Podcast Episodes

998. Amber Sparks

Amber Sparks is the author of the debut novel Happy People Don't Live Here, available from Liveright Publishing.

Sparks is the author of the short s…

8 months, 3 weeks ago

997. Vincenzo Latronico

Vincenzo Latronico is the author of the novel Perfection, available from New York Review Books. Translated by Sophie Hughes. Perfection was longliste…

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Where in the World Are Mira's Psych Meds?

Volume 64 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Mira's psych meds drama...Mira's grandma broke her hip...Mira's flu recap...her mushroom trip at the Chapp…

8 months, 3 weeks ago

996. Angela Flournoy

Angela Flournoy is the author of the novel The Wilderness, available from Mariner Books. It was longlisted for the National Book Award and is a final…

8 months, 4 weeks ago

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 ⁠'…

9 months 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…

9 months 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 …

9 months 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…

9 months, 1 week 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…

9 months, 1 week 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…

9 months, 1 week ago