Okay, welcome to The Other People Show, a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers.

My name is Brad Listy, and I'm in Los Angeles.

Thank you for tuning in.

I've got a great episode for you today.

I'm going to be doing a craftwork conversation with John Oakes. I've got a great episode for you today.

I'm going to be doing a craftwork conversation with John Oakes, author of a book called The Fast,

the History, Science, Philosophy, and Promise of Doing Without.

It is available from Avid Reader Press, and we are going to be talking about fasting, not eating food. The history of this practice, its implications, health-wise, creatively,

and otherwise. A very fascinating talk with John Oakes. That is coming up in just a couple of

minutes. I do want to make note of the fact that today's episode is airing on Tuesday and not

Wednesday. There has been some shifting of the schedule, as I'm sure you have noticed over the

course of this summer.

There have been like new content offerings, things happening, things not happening.

So much of this is experimental and some of it is tied to my schedule over the summer,

having my kids at home, work stuff.

So bear with me.

There will be, for the rest of the summer a Tuesday

Thursday schedule just because I have to make this work in my life time wise on Tuesdays I will

share with you my latest interview for the show in its most traditional format and then Thursdays, I will be airing the latest episode

of the Brad and Mira culture series, like pop culture conversation that has been happening

over the course of this summer, sort of a fun change up on this show, which is usually

strictly literary. So I hope that explains it. If you have any

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