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The Golden Sacrifice

18 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 94 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Mira experiences multiple traumas in a single week...Disclosure Day nightmare...a rat in her kitchen...wit...

1040. Ben Fountain

16 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Ben Fountain is the author of the novel Rasputin Swims the Potomac, available from Flatiron Books. It is the official June pick of the Otherppl Book C...

REPLAY: Lili Anolik on Eve Babitz and the Secret History of LA

14 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 763, my conversation with Lili Anolik, Vanity Fair contributing editor and the a...

Brad vs. The Volcano

11 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 93 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...the podcast is huge in Vietnam...Mira's male antagonists go low, Mira goes lower...evaluating the Twitter ...

1039. Anne Enright

09 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Anne Enright is the author of Attention: Writing on Life, Art, and the World, available from W. W. Norton & Co. Enright is the author of eight novel...

REPLAY: Rex Pickett on 'Sideways,' Hollywood, and Adventures in Wine Country

07 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 33, my conversation with Rex Pickett, author of the novel Sideways, which was a...

1038. Tracy Lynne Oliver

06 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Tracy Lynne Oliver is the author of the debut novel Magician, available from Roxane Gay Books. Oliver is a writer based in Los Angeles. She has been...

Nobody Puts Mira in a Corner

04 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 92 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Mira is on muscle relaxers again...and 150mg of THC...watched Dirty Dancing for the first time...experienc...

1037. Luke Goebel

02 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Luke Goebel is the author of the novel Kill Dick, available from Red Hen Press. Goebel is also the author of the debut novel, Fourteen Stories, None...

REPLAY: Timothy Willis Sanders on Anxiety, Stalin, and Male Vulnerability

31 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 788, my conversation with Timothy Willis Sanders, author of the story collection...

Excerpt from 'Kill Dick,' by Luke Goebel

30 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Vol. 11 of Story Time, a new series on the program featuring an author reading aloud from his work. In this episode, Luke Goebel⁠ reads from his ne...

Who's Got the Crack?

28 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 91 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Mira sees Obsession...theorizes that lots of film directors are dumb...Mira goes to see Bright Eyes in con...

1036. Kyle McCarthy

26 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Kyle McCarthy is the author of the novel Immersions, available from Tin House. It is the official May pick of the Otherppl Book Club. McCarthy's de...

REPLAY: Nick Flynn on Hard Writing, Compassion, and Confronting the Ghosts of the Past

24 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 667, my conversation with Nick Flynn, author of the acclaimed memoir This is the...

Excerpt from 'Immersions,' by Kyle McCarthy

23 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Vive la Travolta

21 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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...

1035. Sonya Walger

19 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

REPLAY: Clancy Martin on How Not to Kill Yourself

17 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

1034. Daniel Kraus

16 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Mira Didn't Die

14 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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...

1033. Patrick Radden Keefe

12 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

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

10 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 Nation...

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

09 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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...

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

07 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 atten...

1032. Kim Samek

05 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Kim Samek is the author of the debut story collection I Am the Ghost Here, available from The Dial Press. Samek's fiction has won the O. Henry Prize...

REPLAY: Kimberly King Parsons on Texas, Despicable People, and Finding Complexity in the Darkness

03 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 598, my first conversation with author Kimberly King Parsons. We were discussing...

Russell Brand Bible Study

30 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 88 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Samantha Irby, substitute podcaster...Mira is out this week with a herniated disc...the chaos reigns...Sam...

1031. Julian Zabalbeascoa

28 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Julian Zabalbeascoa is the author of the debut novel called What We Tried to Bury Grows Here, available now in trade paperback from Two Dollar Radio. ...

REPLAY: Sarah Kendzior on Donald Trump and American Decline

26 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 635, my conversation with Sarah Kendzior about her book entitled Hiding in Plain...

Federal Bureau of Inebriation

23 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 87 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Mira on how her entire life is 4/20...and how her paraplegic dog had surgery....her new author photo is im...

1030. Willy Vlautin

21 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Willy Vlautin is the author of the novel The Left and the Lucky, available from Harper. It is the official April pick of the Otherppl Book Club. Born...

REPLAY: Kate Durbin on Poetry, Hoarders, and American Loneliness

19 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 734, my conversation with Kate Durbin, author of the poetry collection Hoarders ...

Gothchella

16 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 86 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad is visited by animals...a white pigeon...a coyote...Mira is swarmed by bugs...ants...mosquitoes...Coa...

1029. Ada Limón

14 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Ada Limón is the author of Against Breaking: On the Power of Poetry, available from Scribner. She served as the 24th Poet Laureate of the United Stat...

REPLAY: Roger McNamee on Mark Zuckerberg and the Facebook Catastrophe

12 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 571, my conversation with Roger McNamee, author of Zucked: Waking Up to the Face...

Fear and Loathing in the Cheese Castle

09 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 85 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Spring Break recap...the Listis do Las Vegas...Brad goes Mormon?...Mira in the Cheese Castle...Passover in...

How Literary Awards Work: A Conversation with PEN/Faulkner Executive Director Gwydion Suilebhan

07 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Gwydion Suilebhan  is the Executive Director of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation, which announced the 2026 recipient of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction...

REPLAY: Andrea Bajani on the Mysteries of Death and the Search for Renewal

05 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 702, my conversation with author Andrea Bajani. Air date: April 21, 2021. Andr...

REPLAY: Lorrie Moore on Writing, the Afterlife, and Ghost Stories

02 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 846, my conversation with author Lorrie Moore. (Note: Brad & Mira for the Cultur...

1028. Jung Yun

31 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Jung Yun is the author of the novel All the World Can Hold, available now from 37 Ink / Simon & Schuster. Jung Yun was born in Seoul, South Korea, an...

REPLAY: Ned Vizzini on Early Success, Mental Illness, and Writing for Young People

29 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 131, my conversation with the late Ned Vizzini. Air date: December 16, 2012. N...

Excerpt from 'Black Bag,' by Luke Kennard

28 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Vol. 8 of Story Time, a new series on the program featuring an author reading aloud from his work. In this episode, Luke Kennard reads aloud from his...

A Few Good Afromen

26 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 84 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad decries the tribal tendencies of Homo Sapiens...Is Hilaria Baldwin taping a new reality show?...Sprin...

1027. Luke Kennard

24 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Luke Kennard is the author of the novel Black Bag, available from Zando. It is the official March 2026 pick of the Otherppl Book Club. Kennard is an...

REPLAY: Anakana Schofield on Voice, Violence, and Building a Fictional Universe

22 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 766, my conversation with author Anakana Schofield. Air date: April 6, 2022. A...

Excruciating Oscars Recap

19 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 83 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...trying to process this year's Oscars...Brad's Fashion Corner...the Marty Supreme shutout...Club Chalamet t...

1026. Naeem Murr

17 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Naeem Murr is the author of the novel Every Exit Brings You Home, available from Murr is the author of three novels, including The Boy (a New Yor...

REPLAY: Samantha Irby on Finding Humor in the Darkness

15 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 836, my conversation with author and humorist Samantha Irby. Air date: May 14, ...

Excerpt from 'He's the Devil,' by Tobi Coventry

14 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Vol. 7 of Story Time, a new series on the program featuring an author reading aloud from his work. In this episode, Tobi Coventry reads aloud from hi...

AWP, DUI, DOA, JFK, WW3, WTF, SMH

12 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 82 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad reviews his AWP 2026 experience in Baltimore...accidentally dropped his winter hat in a toilet...trav...

1025. Namwali Serpell

10 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Namwali Serpell is the author of On Morrison, available from Hogarth Press. Serpell was born in Lusaka and lives in New York. Her debut novel, The ...

REPLAY: Mark Leidner on Aphorisms, Belief, Purpose, and Loss

08 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 545, my conversation with author, poet, and screenwriter Mark Leidner. Air dat...

REPLAY: Michael Finkel on The Last True Hermit

05 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 461, my conversation with author and journalist Michael Finkel about his book Th...

1024. Tobi Coventry

03 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Tobi Coventry is the author of the debut novel He's the Devil, available from Abrams Books. It was the official February pick of the Otherppl Book Clu...

Tess Gunty on Mysticism, the Midwest, and Winning the National Book Award

01 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 847, my conversation with National Book Award-winning author Tess Gunty from 202...

Excerpt from 'Clutch,' by Emily Nemens

28 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Vol. 6 of Story Time, a new series on the program featuring an author reading aloud from her work. In this episode, Emily Nemens reads aloud from her...

The 400 Bros

26 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 81 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad plants a beautiful garden...continues tedious AWP preparations...binge-watching UFO docuseries...the ...

1023. Emily Nemens

24 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Emily Nemens is the author of the novel Clutch, available from Tin House. Nemens's debut novel, The Cactus League, was a New York Times Book Revie...

REPLAY: Sarah M. Broom on New Orleans, Family, Race, and Writing

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 600, my conversation with National Book Award-winning author Sarah M. Broom from...

Clavicular Manslaughter

19 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 80 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad's AWP travel packing anxiety...his compassion for Chevy Chase....watching Eyes Wide Shut, looking for...

1022. Eric Lichtblau

17 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Eric Lichtblau is the author of American Reich: A Murder in Orange County, Neo-Nazis, and a New Age of Hate, available from Little, Brown & Co. Licht...

REPLAY: Yiyun Li on Grief, Attention, Deep Reading, and the Writing Life

15 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 863, my conversation with Yiyun Li from 2023. Yiyun Li is the author of severa...

Excerpt from 'The End of Romance,' by Lily Meyer

14 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Vol. 5 of Story Time, a new series on the program featuring an author reading aloud from her work. In this episode, Lily Meyer reads from her new no...

Bad Bunny Saves America

12 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 79 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad prepares for AWP...Mira advises amphetamines...the Pee-Wee Herman documentary...Brad can't cope with ...

1021. Lily Meyer

10 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Lily Meyer is the author of the novel The End of Romance, available from Viking. Meyer is a translator, a critic, and the author of the novel Short...

REPLAY: Ingrid Rojas Contreras on Colombia, Pablo Escobar, Immigration, and Amnesia

08 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 562, my conversation with Ingrid Rojas Contreras from 2019. Contreras was born...

Elmo is in the Epstein Files

05 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 78 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...podcasting from the fetal position...Brad and Mira are spiritually broken after spending the weekend readi...

Peter Schmidt on Attention Activism, Corporate Greed, and Reclaiming Our Humanity in the Digital Age

03 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Schmidt is a member of an activist collection called The Friends of Attention. Together they have published a book called Attensity: A Manifesto...

REPLAY: Vesna Maric on War, Political Chaos, Immigration, and Home

01 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 696⁠, my conversation with Vesna Maric from March 2021. Maric was born in Mos...

Erika Kirk Free Solos Trump Tower

29 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 77 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad goes to the nursery...encounters an angry pit bull...confronts Mira about her unused Christmas gift.....

1020. Kathleen Boland

27 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Kathleen Boland is the author of the debut novel Scavengers, now available from Viking. Boland’s fiction has appeared in Tin House, Conjunctions...

Emily Witt on ICE Raids, Protests, and the Battle for Minneapolis

27 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Emily Witt is a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine and a native of Minneapolis. She has been reporting from the streets of her hometown over the...

1019. Brenda Navarro and Megan McDowell

25 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Brenda Navarro is the author of the novel Eating Ashes, available now in a new translation by Megan McDowell, from Liveright Press. Official January 2...

Mira's Screaming Nude Father Scares Away Intruders

22 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 76 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad's Liver King epiphany...the Indiana Hoosiers are awash in God's glory...Abella Danger's ESPN moment.....

1018. Karl Ove Knausgaard

20 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 Press...

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

18 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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, ...

We Have Been Snubbed by the Golden Globes

15 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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...

What Needs to Change in the Publishing Industry

13 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 o...

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

11 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 t...

Toxic Celebrity Mom Group

08 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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...

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

06 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Gerald Howard is the author of The Insider: Malcolm Cowley and the Triumph of American Literature, available from Penguin Press. Howard retired in 2...

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

04 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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...

REPLAY: Susannah Cahalan

03 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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

REPLAY: Amanda Yates Garcia

01 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Original air date: August 17, 2025 A special episode featuring ⁠Amanda Yates Garcia⁠, also known as The Oracle of Los Angeles. Amanda is a writ...

REPLAY: What Does It Mean to Be a Minor Writer?

31 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original air date: October 12, 2025. What does it mean to be a “minor writer” in a world obsessed with major success? In this episode, I talk wit...

REPLAY: Ocean Vuong

30 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

⁠Ocean Vuong⁠ is the author of the novel ⁠The Emperor of Gladness⁠, available from Penguin Press. Ocean's other books include the criticall...

REPLAY: Claire Hoffman

28 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original air date: June 10, 2025.⁠ Claire Hoffman⁠ is the author of ⁠Sister, Sinner: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aime...

REPLAY: Jessa Crispin

27 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original air date: July 8, 2025. Jessa Crispin⁠ is the author of ⁠What Is Wrong With Men: Patriarchy, The Crisis of Masculinity, and How (Of Co...

Best of 2025 - Part 2

25 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the program, we finish the year by highlighting the top-5 most-listened-to episodes of 2025. Big thanks to everyone who guested and everyone...

Best of 2025 - Part 1

23 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the program, we'll begin a countdown of the top 10 most-listened-to episodes of 2025. Please note that the countdown will unfold in two insta...

1015. Carla Kaplan

21 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Carla Kaplan is the author of Troublemaker: The Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford (Harper Books). Kaplan is an award-winning professor and writ...

Excerpt from 'A Silent Treatment,' by Jeannie Vanasco

20 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Vol. 4 of Story Time, a new series on the program featuring an author reading aloud from her work. In this episode, Jeannie Vanasco reads from her ne...

We're Already in Hell: Our Year in Review

18 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 73 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Christmas shopping confusion...Brad anesthetizes himself with Ken Burns documentaries...Brad's friend has ...

1014. Susan Straight

16 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Susan Straight is the author of the novel Sacrament, available from Counterpoint Press. Straight has published nine previous novels, including Mecca...

1013. Jeannie Vanasco

14 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jeannie Vanasco is the author of the memoir A Silent Treatment, available from Tin House. It is the official December pick of the Otherppl Book Club. ...

Excerpt from 'Only Way Out,' by Tod Goldberg

13 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Vol. 3 of Story Time, a new series on the program featuring an author reading aloud from his work. In this episode, Tod Goldberg reads from his lates...

Don't Take Your Shoes Off

11 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 72 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...police helicopters interrupt Brad's pre-dawn routine...almost sneezing in the dental chair...Brad gets wee...

1012. Jordan Castro

09 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jordan Castro is the author of the novel Muscle Man, available from Catapult Press. Castro is also the author of The Novelist, and two poetry books....

1011. Lauren Rothery

07 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Lauren Rothery is the author of the debut novel Television, available from Ecco Books. Rothery was born in London and raised in San Diego. She spent ...

Excerpt from 'Empire of Orgasm,' by Ellen Huet

06 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Vol. 2 of Story Time, a new series on the program featuring an author reading aloud from her work. In this episode, Ellen Huet reads from Empire of O...