Episode 409 — Tony Tulathimutte

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2016

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Tony Tulathimutte is the guest. His debut novel, Private Citizens, is available now from William Morrow. Had a good time talking with Tony. He's a smart guy. I feel like he has a lot of intensity to him. There's a coiled intensity thing happening. He doesn't miss much. He had a hard childhood. We talk about that. His novel has gotten the kinds of reviews that debut authors dream about. It's a promising beginning to a career. We talk about that, too. We talk about a lot of stuff. In today's monologue, I experiment with a groundbreaking new broadcasting technique and share a short conversation I had with Bud Smith, whose novella, I'm From Electric Peak, is the official April pick of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody. Today's episode is brought to you by the Los Angeles review of books radio hour, the larb radio hour. Actually, it's a half hour, but they're aspirational. They're setting goals. They have a vision. The larb radio hour, as it is popularly known as a weekly variety show featuring interviews with authors, screenwriters, and playwrights. There are book recommendations. There are amusing analyses of the latest films, television series, and of course, more books. So if you're looking for another great literary podcast,
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0:30.1	your podcasts, or find the show over at the LA Review of Books website. They post a new episode
0:35.3	every Thursday at www. www.laresview of books.org. The Larb Radio Hour.
0:41.9	It's a literary podcast. Go and download it. Oh, my God.
0:47.6	You are not alone. You have found other people.
0:53.3	You and I have a friend in common. Every stupid thing that a writer could do I've done. I think it's really beautiful. Jesus, stated what I struggle, you know? It was incredible. You know, it was like your head exploded, seeing what was really there. And now here's your host, Brad Listing. Just one person at just one time. Here we go again. This is it. This is other people. This is usually done in a hurry. This is starting to feel habit forming. How's it going? I'm Brad Listy. I'm in Los Angeles. It's nice to be with you. How are you feeling? Internally. How are you feeling? Let's have a podcast. I thought about that. I was thinking before I came on. Like,
1:30.1	what's something I could do to, uh, to mix it up? I thought I would start whispering. Weird things into the
1:38.1	microphone. Hello. I don't know if I've ever heard. I haven't heard too many people in
1:43.8	broadcasting, whisper. So I was thinking I haven't heard too many people in broadcasting.
1:44.7	Whisper.
1:45.9	So I was thinking I could break some new ground, start whispering.
1:49.4	Why not do that?
1:50.7	Why not take chances?
1:52.2	I'm a podcaster.
1:53.8	I'm in a small filthy room, unventilated.
1:58.2	If anyone should have that liberty, it should be someone like me.
2:02.7	I mean, why not?
2:06.1	Do you feel that?
2:09.2	Is that doing anything for you?
2:13.3	My guest today is Tony Tula Tamuti.
2:15.8	His new book, Private Citizens, has been hailed by New York Magazine as the first great millennial novel.
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