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Otherppl with Brad Listi

Matt Sumell on Writing, Self-Editing, Billy Joel, Long Island, Family, Drinking, and Anxiety

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8554 Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In today's flashback, an outtake from Episode 374, my conversation with Matt Sumell, author of the novel-in-stories Making Nice (Picador). It first aired on August 5, 2015. Sumell is a graduate of UC Irvine's MFA program, and his fiction has since appeared in Esquire, the Paris Review, Electric Literature, One Story, Noon, and elsewhere. He lives in Los Angeles, California.  *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi’s email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon Merch @otherppl Instagram  YouTube TikTok Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

The Philly Cheese Stack is back at McDonald's and it's still intensely cheesy.

0:04.0

Imagine the cheesiest thing ever.

0:05.5

Now cover it in cheese.

0:06.6

Add two beef patties, cheddar cheese sauce, crispy onions and even more cheese.

0:10.5

The Philly Cheese Stack.

0:12.1

Did we mention it's cheesy?

0:14.5

Available until the 16th of March, 26 from 11 a.m.

0:17.1

Fees applied to delivery orders.

0:18.1

Price and participation may vary.

0:19.2

Subject to availability.

0:21.5

Hey everybody. This is Brad Listy. This is The Other People Show. I am in Los Angeles. It's good to be

0:26.6

with you. I hope you're doing all right and I appreciate you tuning in. It's Friday, so it's time

0:33.1

for another flashback episode. Today, I'm going to be sharing an outtake from episode 374,

0:41.2

my conversation with author Matt Summel.

0:45.3

It first aired on August 5th, 2015.

0:50.6

Matt Summel is the author of the story collection, Making Nice. It's a novel in stories, I should say,

0:56.9

and it is available now in trade paperback from Picador.

1:01.6

An outtake from that conversation is coming up momentarily.

1:06.0

A quick reminder that I do a weekly email newsletter.

1:09.0

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1:10.4

You can do so for free over at other ppl.com or bradlestie.com.

1:15.1

Likewise, you can join the other people Patreon community at patreon.com slash other ppl pod.

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