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Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Books, Society & Culture, Arts

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

In today's flashback, an outtake from Episode 559, my conversation with poet, artist, and television writer Tommy Pico. The episode first aired on January 9, 2019. Pico is a poet, artist, and tv writer. He is author of the books IRL, Nature Poem, Junk, and Feed, and he has written on the television shows Reservation Dogs, Resident Alien and Crystal Lake. Originally from the Viejas Indian reservation of the Kumeyaay nation, he now lives in Los Angeles where he makes abstract portraits with various kinds of wax, acrylics, watercolors, food coloring and India ink. *** 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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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome to the show.
0:05.0	This is the Other People podcast. I'm Brad Listy. I am your host. I'm in Los Angeles. It's Friday.
0:13.0	So it's time for a flashback episode where I dig into the Other People archives and share an outtake from an episode out of the past.
0:23.2	Today, we're going to be flashing back to episode 559, my conversation with poet, artist,
0:33.3	and television writer Tommy Pico.
0:36.3	Episode 559 first aired on January 9th, 2019.
0:43.4	Tommy Pico is the author of the book's IRL, Nature Poem, Junk, and Feed.
0:53.7	And he has written on the television shows reservation dogs resident alien and crystal lake
1:02.3	originally from the Viejas Indian reservation of the Kumiei Nation he now lives in
1:09.3	Los Angeles where he makes abstract portraits with various
1:13.6	kinds of wax, acrylics, watercolors, food coloring, and India Inc. You'll be hearing a flashback
1:22.9	to episode 559, my conversation with Tommy Pico momentarily.
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2:23.7	All right, so here we go with today's flashback.
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