Podcast Episodes

1018. Karl Ove Knausgaard

Karl Ove Knausgaard is the author of the novel The School of Night, the fourth book in his acclaimed Morning Star series. Available from Penguin Pres…

4 months ago

REPLAY: Michael Earl Craig on Poetry, Montana, and Life as a Farrier

Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 308, my conversation with the poet Michael Earl Craig.

Craig is from Dayton, O…

4 months ago

We Have Been Snubbed by the Golden Globes

Volume 75 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad's farmer's market dilemma...Mira believes Bob Weir was murdered by John Mayer...lobbies Brad to watch…

4 months, 1 week ago

What Needs to Change in the Publishing Industry

Kathleen Schmidt returns to the program to discuss the current state of the publishing industry—and what needs to change.

As the Founder and CEO of …

4 months, 1 week ago

REPLAY: Tim O'Brien on America, War, Pacifism, Fatherhood, Death, and the Illusion of Self

Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 616, my conversation with Tim O'Brien from December 2019.

O'Brien received the …

4 months, 1 week ago

Toxic Celebrity Mom Group

Volume 74 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...we're so back, baby.......Brad and Mira review their holidays...Brad threw his back out on Christmas Eve t…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

1017. Gerald Howard on Malcolm Cowley and the Triumph of American Literature

Gerald Howard is the author of The Insider: Malcolm Cowley and the Triumph of American Literature, available from Penguin Press.

Howard retired in 20…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

1016. Jim Newton on Jerry Garcia, the Grateful Dead, and the American Counterculture

Jim Newton is the author of Here Beside the Rising Tide: Jerry Garcia, The Grateful Dead, and an American Awakening, available from Random House.

New…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

REPLAY: Susannah Cahalan

⁠Susannah Cahalan⁠ is the author of ⁠The Acid Queen: The Psychedelic Life and Counterculture Rebellion of Rosemary Woodruff Leary⁠ (Viking).

Cahalan …

4 months, 2 weeks ago

REPLAY: Amanda Yates Garcia

Original air date: August 17, 2025

A special episode featuring ⁠Amanda Yates Garcia⁠, also known as The Oracle of Los Angeles.

Amanda is a writer, so…

4 months, 3 weeks ago