786. Nada Alic

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2022

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Nada Alic is the author of the debut story collection Bad Thoughts, available from Vintage. It is the official August pick of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club. Alic's story "The Intruder" was shortlisted for the CBC Short Fiction Prize 2019. "My New Life" was published in No Tokens Journal. She lives in Los Angeles. *** 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, Bradd guys?
0:02.0	I love you.
0:04.0	I'll leave them all.
0:06.0	Just do it.
0:07.0	Okay, hey everybody.
0:09.0	How you doing?
0:10.0	This is Brad Listy.
0:11.0	This is The Other People Show.
0:12.0	How's it going out there?
0:13.0	I hope you're okay.
0:14.0	Thank you for being here with me.
0:17.0	Today on the program, my guest is Nada Alec, author of the critically acclaimed debut story collection, Bad Thoughts.
0:26.6	I think the thing that I took from funny writers was just permission, especially like writers who really went there.
0:35.6	I just have so much respect for these writers who are fearless and they'll just say the thing.
0:41.3	I think a lot of people fail to recognize that it takes a lot of risk and vulnerability to try to be funny and really put yourself out there.
0:52.3	And so wanting to attempt that myself,
0:56.2	I just am always collecting thoughts in one-liners.
1:01.1	I have this endless, you know, Notes app, Google Doc, everything,
1:06.9	and just mining all of that stuff constantly and paying attention
1:10.8	and trying jokes on my friend,
1:13.7	my poor best friend who has truly been a 15-year-long repository for all my jokes.
1:20.9	Okay, that is Nada Alec, author of the debut story collection, Bad Thoughts,
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