Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi talks with Ben Loory, author of the new story collection TALES OF FALLING AND FLYING, available from Penguin. Loory has appeared 'This American Life' and other radio programs, and first guested on this podcast in Episode 29 on December 25, 2011. Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. All episodes are free. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad Listi talks with Jared Yates Sexton, author of the new book THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO RISE LIKE THE WATERS UPON YOUR SHORE, available from Counterpoint Press. Sexton is a writer, academic, and political correspondent whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The New Republic, Salon, and literary journals around the world. Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. All episodes are free. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad Listi talks with Matthew Zapruder, author of the new book WHY POETRY, available from Ecco. Zapruder is an award-winning poet, editor, translator, and professor who from 2016-17 held the annually rotating position of Editor of the Poetry Column for New York Times Magazine. Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. All episodes are free. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad Listi talks with Jarett Kobek, author of the novels THE FUTURE WON'T BE LONG (Viking Press) and I HATE THE INTERNET (We Heard You Like Books). The Otherppl with Brad Listi podcast is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. All episodes are free. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fiona Helmsley is the guest. Her new essay collection, Girls Gone Old, is available from We Heard You Like Books. In today's monologue, I talk about skywriting.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Siel Ju is the guest. Her new novel-in-stories, Cake Time, is available from Red Hen Press. In today's monologue, I talk about some recent celebrity interactions.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott McClanahan is the guest. His new novel The Sarah Book is now available from Tyrant Books. It is the official July pick of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club. This is Scott's second appearance on the program. He was my guest in Episode 87 on July 15, 2012. In today's monologue, I talk about six years of Otherppl and I also talk about not talking about what I tend to talk about. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Julia Fierro is the guest. Her new novel, The Gypsy Moth Summer, is available now from St. Martin's Press. This is Julia's second time on the program. She first appeared in Episode 292 on July 6, 2014. In today's monologue, I discuss eating during interviews, politics, and health care. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nathan Hill is the guest. His debut novel The Nix is now available in trade paperback from Vintage.  In today's monologue, I read some listener mail and talk about getting a massage.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonathan Safran Foer is the guest. His latest novel, Here I Am, is available now in trade paperback from Picador. It is the official June selection of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club. In today's monologue, I read more listener mail and discuss the role of political dialogue on the show.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices