Podcast Episodes

What Does It Mean to Be a Minor Writer?

What does it mean to be a “minor writer” in a world obsessed with major success? In this episode, I talk with ⁠Jeff Alessandrelli⁠ about his essay ⁠'…

7 months, 1 week ago

The Life of a Showboy

Volume 63 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Mira is out sick...Angry Adam and Gene Morgan sit in...Brad and Gene took their kids to One Battle After A…

7 months, 2 weeks ago

995. Jade Chang

Jade Chang is the author of the novel What a Time to Be Alive, available from Ecco Books.

 Chang’s debut novel, The Wangs vs. the World, won the VCU …

7 months, 2 weeks ago

994. Melissa Febos

Melissa Febos is the author of The Dry Season: A Memoir of Pleasure in a Year Without Sex, available from Knopf.

Febos is the national bestselling au…

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Brad Bunny

Volume 62 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...prayers for Dolly...Mira experiences personal triumph in a Soul Cycle class...the unified theory of protei…

7 months, 3 weeks ago

993. Jason Diamond

Jason Diamond is the author of the debut novel Kaplan's Plot, available from Flatiron Books.

Diamond is the author of Searching for John Hughes, The…

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Special Episode: DeepDive Sneak Preview!

Today’s episode is a special preview of How to Write Autobiographical Fiction, a brand-new DeepDive course featuring acclaimed novelist Hannah Pittar…

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Dancing with the Stars on 300mg of THC

Volume 61 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad & Mira do field work...adventures in Television City...Mira takes a hero dose of THC...Hilaria compet…

7 months, 4 weeks ago

992. Leigh Stein

Leigh Stein is the author of the novel If You're Seeing This, It's Meant for You, a national bestseller available from Ballantine Books.

Leigh is th…

8 months ago

Kyle Spencer on the Dangers of Political Extremism, the Tragedy of Charlie Kirk, and the Future of American Democracy

Kyle Spencer is a journalist and the author of Raising Them Right: The Untold Story of America’s Ultraconservative Youth Movement and Its Plot for Po…

8 months ago