Volume 44 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad learns what a prostate is...The Punisher takes the stand in the Diddy trial...the crucifixion of Kevin Spacey...and more... *** ⁠Otherppl with Brad Listi⁠ is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠, ⁠Spotify⁠…

Honor Jones is the author of the debut novel Sleep, available from Riverhead Books. Jones is a senior editor at The Atlantic, and previously at The New York Times. She lives in Brooklyn with her three children. ⁠⁠⁠Otherppl with Brad Listi⁠⁠⁠ is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are…

Character Study, Vol. 11. 'Character Studies' is a new series on the podcast featuring interviews with 'civilians'—ordinary adult humans of all ages and backgrounds, talking with Brad about their lives, anonymously. In Vol. 11, a conversation with Kalen, 47, a Blue Man Group performer from Las Vegas, Nevada. *** ⁠⁠⁠Otherppl with Brad Listi⁠⁠⁠ is a …

Volume 43 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...remembering Mira's amazing grandmother, Rosanna Norton, who once bore witness to Peter Fonda's enormous genitalia...assessing the conclave and the new Chicago Pope..sifting through the toxic waste of the Diddy trial...Is Bill Belichick dating a Red Sparrow???...and more... *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a…

Ocean Vuong is the author of the novel The Emperor of Gladness, available from Penguin Press. Ocean's other books include the critically acclaimed poetry collections Night Sky with Exit Wounds and Time Is a Mother, as well as the New York Times bestselling novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous. A recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship and the Americ…

Character Study, Vol. 10. 'Character Studies' is a new series on the podcast featuring interviews with 'civilians'—ordinary adult humans of all ages and backgrounds, talking with Brad about their lives, anonymously. In Vol. 10, a conversation with Vanessa, a woman of unspecified age, a vegan activist from Los Angeles, California. *** ⁠⁠Otherppl wit…

Katie Kitamura is the author of the novel Audition, available from Riverhead Books. Kitamura's other novels include A Separation and Intimacies, which was longlisted for the National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award and was a finalist for a Joyce Carol Oates Prize. She is a recipient of the Rome Prize in Literature, a Lannan fellowship, and ma…

Jonathan Evison is the author of the novel The Heart of Winter, available from Dutton. Evison's other novels include Again and Again; Small World; All About Lulu; West of Here; The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving; This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance!; Lawn Boy; and Legends of the North Cascades. He lives with his wife and family in Washington Stat…

Character Study, Vol. 9. 'Character Studies' is a new series on the podcast featuring interviews with 'civilians'—ordinary adult humans of all ages and backgrounds, talking with Brad about their lives, anonymously. In Vol. 9, a conversation with a 38-year-old man named Tyler, a social worker from Portland, Maine. *** ⁠Otherppl with Brad Listi⁠ is a…

A new Craftwork conversation with Maggie Smith, bestselling author of Dear Writer: Pep Talks & Practical Advice for the Creative Life, available from Washington Square Press. Smith's other books includeYou Could Make This Place Beautiful, Good Bones, Goldenrod, Keep Moving, and My Thoughts Have Wings. A 2011 recipient of a Creative Writing Fellowsh…

A new Craftwork conversation about the business of being a writer with Jane Friedman. Her book, The Business of Being a Writer, is now available in an updated second edition from the University of Chicago Press. Friedman has spent 25+ years working in the publishing industry, with a focus on business reporting and author education. Established in 2…

Character Study, Vol. 8. 'Character Studies' is a new series on the podcast featuring interviews with 'civilians'—ordinary adult humans of all ages and backgrounds, talking with Brad about their lives, anonymously. In Vol. 8, a conversation with a 56-year-old woman named Nancy, a mother and an artist from San Francisco, California. *** Otherppl wit…

Volume 42 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...muy triste about no more Baldwins...Did Pope Frances kill himself after meeting J.D. Vance???....Mira launches the "Free Jillian" social justice movement...Kanye tells the world that he blew his cousin for a solid decade...and more... *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth inte…

Stephen Graham Jones is the New York Times bestselling author of the novel The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, available from Simon & Schuster. Jones is the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Good Indians, My Heart Is a Chainsaw, and I Was a Teenage Slasher. He has been an NEA fellowship recipient and a recipient of several awards including the R…

Character Study, Vol. 7. 'Character Studies' is a new series on the podcast featuring interviews with 'civilians'—ordinary adult humans of all ages and backgrounds, talking with Brad about their lives, anonymously. In Vol. 7, a conversation with a 61-year-old woman named Bonny, a geospatial scientist from Greensboro, North Carolina. *** Otherppl wi…

Volume 41 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Mira's disastrous Seder experience...Brad goes karaoke singing for the first time....Brad's friend Adam calls in to issue a hostile tirade...farewell to The Baldwins....billionaire losers in space...the Epstein-Gates affair...contemplating Coachella...and more... *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly po…

Emma Pattee is the author of the debut novel Tilt, available from Marysue Rucci Books. It is the official April 2025 pick of the Otherppl Book Club. Pattee is a climate journalist and fiction writer. Her work has been published in The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, and elsewhere. She lives in Oregon. *** Otherppl w…

Character Study, Vol. 6. 'Character Studies' is a new series on the podcast featuring interviews with 'civilians'—ordinary adult humans of all ages and backgrounds, talking with Brad about their lives, anonymously. In Vol. 6, a conversation with a 28-year-old man named Chase, a musician who works for the government, from Baltimore. *** Otherppl wit…

Volume 40 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...The Resurrection of Alec...Hilaria can't parallel park...Carmen gets a book deal...Elton John and Madonna bury the hatchet backstage at SNL...Sydney Sweeney calls off her engagement and calls Glen Powell......and more... *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with to…

Sonya Walger is the author of the debut novel Lion, available from New York Review Books. Walger is a British-American actress, writer and podcaster. Walger began her career as a film and television actress in 1998 and is perhaps best known for her role as Penny Widmore in the ABC series Lost and later for starring as Molly Cobb in the Apple TV+ or…

Character Study, Vol. 5. 'Character Studies' is a new series on the podcast featuring interviews with 'civilians'—ordinary adult humans of all ages and backgrounds, talking with Brad about their lives, anonymously. In Vol. 5, a conversation with a 49-year-old man named Dave, an entrepreneur originally from the Ozarks who now lives in São Miguel, a …

Volume 39 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...The Baldwins' neglected dogs defecate on Alec's $40,000 hand-woven Parisian rug...Hilaria demands that Alec take her salsa dancing...Mel Gibson will make a sequel to The Passion of the Christ...Morgan Wallen breaks the land speed record for white male fragility...and more... *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is…

Sanjena Sathian is the author of the novel Goddess Complex, available from Penguin Press. Sathian is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Gold Diggers, which was named a Top 10 Best Book of 2021 by The Washington Post and longlisted for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize. It won the Townsend Prize for Fiction. Her short fiction appe…

Character Study, Vol. 4. 'Character Studies' is a new series on the podcast featuring interviews with 'civilians'—ordinary adult humans of all ages and backgrounds, talking with Brad about their lives, anonymously. In Vol. 4, a conversation with a 25-year-old woman named Jessa who works as a packaging and e-commerce designer in The Bronx. *** Other…

Volume 38 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...The Baldwins make their best episode yet...Hilaria wears a sexy mini-dress when she goes to meet her stepdaughter's baby...Tiger Woods consummates his relationship with Don Jr.'s ex-wife...Brad explains the majesty of Dua Lipa to Mira, and declares Future Nostalgia to be a dance pop masterpiece... *** Othe…