born in Rome in 1972, Roberta Rossella Recchia lived for a time in Lille, France, where she earned a master’s degre... more
Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 822, my conversation with Madelaine Lucas, author of the debut novel Thirst for Salt (Tin House).
Air date: March 19, 2023.
Lucas is formerly a senior editor of NOON, and she is ... more
Beowulf Sheehan is the author of The Father of the Man: The Last Author Portrait Sitting with Cormac McCarthy (Autofocus Books).
Sheehan is a photographer of figures in the arts and humanities. To date, he's photographed better than 1,000 writers f... more
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My favorite book-ish podcast.
Brad’s interviews of the authors he invites are perceptive, unique and have led to my finding some true gems! Thank you, Brad!
I listen to a lot of different podcast. This episode was perfection.
You really should rest. But I’d like to know your reading routine and reading speed. I’m struggling but managed to read 52 books this year. My goal is a book a week. Ironically I don’t read the authors on your show but I like to hear the interviews.
I love to read but I have trouble finding my next book and Brad never let’s me down. If you’re someone who doesn’t want to just pick up the next bestseller, you want something that expand your understanding of people or just this world in general, Brad delivers! Joining the book club is one of the beat decisions I’ve ever made! The interviews are superb and he satisfies that curiosity I always have about the author and their origin story. I’m stuck in the midwest and Brad delivers some much need... more
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A thoughtful weekly show centered on books, writing, and culture, featuring long-form conversations with contemporary authors and writers. Episodes span craft, publishing, literary trends, and occasional forays into mindfulness, climate, and pop culture, often blending deep author interviews with personal storytelling and creative process notes. A standout throughline is rigorous literary analysis paired with accessible storytelling, making it appealing to both aspiring writers and avid readers. The format is warm, informal, and playful at times, with recurring segments and banter that give listeners a sense of behind-the-scenes culture within the literary world.
Noteworthy strengths include consistently in-depth author conversations, atte... more
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Recent guests on Otherppl include:
1. Cara Blue Adams
2. Julie Buntin
3. Bill Clegg
4. Sophie Elmhurst
5. Sophie Elmhirst
6. Claire Vaye Watkins
7. April Dávila
8. Zinzi Clemmons
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