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Otherppl with Brad Listi

506. Elif Batuman

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8554 Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2018

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Elif Batuman is the author of the bestselling debut novel THE IDIOT, available in trade paperback from Penguin. Batuman's first book, THE POSSESSED (2010), a collection of comic interconnected essays about the pursuit of Russian literature, was a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award. She has been a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine since 2010 and holds a PhD in comparative (mostly Russian) literature from Stanford University. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi’s email newsletter Support the show on Patreon Merch @otherppl Instagram  YouTube TikTok Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, you guys, the Other People podcast is a listener-supported program.

0:06.3

Every single episode of this show is available free of charge, more than 500 episodes,

0:10.6

all available for free.

0:12.1

There is an Other People app.

0:13.9

That too is free.

0:15.3

Everything is free.

0:16.6

So if you like the program and you want to throw some money down, big time, now's your chance.

0:24.0

Go to, uh, what is it, Patreon.com slash other PPL pod.

0:29.1

Patreon.com slash other PPL pod.

0:34.5

Support the show.

0:35.5

It's a listener supported show.

0:37.4

What do you think? Possible? All right. Thank you.

0:46.1

You are not alone. You have found other people. You and I have a friend in common.

0:56.5

Every stupid thing that a writer could do I've done.

0:59.3

I think it's really beautiful.

1:01.0

Jake, stayed it.

1:01.8

What a struggle, you know?

1:03.3

It was incredible.

1:04.5

You know, it was like your head exploded, seeing what was really there.

1:07.7

And now here's your host, Brad Listing.

1:10.5

Just one person at just one. Hey, everybody. Welcome to the other people

1:14.0

podcast. I'm Brad Listy. I'm here in Los Angeles, California. It's good to be with you. I have L.F. Boddaman on the

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