Bob De Niro Has 10 to 18 Dogs
Volume 107 of Brad & Mira For the Culture..Mira recaps her return to the motherland...she did not get diarrhea...the soothing sounds of Siri...
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Otherppl with Brad Listi
A weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading authors.
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20 of 1,344 episodes1057. Sam Tallent
Sam Tallent is the author of the novel Brut, a literary thriller available from Random House. Tallent is a comedian, novelist, and host...
Excerpt from 'Sunrise,' by Téa Obreht
Téa Obreht reads from her new novel Sunrise, available from Random House. Obreht is the internationally bestselling author of The Tiger's Wi...
How to Write a Biography
A new Craftwork conversation with Brendan O'Meara, author of the biography The Front Runner: The Life of Steve Prefontaine, available fr...
1056. Roshan Sethi
Roshan Sethi is the author of the debut novel The Simp, available from Simon & Schuster. Sethi is a writer, director, and practicing onc...
Excerpt from 'The Simp,' by Roshan Sethi
Roshan Sethi reads from his debut novel The Simp, available from Simon & Schuster. Sethi is a writer, director, and practicing oncologis...
Angry Adam's Kafkaesque Prison
Volume 106 of Brad & Mira For the Culture..Mira prepares for a return to the motherland...Mira's dad refuses to use soap...Brad's no good ve...
1055. Emily St. John Mandel
Emily St. John Mandel is the author of the novel Exit Party, available from Knopf. Mandel is the author of six novels, most recently Sea...
Ben Loory Reads 'The Poet' & 'The Squid Who Fell in Love with the Sun'
Vol. 19 of Story Time, featuring an author reading aloud from his/her/their work. In this episode, Ben Loory reads two stories. The first...
The Least Alive a Non-Dead Person Has Ever Looked
Volume 105 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Mira's mother-in-law texts her about a bloody dog penis whose penis was bloody...the podcast cel...
1054. Salman Rushdie & Rachel Eliza Griffiths
Salman Rushdie and Rachel Eliza Griffiths join me to talk about Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie, the new documentary dir...
15 Years of Otherppl: What 1,000+ Conversations with Writers Have Taught Me
In this special anniversary episode, Brad reflects on 15 years of Otherppl, more than 1,000 conversations with writers, and what the experie...
Excerpt from 'Elegy for Pangaea,' by Mark Leidner
Vol. 18 of Story Time, featuring an author reading aloud from her work. In this episode, Mark Leidner reads from his new poetry collection...
Thanks for Not Talking
Volume 104 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Mira weighs in on the death of Gloria Steinem...Florida weather in LA...Mira professes her love...
1053. Mark Leidner
Mark Leidner is the author of the poetry collection Elegy for Pangaea, available from Fonograf Editions. Leidner's previous poetry colle...
Excerpt from 'All That Is Left of Life,' by Roberta Recchia
Vol. 17 of Story Time, featuring an author reading aloud from her work. In this episode, Roberta Recchia reads from her bestselling debut...
Is It Illegal to Smell Someone in California?
Volume 103 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Mira issues a correction after spreading misinformation about Johnny Carson and Porter Wagoner.....
1052. Marlon James
Marlon James is the author of the novel The Disappearers, now available from Riverhead Books. It has been longlisted for the 2026 Booker...
Excerpt from 'Earth 7,' by Deb Olin Unferth
Vol. 16 of Story Time, featuring an author reading aloud from her work. In this episode, Deb Olin Unferth reads from her new novel, Earth...
Dolly Parton 4Ever
Volume 102 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Dolly Parton, our Lord & Savior, has shuffled off her mortal coil...Mira laments not being able...