781. Teddy Wayne

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2022

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

Teddy Wayne is the author of the novel The Great Man Theory, available from Bloomsbury. Wayne's other novels include Apartment, Loner, The Love Song of Jonny Valentine, and Kapitoil. He is the winner of a Whiting Writers’ Award and an NEA Creative Writing Fellowship as well as a finalist for the Young Lions Fiction Award, PEN/Bingham Prize, and Dayton Literary Peace Prize. A former columnist for the New York Times and McSweeney’s and a frequent contributor to The New Yorker, he has taught at Columbia University and Washington University in St. Louis. He has developed films and series from his novels with HBO, MGM Television, and Mad Dog Films. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, the writer Kate Greathead, and their children. *** 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, Google 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

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0:00.0	Hey, where is this?
0:02.0	I'm on.
0:03.1	Hi, everybody.
0:07.1	How are you?
0:07.9	Welcome to The Other People Show.
0:10.4	I'm Brad Listy, and I'm in Los Angeles.
0:13.2	It's nice to be with you.
0:16.2	Today, on the program, I will be in conversation with Teddy Wayne, author of the novel The Great
0:25.2	Man Theory.
0:26.5	The people I'm kind of envious of most in this regard are people for whom other people,
0:33.9	not to speak the name of your podcast, people from other people are their greatest joy.
0:39.4	People who just love being around their loved ones and who love very freely without being cheap
0:47.1	about it.
0:48.1	That was Teddy Wayne, and his new novel, The Great Man Theory, is available from Bloomsbury.
0:56.8	It's just out this week.
0:58.4	You can pick it up wherever books are sold.
1:01.0	I recommend it.
1:01.9	It's a remarkable book.
1:04.0	I tore through it in a matter of a couple days.
1:10.8	The Great Man Theory is heartfelt.
1:13.6	It is funny. It is deeply intelligent.
1:16.6	And it is written by an author who is expert
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