DeepDive Has a New Home
All four DeepDive writing courses are now part of the Otherppl Craftwork Library—available together for $25/month, online and in the Patreon app.
Brad Listi
A weekly newsletter about books, writing, and the creative life, from Brad Listi, bestselling author and host of the otherppl podcast.
Latest episodes
⌛️ No Matter What the Merciless Hours Have Done
Julie Buntin on art, ambition, and her new novel FAMOUS MEN...a flashback to my 2015 conversation with author and big-time lit agent Bill Clegg...Sophie Elmhirst reads from A MARRIAGE AT SEA...& more
📖 The Habitual Burden of Insufficient Meaning
Sophie Elmhirst on her bestselling debut about a couple lost at sea...a flashback to 2021 and my conversation with Alexandra Kleeman...Brad & Mira continue to lower the bar...etc.
🛖 There is Nothing More Glorious
Claire Vaye Watkins returns to the program to discuss her new novel, YELLOW PINE...April Dávila on how meditation can help you write...Zinzi Clemmons reads from FREEDOM...Brad & Mira...& more...
💸 The Price of Admission
Hal Ebbott on his acclaimed debut novel, AMONG FRIENDS...a flashback to my conversation with Carmen Maria Machado in 2017...Brad & Mira on America's explosive diarrhea epidemic...etc.
✌🏼Two Kinds of Truth
Scott McClanahan on his new novel FIGHTS! and his long creative partnership with the late-great Giancarlo DiTrapano...Alexandra Oliva reads an excerpt from THE RADIANT DARK...& more...
If I Were Starting Over, I'd Begin Here
A guided tour of the Craftwork Library
🍯 When Making a Pot
Alexandra Oliva on her bestselling novel—and this month's book club pick—THE RADIANT DARK...revisiting my 2012 conversation with indie lit princess Elizabeth Ellen...& more...
The Hidden Curriculum of Being a Writer
Writing is only part of becoming a writer.
🌞 Something Quite Wonderful
Zinzi Clemmons on her new essay collection, FREEDOM...a flashback to my 2021 conversation with Mike DeCapite, author of the novel JACKET WEATHER...& more...
Introducing the Craftwork Library
(and how I accidentally spent 15 years building it)
👑 A Message from the King
Erin Van Der Meer takes on modern media and tabloid journalism in her debut novel, THE SCOOP...revisiting my 2022 conversation with Chantal V. Johnson, author of the debut novel POST-TRAUMATIC...etc.
🤑 Things That Are Obviously Untrue
Ben Fountain returns to discuss his acclaimed new novel, RASPUTIN SWIMS THE POTOMAC...revisiting my 2022 conversation with Lili Anolik, about Eve Babitz...Brad & Mira assess the culture...etc.
🦆 Another Life Altogether
Irish great Anne Enright returns to the show to talk about ATTENTION...Tracy Lynne Oliver (formerly xTx) on her debut novel, MAGICIAN...revisiting my 2012 talk with SIDEWAYS author Rex Pickett...etc.
🐦⬛ The Realm of Pure Art
Luke Goebel on his radical novel of addiction, art, and corporate greed...revisiting my 2022 conversation with Timothy Willis Sanders...Brad & Mira celebrate life's rich pageant...& more...
🦍 People Who Wish to Live As Creatures
Kyle McCarthy, this month's book club author, on her new novel ILLUSIONS...revisiting my 2020 conversation with Nick Flynn...Brad & Mira sift through the cultural rubble...& more...
😎 I Am Writing This For No Reason
Pulitzer Prize-winner Daniel Kraus on his novel ANGEL DOWN...Sonya Walger returns to discuss her novel WIFEHOUSE...a replay of my 2023 conversation with Clancy Martin...Mira (finally) returns...etc.
😶 Before We Know the Word For It
Patrick Radden Keefe on his new bestseller about a London teenager's mysterious and tragic end...Chris Stuck on why he left corporate publishing...a replay of my conversation with Susan Choi...etc.
🤩Traditional Ways of Attaining Ecstasy
Kim Samek's surreal and darkly funny debut story collection...revisiting my 2019 conversation with Kimberly King Parsons...Samantha Irby substitute co-hosts 'Brad & Mira'...& more...
💥I Want to Be Such a Wreck
Julian Zabalbeascoa on his superb debut novel about the Spanish Civl War...revisiting my April 2020 conversation with bestselling author Sarah Kendzior...Brad & Mira reckon with the popular culture...