Podcast Episodes

Excerpt from 'Immersions,' by Kyle McCarthy

Vol. 10 of Story Time, a new series on the program featuring an author reading aloud from his work. In this episode,  Kyle McCarthy reads from her ne…

4 months, 1 week ago

Vive la Travolta

Volume 90 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Mira triumphs at her grandmother's funeral...gives a stirring keynote...her health problems seem to be aba…

4 months, 1 week ago

1035. Sonya Walger

Sonya Walger is the author of the novel Wifehouse, available from Union Square Press.

Walger is an award-winning actress, best known for her role as …

4 months, 2 weeks ago

REPLAY: Clancy Martin on How Not to Kill Yourself

Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 825, my conversation with Clancy Martin, author of How Not to Kill Yourself: A…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

1034. Daniel Kraus

Daniel Kraus is the author of the novel Angel Down, available from Atria Books. It was awarded the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

Daniel Kraus is a…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Mira Didn't Die

Volume 89 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...the return of Mira...still alive...describes her health ordeal...Brad's colonoscopy journey...his true cri…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

1033. Patrick Radden Keefe

Patrick Radden Keefe is a staff writer for The New Yorker and the New York Times bestselling author of London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

REPLAY: Susan Choi on the Pandemic, Winning the National Book Award, and the Lasting Effects of Childhood

Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 647, my first conversation with author Susan Choi. We were discussing her Natio…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Excerpt from 'I Am the Ghost Here,' by Kim Samek

Vol. 9 of Story Time, a new series on the program featuring an author reading aloud from his work. In this episode,  Kim Samek reads the title story …

4 months, 3 weeks ago

What Does It Really Mean to ‘Make It’ As a Writer? On Leaving Corporate Publishing, Becoming a Hack, and Deciding to Self-Publish

Mira is out sick again this week, so instead of a new episode of Brad & Mira for the Culture, I am instead joined by Chris Stuck, who came to my atte…

4 months, 3 weeks ago