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You are not alone.

You have found other people.

You and I have a friend of common.

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

I think it's really beautiful.

My sunglasses. What a struggle, you know. It was incredible. You look at your head and see what was there. And now here's your host, Brad Listy. Just one person in just one time. Hey, how's it going? Hello. How's it going everybody? Welcome to the Other People podcast. I'm Brad Listy and I'm here in Los Angeles. It's good to be with you. Thank you for tuning in. I have Richard Chim on the program today. He has a new novel out on Soft Skull Press. It is called King of Joy. And I had a great time meeting Richard in person for the first time. This is his second appearance on the podcast.

We spoke over the transom a few years ago.

But this time around, he was in town on tour.

He came over and sat down with me, and it was just delightful.

So you're going to hear that in just a moment.

I do have some mail that I want to get through.

The first letter comes from a listener named Thomas who says,

Dear Brad, I work with a couple of guys who have face tattoos.

They're good dudes.

I think it's the really clean cut, shirt-tucked, buttoned-up guys.

You've got to look out for.

Signed Thomas.

Okay. you got to look out for. Signed Thomas. I mean, I can't argue with that.

I think there's some truth to it.

And I'm also racking my brain.

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