597. Josh Gondelman

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2019

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Josh Gondelman is the guest. His new book, Nice Try: Stories of Best Intentions and Mixed Results, is available from Harper Perennial (Sept. 17). Gondelman is a writer and comedian who incubated in Boston before moving to New York City, where he currently lives and works as a writer and producer for Desus and Mero on Showtime. Previously, he spent five years at Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, first as a web producer and then as a staff writer. In 2016, he made his late night standup debut on Conan (TBS), and he recently made his network tv debut on Late Night With Seth Meyers (NBC). He is the winner of two Peabody Awards, three Emmy awards, and two WGA Awards for his work on Last Week Tonight. He is also the co-author (along with Joe Berkowitz) of the book You Blew It, published October 2015 by Plume. His writing has also appeared in prestigious publications such as McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, New York Magazine, and The New Yorker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:44.9	on what it means to be an American in a largely American-made mess of a world. Exile has just
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1:19.3	You are not alone. You have found other people.
1:25.4	You and I have a friend in Congress.
1:30.1	Every stupid thing that a writer could do I've done I think it's really beautiful jesus they didn't want a struggle you know it's incredible
1:35.5	but your head exploded being what's really there and now here's your host brad listie
1:41.2	just one person at just one time How's it going everybody?
1:45.1	Welcome to the Other People podcast.
1:46.7	I'm Brad Listy.
1:47.5	It's nice to be with you.
1:48.7	Thank you for tuning in.
1:50.2	I hope you're doing well.
1:51.5	I hope you're processing things well.
1:53.2	I hope you have a good attitude.
1:55.5	I'm a little concerned.
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