meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Otherppl with Brad Listi

Episode 439 — Jade Chang

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8554 Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2016

⏱️ 75 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Jade Chang is the guest. Her debut novel The Wangs vs. the World is available now from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. In today's monologue, I talk about going pro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Hey, you guys. Today's episode is brought to you by Live Right, publisher of the Red Car, the new novel by Marcy Dermansky. It's a delightful novel. I read it. I loved it. I'm sincere about this. I'm not just saying this because they're sponsoring the episode. I'm saying this because I mean it. The Red Car is a terrific novel. I recommend it. It is a short novel. You can read it in a sitting or two. That's always

0:21.9

nice. But at the same time, it packs a punch just because it's short doesn't mean it's lacking

0:26.6

anything, is what I'm saying. There's a lot of sexiness to this book. It's a sexy book. It's also

0:33.5

sad and heartfelt. It's also funny. It's all the things you want from great literature.

0:39.3

It's called The Red Car.

0:40.8

It's by Marcy Dramansky.

0:42.1

It's a novel available now from Live Right.

0:45.5

It's a book.

0:46.1

You can read it.

0:46.8

Go and get it.

0:47.8

Oh, my God.

0:50.3

You are not alone.

0:52.5

You have found other people.

0:56.0

You and I have a friend in common.

0:58.5

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

1:01.3

I think it's really beautiful.

1:03.0

Jesus, what I struggle, you know?

1:05.3

It was incredible.

1:06.5

You know, it was like your head exploded, seeing what was really there.

1:09.7

And now here's your host, Brad Listing. Just one person at just one time. Hey, everybody, here we go again. This is it. This is other people. My name's Brad Listy. I'm in Los Angeles. How's it going? Welcome to the program. I appreciate this. I appreciate you listening. My guest today is Jade Chang. Her debut novel is called The Wangs versus the

1:28.6

World. It's available now from Haught and Mifflin Harcourt. And you might have seen Jade last

1:33.3

week on late night with Seth Myers. She was on that program. She made an appearance. It was very

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Brad Listi, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Brad Listi and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.