Podcast Episodes

70 is the New 35

Volume 68 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Kris Jenner's insane and 'magical' James-Bond-themed 70th birthday party...looking 35 at 70...Kim K fails …

7 months, 4 weeks ago

1004. Chris Kraus

Chris Kraus is the author of the novel The Four Spent the Day Together, available from Scribner.

Kraus is a writer and critic. She studied acting and…

8 months ago

1003. Aja Gabel

Aja Gabel is the author of the novel Lightbreakers, available from Riverhead Books.

Gabel is also the author of the debut novel The Ensemble. Her pr…

8 months ago

Six Seven Eleven Frozen Burrito

Volume 67 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad copes with the transactional nature of obscure podcaster fame...decides to attend AWP...Mira's big ga…

8 months ago

1002. Jonathan Lethem

Jonathan Lethem is the author of A Different Kind of Tension: New and Selected Stories, available from Ecco. It was the official October 2025 pick of…

8 months, 1 week ago

1001. Donika Kelly

Donika Kelly is the author of the poetry collection The Natural Order of Things, available from Graywolf Press.

Kelly is also the author of Bestiary…

8 months, 1 week ago

Space Mountain Death Trip

Volume 66 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad airs his 1000th author interview...Mira shares her favorite Otherppl memories...Mira hasn't slept in …

8 months, 1 week ago

1000. Susan Orlean

Susan Orlean is the author of the memoir Joyride, available from Avid Reader Press, and she joins me for my 1,000th author interview.

Orlean has been…

8 months, 2 weeks ago

999. Francesca Wade

Francesca Wade is the author of the biography Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife, available from Scribner.

Francesca Wade is the author of Square Haunting:…

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Me Love You, J-Lo

Volume 65 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad makes his first DeepDive hire...Big Frank hits a hole-in-one...Mira is swarmed by a pack of coyotes a…

8 months, 2 weeks ago