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

I think it's really beautiful. Gee, what I struggle, you know? It was incredible. It looks like your head exploded, seeing what was really there. And now here's your host, Brad Listing. Just one person at just one time. Hey, everybody. How's it going? Welcome to The Other People Show. It's good to be with you. This podcast is coming to you from Los Angeles,

California. That's where I'm sitting right now. And I'm very excited about today's program. It's a little

bit unorthodox in terms of how I usually do things format-wise and otherwise. My guests are

Patty Schemel and Aaron Hozier. Patty has written a memoir called Hit So Hard. She's the drummer of

Hull, the rock and roll band. She wrote a memoir. It's called Hit So Hard. Aaron Hosure is

Patty's literary agent and collaborator. And Aaron Hosier is also my literary agent. So it was good

to have both of them here with me talking about this book, talking about

Patty's life, talking about 90s, rock and roll, that entire world, how that came to be,

the Pacific Northwest, Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love, all of it coming up in just a bit. I got a letter

from a listener that I would like to read to you. It comes to me from a listener named Alex. He says, hey, Brad, I'm just wondering if the dog noise that you started introducing into the podcast was actually a recording of your now deceased dog, RIP. He goes on to say, one time I saw a dog get hit by a car and die what i thought was an instantaneous

death i'm glad that that's not how your dog passed away as that probably would have been way more

brutal you should get that new puppy you've been talking about regardless of any mixed feelings

it would probably bring a lot of joy to you and your family. Best, Alex.

So the sound effect, the dog sound effect that I've been using is not my deceased dog Walter who choked on a bagel this past spring. Passed away.

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