686. Holiday Spectacular

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2020

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Summary

In keeping with the tenets of 2020, this year's holiday episode unfolded online, not in a Zoom room but in a "Skype amphitheater." With guest appearances by Megan Boyle, Leland Cheuk, Richard Chiem, Rachel Bell de Navailles, Juliet Escoria, Joseph Grantham, Mik Grantham, Ben Loory, Gene Morgan, Timothy Willis Sanders, and Bud Smith. Special guest: Rich Ferguson. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Launched in 2011. Books. Literature. Writing. Publishing. Authors. Screenwriters. Life. Death. Etc. Support the show on Patreon Merch www.otherppl.com @otherppl Instagram 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

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0:00.0	Hey folks, how you doing?
0:05.6	Today's episode is brought to you by the ASPCA.
0:09.5	I do this every year during the holidays.
0:12.1	It's kind of a tradition.
0:14.1	What is the ASPCA?
0:16.1	ASPCA is the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
0:21.6	You've seen the commercials.
0:25.1	You know this song.
0:26.8	The dogs in cages, the mangled cats blinking at the camera,
0:31.5	longing for a proper home.
0:34.8	Look, it's been a terrible year in a lot of ways.
0:38.7	It's been a terrible year in a lot of ways. It's been a terrible four years.
0:42.3	And maybe you're out there and you're one of the lucky ones.
0:45.0	You're doing all right.
0:45.9	You've got a roof over your head.
0:47.1	You've got some means.
0:49.7	But perhaps you're a misanthrope.
0:53.6	Maybe right now you're feeling like you're done with humanity.
0:56.1	Maybe you've had enough.
0:59.7	It's hard to blame you.
1:01.3	But this is all the more reason to make a donation right now to the ASPCA.
1:07.9	Help some animals have a better life.
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