764. Mike Meginnis

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2022

⏱️ 90 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Mike Meginnis is the author of the novel Drowning Practice (Ecco Books). It is the official March pick of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club. Meginnis is also the author of the novel Fat Man and Little Boy. His fiction has appeared in The Best American Short Stories 2012, Unstuck, The Collagist, PANK, Hayden's Ferry Review, and many other outlets. He lives and works in Iowa City. *** 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. Etc. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi’s email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon Merch @otherppl Instagram YouTube 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

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This is your latest idea.
0:02.5	It's unique.
0:03.4	It's game-changing.
0:04.7	It's huge.
0:06.2	But you can go even bigger with AI-powered PDF spaces in Acrobat Studio, turning your files and links into actionable insights and content.
0:15.8	Plus, share projects and collaborate seamlessly while keeping everything private and secure.
0:21.5	So your excellent idea stays yours.
0:25.5	Do that with Acrobat.
0:27.2	Learn more and try it out on adobe.com.
0:31.1	300 years of expertise in every twining sleep blend.
0:36.9	100 hours of craft in every cup eight natural ingredients in every sip
0:44.0	one night of winding down in every drop your moment of serenity brought to you by twining sleep
0:53.9	twinings alive in every drop.
1:00.8	Hey, everybody, how are you? Welcome to The Other People Show. I'm Brad Listy here in Los Angeles.
1:10.7	How are you? What's going on? I hope you're
1:12.9	doing well. I have a great show for you today. The guest is Mike McGuinness, author of the new novel
1:20.9	Drowning Practice. The thing that felt good to me, the thing that made me feel like I might have
1:25.8	something was that I loved the characters and they cared about each other. And that's one of those things that I can rearrange
1:33.2	everything else around that as long as the characters care about each other, as long as I care
1:39.0	about the characters. And I think I love them more than I really loved anybody I've ever written about
1:46.5	because of how much they care about each other.
1:51.1	That was Mike McGinnis.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Brad Listi, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Brad Listi and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.