Hey, where is this?

I'm awesome.

I love you.

Hey, everybody.

Welcome to the show.

This is the Other People podcast, a weekly program featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers.

I'm Brad Listy here in Los Angeles, California.

I'm your host.

It's good to be with you.

Thank you for listening.

And happy holidays. It'm your host. It's good to be with you. Thank you for listening. And happy holidays.

It's almost here. It's almost over. Maybe you're enjoying it. Maybe you don't want it to end.

Maybe you are in a domestic pressure cooker. Maybe you're at the airport. Maybe you're in the fetal position. Maybe you're celebrating. Maybe you're dancing. I don't know what you're doing, but whatever you are doing, just know this. I wish you well. And I'm glad you're here. I'm glad you're listening. I feel like anybody who would be listening to this at this time of year is looking for an escape. So I'm happy to provide that escape for you if that is indeed your mission.

But if it's not, if you're just listening because you like to listen, if you're listening in the midst of some kind of celebration, that's fine too.

I don't judge.

So it has been a year.

That might be the best I can say about 2024.

It's been a year.

It's been another year.

In many ways, it's been great.

In other ways, historical ways, geopolitical ways,

psychospiritual ways.

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