Episode 346 — Halle Butler

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2015

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Halle Butler is the guest. Her debut novel, Jillian, is available now from Curbside Splendor. Lindsay Hunter says "This book is incredible. The deadpan way it nails what it is to be a human who lies to herself and tells different lies to everyone else makes me want to laugh and scream. It is hilarious and weird, my two favorite qualities in a book." And Kirkus Reviews says "[Jillian] offers up its characters for hatred and ridicule with such energy, obsessive detail and hopelessness that the reader can't help but read on, through exasperating flinches of sympathy and recognition. A novel that reads like rubbernecking or a junk-food binge, compelling a horrified fascination and bleak laughter in the face of outrageously painted everyday sadness." Monologue topics: thanks, worry, sleeplessness, corporate pitchman fantasies, idealism, crazy people, Starbucks, Valentine's Day, my dog, jokes that fail to land. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	There once was a woman who lived in a shoe. A size too snug, but what could she do? But that's not where her story ends. Thanks to a little help from her Experian friends, she got her score into much better shape and relocated to a box fresh new place, with room to grow and a mortgage to suit. Now, she lives in a spacious four-bedroom cowboy boot.
0:23.3	Better your Experian credit score to help get mortgage ready.
0:26.5	Experian.
0:27.5	Better your score.
0:28.7	Better your story.
0:30.1	Hey guys, today's episode is brought to you by Audible, the world's leading provider
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0:44.8	slash O'TH-E-R-P-E-O-P-L-E. You have to spell it out the traditional way. Audibletrial.com
0:51.3	slash other people. Get yourself a free audio book download on the program.
0:56.3	These are books.
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1:00.0	Oh, my God.
1:02.6	You are not alone.
1:05.0	You have found other people.
1:08.4	You and I have a friend in common.
1:13.5	Every stupid thing that a writer could do I've done I think it's really beautiful geez what I struggle you know it was incredible you know it's
1:19.2	like your head exploded seeing what was really there and now here's your host
1:23.3	brad listing just one person at just one time right okay folks here we go again This is it This is other people This is trying to get your attention This is the content I have lovingly created Just for you Hi I'm Brad Listy I'm in Los Angeles It's nice to be with you Thank you for being here with me Thank you for tuning in Thank you for giving me Your kind attention attention. My guest is Hallie Butler.
1:46.4	Her debut novel is called Gillian.
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