Podcast Episodes

The Least Alive a Non-Dead Person Has Ever Looked

Volume 105 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Mira's mother-in-law texts her about a bloody dog penis whose penis was bloody...the podcast celebrates 1…

2 weeks, 4 days ago

1054. Salman Rushdie & Rachel Eliza Griffiths

Salman Rushdie and Rachel Eliza Griffiths join me to talk about Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie, the new documentary directed by Acade…

2 weeks, 6 days ago

15 Years of Otherppl: What 1,000+ Conversations with Writers Have Taught Me

In this special anniversary episode, Brad reflects on 15 years of Otherppl, more than 1,000 conversations with writers, and what the experience has t…

3 weeks ago

REPLAY: Chuck Klosterman on Journalism, Expertise, & the Complexities of Progress

Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 423, my conversation with Chuck Klosterman. We were talking about his book But …

3 weeks, 1 day ago

Poems from 'Elegy for Pangaea,' by Mark Leidner

Vol. 18 of Story Time, featuring an author reading aloud from her work. In this episode, Mark Leidner reads from his new poetry collection, Elegy for…

3 weeks, 2 days ago

Thanks for Not Talking

Volume 104 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Mira weighs in on the death of Gloria Steinem...Florida weather in LA...Mira professes her love for M. Ni…

3 weeks, 4 days ago

1053. Mark Leidner

Mark Leidner is the author of the poetry collection Elegy for Pangaea, available from Fonograf Editions.

Leidner's previous poetry collections are R…

3 weeks, 6 days ago

Jonathan Franzen on Fame, Techno-Optimism, and David Foster Wallace

Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 426, my conversation with Jonathan Franzen. We were talking about his novel Pur…

4 weeks, 1 day ago

Excerpt from 'All That Is Left of Life,' by Roberta Recchia

Vol. 17 of Story Time, featuring an author reading aloud from her work. In this episode, Roberta Recchia reads from her bestselling debut novel All T…

1 month ago

Is It Illegal to Smell Someone in California?

Volume 103 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Mira issues a correction after spreading misinformation about Johnny Carson and Porter Wagoner...Mira get…

1 month ago