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Otherppl with Brad Listi

Episode 271 — Josh Raab

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8554 Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2014

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Josh Raab is the guest. He is the founder of The Newer York Press, an experimental literary publisher based in Los Angeles.  Its latest title, The Inevitable June, by Bob Schofield, is now available for pre-order. Monologue topics: the desert, Coachella, fish tacos, sunlight, curmudgeonliness.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:21.9

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0:26.3

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0:30.9

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0:47.4

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0:55.8

Oh, my God.

0:58.6

You are not alone.

1:00.9

You have found other people.

1:04.4

You and I have a friend in common.

1:06.9

Every stupid thing that a writer could do I've done.

1:09.7

I think it's really beautiful. Jesus, stayed it. What I struggle, you know? It was incredible. You know, it's like your head exploded, seeing what was really there. And now here's your host, Brad Listy. Just one person at just one time. Right. Okay, everybody, here we go again. This is it. This is other people. This is making you stop for a moment to contemplate. This is making me sit in front of a microphone. How's it going? Hope you're doing well. My name's Brad Listy. I'm here in Los Angeles as usual. Have a great show for you today. Josh Rab is my guest. He's the founder of the newer York Press, the newer York.

1:46.5

It's an experimental literary publisher based right here in L.A.

1:50.7

Josh and I are going to be talking momentarily.

1:52.8

We had a good conversation.

1:54.8

I was out in the desert this past weekend.

2:00.1

It was my wife's birthday.

2:01.6

I took her out there to celebrate and to relax a little bit.

2:07.7

And it just so happened that her birthday coincided with Easter and with Coachella, the music festival.

2:19.5

The second phase of Coachella.

2:23.2

And, you know, it wasn't actually her birthday on Easter or on Coachella.

2:24.9

Her birthday is the 17th.

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