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Otherppl with Brad Listi

581. Saskia Vogel

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8554 Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2019

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Saskia Vogel is the guest. Her debut novel, Permission, is available from Coach House Books. Vogel was born and raised in Los Angeles and now lives in its sister city, Berlin, where she works as a writer and Swedish-to-English literary translator. Previously she worked as Granta magazine’s global publicist and as an editor at the AVN Media Network, where she reported on pornography and adult pleasure products. She volunteers her time as the honorary secretary of SELTA and as part of the team that organizes Viva Erotica, an annual film festival in Helsinki that explores the art, history, and culture of sex on film. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, you guys. The Other People podcast is offered freely. All of it, nearly 600 episodes, is available for free. I invite you to support the show at patreon.com slash other ppl pod if you are so inclined. Patreon.com slash other pplot. Thank you.

0:18.2

You are not alone. You have found other people.

0:24.0

You and I have a friend in common.

0:26.5

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

0:29.3

I think it's really beautiful.

0:31.0

Gee, state it was what I struggle, you know?

0:33.4

It was incredible.

0:34.6

It looks like your head exploded, seeing what was really there.

0:37.5

And now here's your host, Brad Listy.

0:40.5

Just one person.

0:41.6

Hey, everybody has to go.

0:42.8

Welcome to the Other People podcast.

0:45.3

I'm Brad Listy.

0:46.7

It is good to be with you.

0:47.8

I'm here in Los Angeles, and I have Saskia Vogel on the program today.

0:52.9

Her debut novel, many years in the making, is called Permission.

0:56.8

And it is available now from Coach House Books.

1:00.0

It is an excellent debut that has been creating lots of excitement among the reading public.

1:08.1

I was delighted to get to meet Saskia.

1:09.8

I have known of her for many years.

1:12.2

We actually went to the same graduate school and she was a presence here in L.A. for many years

1:18.6

before moving abroad. She now calls Berlin her home but was out here on tour and made time to stop by.

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