Podcast Episodes

1014. Susan Straight

Susan Straight is the author of the novel Sacrament, available from Counterpoint Press.

Straight has published nine previous novels, including Mecca,…

9 months, 3 weeks ago

1013. Jeannie Vanasco

Jeannie Vanasco is the author of the memoir A Silent Treatment, available from Tin House. It is the official December pick of the Otherppl Book Club.…

9 months, 3 weeks ago

Excerpt from 'Only Way Out,' by Tod Goldberg

Vol. 3 of Story Time, a new series on the program featuring an author reading aloud from his work. In this episode, Tod Goldberg reads from his lates…

9 months, 3 weeks ago

Don't Take Your Shoes Off

Volume 72 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...police helicopters interrupt Brad's pre-dawn routine...almost sneezing in the dental chair...Brad gets wee…

9 months, 3 weeks ago

1012. Jordan Castro

Jordan Castro is the author of the novel Muscle Man, available from Catapult Press.

Castro is also the author of The Novelist, and two poetry books. …

9 months, 4 weeks ago

1011. Lauren Rothery

Lauren Rothery is the author of the debut novel Television, available from Ecco Books.

Rothery was born in London and raised in San Diego. She spent …

10 months ago

Excerpt from 'Empire of Orgasm,' by Ellen Huet

Vol. 2 of Story Time, a new series on the program featuring an author reading aloud from her work. In this episode, Ellen Huet reads from Empire of O…

10 months ago

Kevin Spacey: Live from the Congo

Volume 71 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad tries tai-chi...in holiday hell with the Elf on a Shelf...Mira's grandfather goes clam-diving...influ…

10 months ago

1010. Laura K. Field

Laura K. Field is the author of Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right, available from Princeton University Press.

Field is an associate wit…

10 months ago

1009. Tod Goldberg

Tod Goldberg is the author of the novel Only Way Out, available from Thomas & Mercer.

Tod Goldberg is the New York Times bestselling author of sixtee…

10 months, 1 week ago