836. Samantha Irby

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Books, Society & Culture, Arts

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2023

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Summary

Samantha Irby is the bestselling author of the essay collection Quietly Hostile, available from Vintage. Irby's other books include Meaty, Wow, No Thank You, and We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. She also writes for television, having worked on shows like Shrill, And Just Like That, and Tuca & Bertie. She blogs at Bitches Gotta Eat and lives in Kalamazoo, Michigan. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. 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 TikTok 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	Hello everybody. How you doing? Welcome to the Other People podcast. I'm Brad Listy here in Los Angeles. It's good to be with you. Thank you for listening. I appreciate that. And I hope you're doing okay, wherever you happen to be.
0:25.6	Don't forget to subscribe to this podcast wherever you are listening.
0:28.2	You can also subscribe on YouTube.
0:40.7	Today on the program, my guest is Samantha Irby, author of a new essay collection, entitled Quietly Hostel.
0:47.7	My number one person or entity to be angry with is like the universe, right?
0:55.5	It's like I did not get a fair fucking shake. Who do I talk to?
0:56.6	Who do I?
1:08.2	And because there's no one, it's like, well, I better figure out how to get over it and, like, extract what I can from it, which is hopefully a joke.
1:11.6	Hopefully 2,000 words worth of a joke.
1:14.3	All right, that was Samantha Irby.
1:17.1	Her new book is called Quietly Hostel.
1:22.3	Available from Vintage, it is another super funny, ultra-candid,
1:27.6	no-holds-barred collection of essays that deals with, among other things,
1:33.2	the perils of Hollywood screenwriting, red carpet premieres,
1:39.9	diarrhea, sex in the city, QVC, insane rescue dogs, Dave Matthews,
1:43.2	family tragedy and dysfunction, death, absurd human behavior in the face of death, and much more.
1:50.2	I had so much fun talking with Samantha Irby.
1:53.2	I can't wait for you guys to hear this conversation.
1:55.6	It's coming up in just a couple of minutes.
1:59.8	The Other People podcast is offered freely.
2:02.2	The entire archive of this podcast, more than 830 episodes and counting is available to
2:07.8	listeners.
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