After 15 years and 1,000 episodes, Brad Listi’s Otherppl podcast still delivers illuminating conversations with prolific authors.

The writer joins a list of laureates that includes Toni Morrison, Samuel Beckett and Bob Dylan.

ALT: Nodding Jack Nicholson

Sam Tallent on his sophomore novel, BRUT, a literary thriller about a gay hit man...Brendan O’Meara on how to write a biography...Téa Obreht reads from SUNRISE...Robin McLean revisited...& more...

Podcast Episode · Otherppl with Brad Listi: Books & Culture · October 1 · 1h 19m

Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly books and culture podcast. In-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Since 2011.

In this special anniversary episode, Brad reflects on 15 years of Otherppl, more than 1,000 conversations with writers, and what the experience has taught him about writing, publishing, ambition, failure, persistence, and the creative life. He also looks back at how the show began, what it has become, and why long-form conversation still matters. ***  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

In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam

Emily St. John Mandel returns to the program to discuss her new novel, EXIT PARTY...Ben Loory reads some of his magical tales...a flashback to 2016 and my conversation with Margaret Malone...etc.