Douglas Coupland on Insomnia, Thursdays, Work Habits, News, Visual Thinking, and Early Writing

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Books, Society & Culture, Arts

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

In today's flashback, an outtake from Episode 268, my conversation with Douglas Coupland. This episode first aired on April 13, 2014. Since 1991 Coupland has written thirteen novels. Including Generation X, Microserfs, Player One, and Worst. Person. Ever. He has written and performed for England’s Royal Shakespeare Company and is a columnist for The Financial Times of London. He is a frequent contributor to The New York Times, e-flux, and Vice. *** 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, Spotify, YouTube, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi’s email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon Merch @otherppl Instagram 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	Hey everybody, welcome to The Other People Show. I'm Brad Listy here in Los Angeles, California.
0:05.5	It's nice to be with you. Hope you're doing all right. It is Friday. So we're going to be doing a
0:12.3	flashback episode today. I will be sharing with you an outtake from episode 268. My conversation
0:18.7	with author Douglas Copeland.
0:22.1	It first aired on April 13th, 2014.
0:26.9	Douglas Copeland is the author of 13 novels, including Generation X, Microsurfs, Player 1,
0:35.5	and Worst Person Ever. He has, and worst person ever.
0:38.5	He has written and performed for England's Royal Shakespeare Company,
0:43.9	and he is a columnist for the Financial Times of London
0:47.8	and a frequent contributor to The New York Times and Vice.
0:53.2	An outtake from my conversation with Douglas Copeland is coming up in just a bit.
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