Otherppl With Brad Listi

Vanessa Hua is the guest. Her debut story collection, Deceit and Other Possibilities, is available now from Willow Press.  In today's monologue, I talk about the holidays, Christmas presents, and New Year's resolutions.       Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Masande Ntshanga is the guest. His debut novel The Reactive is now available in the United States from Two Dollar Radio. It is the official December pick of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club. In today's monologue, I get right to the interview. Happy New Year, everybody! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is the second annual Holiday Spectacular. The guests are Melissa Broder, Gene and Jenny Schlief Morgan, Amelia Gray, Lee Shipman, Ben Loory, Rich Ferguson, and Adam Greenfield. Recorded on December 10, 2016.  Get the free Otherppl app. Listen via iTunes. Support the show at Patreon. Happy holidays, everyone. I should be back next week with the final episode of the year. Stay tuned...    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Oracle of Los Angeles is the guest. Her name is Amanda Yates Garcia. She is an artist, writer, witch, healer, and oracle. Recent performance rituals include Capitalism Exorcism at Human Resources and Devouring Patriarchy at the Women’s Center for Creative Work. Other venues to feature her work include Side Street Projects, REDCAT, Public Fiction, Highways Performance Space, and the Laband and Ben Maltz galleries among others. Her writing has been featured in publications such as CARLA, Black Clock, the Rough Magickanthology, Entropy, Synema Publikationen (Cinema Magazine), and WITCH. Amanda hosts her bi-monthly show The Oracle Hour on KCHUNG radio; teaches the Magical Praxis monthly mystery school; and performs private rites of healing and empowerment at her magical studio in West Adams. Please support this podcast at http://patreon.com/otherpplpod In today's monologue, I basically just get right to the main event.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason Diamond is the guest. His new memoir Searching for John Hughes is available now from William Morrow.  In today's monologue, I talk about the current shit show.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adam Soldofsky is the guest. His new poetry collection, Memory Foam, is available now from Disorder Press. In today's monologue, I talk about cold meds and gas lines and no heat and our plumber's fear of heights.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kool A.D. is the guest. His new novel OK is available now from Sorry House.  In today's monologue, I talk about Kool A.D. and how he describes his own book. And I talk some more at the end of the show too.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sonya Chung is the guest. Her new novel The Loved Ones is available now from Relegation Books. It was the official October pick of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club. In today's monologue, I talk about dystopia and Thanksgiving.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jade Chang is the guest. Her debut novel The Wangs vs. the World is available now from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. In today's monologue, I talk about going pro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I'm not doing a regular show this week. It's the day after the election and I'm not feeling all that great. It seems wrong to do a show. The only thing on my mind is the election. I don't want a guest of mine to appear this week. It's not fair to the guest. I'll be back with a regular episode next week. For now, and maybe against my better judgment, I'm gonna share my thoughts on what just happened to our country and the world. A little while ago I sat down and thought out loud and talked into the microphone. I tried to think as deeply as I could about what just happened and how best to respond. And I'm sharing it with you here. I hope that's okay.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michelle Tea is the guest. Her new novel, Black Wave, is available now from Feminist Press. In today's monologue, I talk about Halloween.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meredith Alling is the guest. Her debut story collection Sing the Song is available now from Future Tense Books.  In today's monologue, I talk briefly about wine.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wendy C. Ortiz is the guest. Her new book Bruja—a "dreamoir"—is available now from Civil Coping Mechanisms.  In today's monologue, I basically just get right to the interview.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Roberts is the guest. His debut novel, Cannibals in Love, is available now from FSG Originals. He also wrote the screenplay for the movie Goat, out in theaters now. In today's monologue, I talk about finishing my novel. And the election.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Melissa Yancy is the guest. Her debut story collection, Dog Years, is available now from the University of Pittsburgh Press.  In today's monologue, I talk about the good lives and legacies of my Uncle Elmore and my friend Barb.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rich Ferguson is the guest. His debut novel, New Jersey Me, is available now from Rare Bird Books / A Barnacle Book. In today's monologue, I talk about the debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's episode is a bit unorthodox. It's just me talking for an hour. Sorry about that. As most of you know, the podcast has been homeless since June. I've managed to have a guest each week since that time, but this week I finally hit the wall. Couldn't get my shit together. Logistically too difficult.  The good news is, I should have a recording space within the next few days. The new home studio is almost done, almost operational. I even got myself some new gear to celebrate the show's 5-year anniversary. So once I get everything set up and moved into the new space, it'll be all systems go. Thanks for bearing with me.  And thanks for supporting the show for the past 5 years.   Here's to whatever's next. -BL Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nicole Dennis-Benn is the guest. Her debut novel Here Comes the Sun is available now from Liveright. It is the official September pick of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club. In today's monologue, I talk about my novel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Garth Risk Hallberg is the guest. His debut novel, City on Fire, is available now in trade paperback from Vintage. In today's monologue, I talk briefly about my weekend trip to Wisconsin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Margaret Wappler is the guest. Her debut novel Neon Green is available now from The Unnamed Press. This is the final conversation recorded in the old garage.   In today's monologue, I catch up on listener mail.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices