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Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Books, Society & Culture, Arts

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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In today's flashback, an outtake from Episode 679, my conversation with author Sebastian Castillo. It first aired on November 4, 2020. Castillo is a writer and teacher based in Philadelphia. He was born in Caracas, Venezuela and grew up in New York. He is the author of a novella entitled Salmon (Shabby Doll House), 49 Venezuelan Novels (Bottlecap Press), a collection of surreal micro-fiction, and another book called Not I (Word West). *** 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, Spotify, YouTube, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi’s email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon Merch @otherppl Instagram 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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0:31.6	Hey folks, welcome to the show. This is the Other People podcast. I am Brad Listy. I'm your host. I'm in Los Angeles.
0:40.8	It's nice to be with you. Thanks for listening. It is Friday, so that means it's time for a
0:48.0	flashback episode where I dig into the Other People archives and share an outtake from a golden oldie.
0:56.0	Today I'm going to be sharing an outtake from episode 679, my conversation with author Sebastian Castillo.
1:05.0	Episode 679 first aired on November 4th, 2020.
1:15.1	Sebastian Castillo is a writer and a teacher based in Philadelphia.
1:21.5	He was born in Caracas, Venezuela, and grew up in New York.
1:27.5	He is the author of a novella entitled Salmon.
1:31.8	It is available from Shabby Dollhouse.
1:34.4	His other books include 49 Venezuelan novels,
1:39.4	which is a collection of surreal microfiction.
1:43.3	That one is available from bottle cap press,
1:46.1	and he is also the author of another book entitled Not I, which was published by Word West in 2020.
1:56.1	An outtake from episode 679, a flashback to my conversation with Sebastian Castillo is coming up
2:05.5	momentarily.
2:09.5	So a quick reminder that I do a weekly email newsletter. You can subscribe for free over at
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