Episode
1040. Ben Fountain
- Podcast
- Otherppl with Brad Listi
- Published
- Jun 16, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 4132
- Processing state
not_requested
Actions
POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/otherppl-with-brad-listi-841228/episodes/1040-ben-fountain/transcription-requests
Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/otherppl-with-brad-listi-841228/1040-ben-fountain.md
Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.
Summary
Ben Fountain is the author of the novel Rasputin Swims the Potomac, available from Flatiron Books. It is the official June pick of the Otherppl Book Club. Fountain’s work has received the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, the PEN/Hemingway Award, the Los Angeles Book Prize for Fiction, and a Whiting Writers Award, and has been a finalist for the National Book Award and runner-up for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. He lives in North Carolina. *** Today's episode is brought to you by Rula. Thousands of people are already using Rula to get affordable, high-quality therapy that’s actually covered by insurance. Visit www.rula.com/otherppl to get started. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, etc. Get How to Write a Novel, the debut audio course from DeepDive. 50+ hours of never-before-heard insight, inspiration, and instruction from dozens of today's most celebrated contemporary authors. Subscribe to Brad's email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon …