Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchKen Burns Presents 'The Swiftie Civil War'
Volume 57 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad leans on A.I. for emotional validation...Angry Adam weighs in...Mira's Grandpasaurus has a massive st…
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987. Lydi Conklin
Lydi Conklin is the author of the debut novel Songs of No Provenance, available from Catapult Press. It was longlisted for the Center for Fiction Fir…
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986. Donald Berger
Donald Berger is the author of the poetry collection The Rose of Maine, available from SurVision Books. Winner of the 2024 James Tate International P…
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Billionaire Death Party
Volume 56 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Mira's hummingbird death angel friend...a letter from a listener who got run over by a car...Angry Adam re…
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985. Chelsea Bieker
Chelsea Bieker is the author of the novel Madwoman, now available in trade paperback wherever books are sold.
Bieker's first novel, Godshot, was lon…
1 year, 1 month ago
A Conversation with a Witch: Amanda Yates Garcia on Empire, Resistance, Contemporary Culture, and Radical Enchantment
A special Sunday episode featuring Amanda Yates Garcia, also known as The Oracle of Los Angeles.
Amanda is a writer, socially engaged artist, publi…
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Our Lives Are Brilliant, Our Love is Pure
Volume 55 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad's new company, DeepDive, launches, he is now a startup founder...Brad takes his family to see The Nak…
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984. Michael Clune
Michael Clune is the author of the debut novel Pan, available from Penguin Press. It is the official August 2025 pick of the Otherppl Book Club.
Clu…
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983. Jane Borden
Jane Borden is the author of Cults Like Us: Why Doomsday Thinking Drives America, available from Atria.
Jane's work as a culture journalist has been…
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Mira is Hallucinating Bugs
Volume 54 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad wanders the hills, contemplating mountain lions and death...Mira's ant infestation...Mira in retrogra…
1 year, 2 months ago