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The Midlife Crisis Episode

Volume 18 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Mira jumps on the Mets bandwagon...Taylor's football social life...Leo wines and dines the parents of his …

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941. Emily Witt

Episode 941

Emily Witt is a New Yorker staff writer and the author of the memoir Health and Safety: A Breakdown, available from Pantheon.

Witt has covered breaki…

1 year, 9 months ago

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Lawyers, Nudes, and Money

Volume 17 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Lizza leaks, Nuzzi lawyers up...the Diddy storm gathers...Britney almost burns her face off...Brad learns …

1 year, 9 months ago

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How to Write Literary Collage

A new 'Craftwork' episode about the art of literary collage. My guest is David Shields, author of How We Got Here: Melville Plus Nietzsche Divided by…

1 year, 9 months ago

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Sexting with a 70-Year-Old Man on Steroids

Volume 16 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...RFK Jr and Olivia Nuzzi's sexting scandal...Bennifer in mediation...Jeff Bezos's top secret campfire retre…

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What Sells a Book?

A new 'Craftwork' episode about the business of selling books. My guest is Kathleen Schmidt, publishing industry veteran, founder of Kathleen Schmidt…

1 year, 9 months ago

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'Reservoir Bitches' and the Art of Literary Translation

A new 'Craftwork' episode about the art of literary translation. My guests are Julia Sanches and Heather Cleary, co-translators of Reservoir Bitches,…

1 year, 9 months ago

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Martin Short [Bleeped] at the Beverly Hills Hotel

Volume 15 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Taylor Swift endorses Kamala (Bras was right)...the downfall of Diddy...Dave Grohl's surprise love child a…

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940. Regina Porter

Episode 940

Regina Porter is the author of the novel The Rich People Have Gone Away, available from Hogarth Books.

Porter is an award-winning playwright and autho…

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Mira Took a Very Strong Edible

Volume 14 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...the return of the Royals...deciphering the Damon/J-Lo heart-to-heart...Anna Wintour shushes famous people.…

1 year, 10 months ago

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