Episode 366 — Ryan O'Connell

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2015

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Ryan O'Connell is the guest. His new memoir, I'm Special, is available now from Simon & Schuster. This one was easy. It's always great when a guest is funny and forthcoming, and Ryan is both of these things in spades. His new book deals with, among other things, his experiences with cerebral palsy, homosexuality, addiction, and more—all or most of it delivered with dark humor. In addition to book stuff, Ryan has written for Awkward and is also working on getting I'm Special adapted for television with executive producer Jim Parsons. He's got a lot going on and has achieved an unusual amount of success for someone so young. Fun to catch him now, as his star is on the rise. In the monologue I talk about existential stuff related to the impending birth of my second child. I also talk about death, which came up recently in an impromptu question-and-answer session with my 4-year-old daughter. She's starting to wrap her head around some stuff, namely the reality of having a baby brother and what it means to get older and, well, eventually die. I fielded her questions, or tried to. Hope you enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:46.9	This is me not interviewing the president. Hello. Hello. Hi. It's Brad Listy. I'm in Los Angeles. It's good to be with you. My guest is Ryan O'Connell. He has a new book out called I'm Special. It's a memoir. It's a manifesto. It's a very funny and heartfelt work of nonfiction available now from Simon and Schuster.
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