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Kevin Spacey: Live from the Congo

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 71 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad tries tai-chi...in holiday hell with the Elf on a Shelf...Mira's grandfather goes clam-diving...influ...

1010. Laura K. Field

02 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Laura K. Field is the author of Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right, available from Princeton University Press. Field is an associate wit...

1009. Tod Goldberg

30 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tod Goldberg is the author of the novel Only Way Out, available from Thomas & Mercer. Tod Goldberg is the New York Times bestselling author of sixt...

Excerpt from 'Open Wide,' by Jessica Gross

29 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A new series on the podcast called Story Time, featuring an author reading aloud from her work. In this debut episode, Jessica Gross reads from her ne...

A Badussy Thanksgiving

27 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 70 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad goes to a Grateful Drag concert...the aliens are here....Mira is thankful for weed...Kate Beckinsale'...

1008. Ellen Huet

25 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ellen Huet is the author of Empire of Orgasm: Sex, Power, and the Downfall of a Wellness Cult, available from MCD Books. Huet is an investigative jo...

1007. Joseph O'Neill

23 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Joseph O'Neill is the author of the novel Godwin, now available in trade paperback from Vintage. O'Neill was born in Ireland and grew up in Mozambiq...

Bustin' a Nuzzi

20 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 69 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad's toast panic...Mira's plumbing nightmare...Angry Adam, gentler than usual...the Olivia Nuzzi rehabil...

1006. Jennifer Eli Bowen

18 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jennifer Eli Bowen is the author of The Book of Kin: On Absence, Love, and Being, available from Milkweed Press. Bowen's work has received a Pushcart...

1005. Jessica Gross

16 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jessica Gross is the author of the novel Open Wide, available from Abrams Press. It is the official November pick of the Otherppl Book Club. Gross i...

70 is the New 35

13 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 68 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Kris Jenner's insane and 'magical' James-Bond-themed 70th birthday party...looking 35 at 70...Kim K fails ...

1004. Chris Kraus

11 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Kraus is the author of the novel The Four Spent the Day Together, available from Scribner. Kraus is a writer and critic. She studied acting and...

1003. Aja Gabel

09 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Aja Gabel is the author of the novel Lightbreakers, available from Riverhead Books. Gabel is also the author of the debut novel The Ensemble. Her ...

Six Seven Eleven Frozen Burrito

06 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 67 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad copes with the transactional nature of obscure podcaster fame...decides to attend AWP...Mira's big ga...

1002. Jonathan Lethem

04 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jonathan Lethem is the author of A Different Kind of Tension: New and Selected Stories, available from Ecco. It was the official October 2025 pick of ...

1001. Donika Kelly

02 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Donika Kelly is the author of the poetry collection The Natural Order of Things, available from Graywolf Press. Kelly is also the author of Bestiar...

Space Mountain Death Trip

30 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 66 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad airs his 1000th author interview...Mira shares her favorite Otherppl memories...Mira hasn't slept in ...

1000. Susan Orlean

28 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Susan Orlean is the author of the memoir Joyride, available from Avid Reader Press, and she joins me for my 1,000th author interview. Orlean has been...

999. Francesca Wade

26 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Francesca Wade is the author of the biography Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife, available from Scribner. Francesca Wade is the author of Square Haunting...

Me Love You, J-Lo

23 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 65 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad makes his first DeepDive hire...Big Frank hits a hole-in-one...Mira is swarmed by a pack of coyotes a...

998. Amber Sparks

21 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Amber Sparks is the author of the debut novel Happy People Don't Live Here, available from Liveright Publishing. Sparks is the author of the short s...

997. Vincenzo Latronico

19 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Vincenzo Latronico is the author of the novel Perfection, available from New York Review Books. Translated by Sophie Hughes. Perfection was longlisted...

Where in the World Are Mira's Psych Meds?

16 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 64 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Mira's psych meds drama...Mira's grandma broke her hip...Mira's flu recap...her mushroom trip at the Chapp...

996. Angela Flournoy

14 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Angela Flournoy is the author of the novel The Wilderness, available from Mariner Books. It was longlisted for the National Book Award and is a finali...

What Does It Mean to Be a Minor Writer?

12 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What does it mean to be a “minor writer” in a world obsessed with major success? In this episode, I talk with ⁠Jeff Alessandrelli⁠ about his...

The Life of a Showboy

09 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 63 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Mira is out sick...Angry Adam and Gene Morgan sit in...Brad and Gene took their kids to One Battle After A...

995. Jade Chang

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jade Chang is the author of the novel What a Time to Be Alive, available from Ecco Books.  Chang’s debut novel, The Wangs vs. the World, won the ...

994. Melissa Febos

05 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Melissa Febos is the author of The Dry Season: A Memoir of Pleasure in a Year Without Sex, available from Knopf. Febos is the national bestselling au...

Brad Bunny

02 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 62 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...prayers for Dolly...Mira experiences personal triumph in a Soul Cycle class...the unified theory of protei...

993. Jason Diamond

30 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jason Diamond is the author of the debut novel Kaplan's Plot, available from Flatiron Books. Diamond is the author of Searching for John Hughes, ...

Special Episode: DeepDive Sneak Preview!

28 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode is a special preview of How to Write Autobiographical Fiction, a brand-new DeepDive course featuring acclaimed novelist Hannah Pit...

Dancing with the Stars on 300mg of THC

25 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 61 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad & Mira do field work...adventures in Television City...Mira takes a hero dose of THC...Hilaria compet...

992. Leigh Stein

23 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Leigh Stein is the author of the novel If You're Seeing This, It's Meant for You, a national bestseller available from Ballantine Books. Leigh is ...

Kyle Spencer on the Dangers of Political Extremism, the Tragedy of Charlie Kirk, and the Future of American Democracy

21 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Kyle Spencer is a journalist and the author of Raising Them Right: The Untold Story of America’s Ultraconservative Youth Movement and Its Plot for P...

The Everything is Bad Episode

18 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 60 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...The Emmys (didn't watch them)...Charlie Sheen's skeletons....Mira's adventures at a drag brunch...Angry Ad...

991. Elaine Hsieh Chou

16 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Elaine Hsieh Chou is the author of the debut story collection Where Are You Really From, available from Penguin Press. Official September 2025 pick of...

Rachel, 32, Director of Content and Engagement

14 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Character Study, Vol. 17. 'Character Studies' is a new series on the podcast featuring interviews with 'civilians'—ordinary adult humans of all ages...

The Dawn of the Sheenaissance

11 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 59 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Trump's horny artwork in the terrifying Epstein birthday book....Angry Adam repeatedly punching his dashbo...

990. Hala Alyan

09 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hala Alyan is the author of the debut memoir I'll Tell You When I'm Home, available from Avid Reader Press. Alyan is the author of the novels Salt H...

Jennifer Pastiloff on Grief, Creativity, Shame Loss, Sobriety, and Connection

07 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jennifer Pastiloff is the author of Proof of Life: Let Go, Let Love, and Stop Looking for Permission to Live Your Life, available from Dutton. Pastil...

The Legend of Young Beaver

04 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 58 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad and Mira go to karaoke, don't speak to one another, worry about communicable disease...Angry Adam on ...

989. Susannah Cahalan

02 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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

988. Sylvia Jones

31 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sylvia Jones is the author of the debut poetry collection Television Fathers, available from Meekling Books. Jones is an adjunct professor at George...

Ken Burns Presents 'The Swiftie Civil War'

28 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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...

987. Lydi Conklin

26 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 Firs...

986. Donald Berger

24 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Berger is the author of the poetry collection The Rose of Maine, available from SurVision Books. Winner of the 2024 James Tate International Po...

Billionaire Death Party

21 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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...

985. Chelsea Bieker

19 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Chelsea Bieker is the author of the novel Madwoman, now available in trade paperback wherever books are sold.  Bieker's first novel, Godshot, wa...

A Conversation with a Witch: Amanda Yates Garcia on Empire, Resistance, Contemporary Culture, and Radical Enchantment

17 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A special Sunday episode featuring Amanda Yates Garcia, also known as The Oracle of Los Angeles. Amanda is a writer, socially engaged artist, publi...

Our Lives Are Brilliant, Our Love is Pure

14 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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...

984. Michael Clune

12 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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...

983. Jane Borden

10 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Mira is Hallucinating Bugs

07 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 54 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad wanders the hills, contemplating mountain lions and death...Mira's ant infestation...Mira in retrogra...

982. Shelby Hinte

05 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Shelby Hinte is the author of the debut novel Howling Women, available from Leftover Books. Hinte is the Senior Editor of Write or Die Magazine and ...

981. Claire Jia

03 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Claire Jia is the author of the debut novel Wanting, available from Tin House. It was the official July pick of the Otherppl Book Club. Jia is a wri...

It's Hot Down Here, Brother

31 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 53 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad approaches 50...the Tesla Diner attacks a woman...the obsession with tall...the triumph of Billy Joel...

980. Hannah Pittard

29 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hannah Pittard is the author of the novel If You Love It, Let It Kill You, available from Henry Holt & Co. Pittard is the author of the novels List...

979. Ken Baumann

27 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ken Baumann is the author of the novella The Christian: A Comedy. Baumann is the author of seven novels and three works of nonfiction. After working...

52 Weeks of Brad & Mira

24 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 52 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...a year of podcasting...Mira's longest run of continuous employment...Mira vs. diarrhea...the Tesla Diner o...

978. Megan Abbott

22 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Megan Abbott is the author of the novel El Dorado Drive, available from G. P. Putnam's Sons. Abbott is the Edgar award-winning author of eleven crim...

Exploring Hybrid Literary Forms

20 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A new Craftwork conversation with Matthew Clark Davison and Alice LaPlante, co-authors of The Lab: Experiments in Writing Across Genre, available from...

Slap Me and Call Me Mommy

17 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 51 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad's life as a CEO...both Brad and Mira are experiencing burnout and Mira has been burned out since age ...

977. Kashana Cauley

15 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Kashana Cauley is the author of the novel The Payback, available from Atria Books. Cauley's other novel is calledThe Survivalists, which was named a ...

Special Episode: DeepDive Sneak Preview!

13 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In today's episode, I'm sharing an exclusive sneak preview of How to Write a Novel, the debut audio course from my new company, DeepDive, which will b...

Seventy Hot Dogs in Ten Minutes

10 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 50 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Mira experiences back pain, takes 100mg of THC...Brad recaps his chaotic vacation...the shittiest 4th of J...

976. Jessa Crispin

08 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jessa Crispin is the author of What Is Wrong With Men: Patriarchy, The Crisis of Masculinity, and How (Of Course) Michael Douglas Films Explain Everyt...

975. Geoff Dyer

06 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Geoff Dyer is the author of the memoir Homework, available from Farrar, Straus, & Giroux.  Dyer's other books include The Last Days of Roger Federe...

I Will Show You My Body

03 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 49 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Mira accidentally names her PTSD "Darrell"...a complete recap of the Bezos-Sanchez wedding in Venice, Ital...

974. Lynn Steger Strong

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Lynn Steger Strong is the author of the novel The Float Test, available from Mariner Books. Lynn's other novels include Flight, Want, and Hold Sti...

Kirsten, 40, Pen and Ink Artist

29 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Character Study, Vol. 16. 'Character Studies' is a new series on the podcast featuring interviews with 'civilians'—ordinary adult humans of all ages...

Foam Party with My New Stepdad

26 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 48 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...fast zombies with erect penises...Jeff and Lauren take Venice...foam parties, Gatsby parties, the ritual h...

973. Jess Walter

24 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jess Walter is the author of the novel So Far Gone, available from Harper Books. It is the official June pick of the Otherppl Book Club. Walter is ...

Rebecca, 35, Human Being

22 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Character Study, Vol. 15. 'Character Studies' is a new series on the podcast featuring interviews with 'civilians'—ordinary adult humans of all ages...

The Little Horny Pop Star Who Could

19 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 47 of Brad & Mira For the Culture. In this sleep-deprived yet fully charged episode, Brad and Mira dive into a chaotic mix of meditation-indu...

972. S. A. Cosby

17 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

S. A. Cosby is the author of the novel King of Ashes, available from Flatiron Books. Cosby is a New York Times bestselling writer from southeaste...

David, 44, Painter

15 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Character Study, Vol. 14. 'Character Studies' is a new series on the podcast featuring interviews with 'civilians'—ordinary adult humans of all ages...

Cazando Esteban

12 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 46 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...the Gestapo police state insanity in LA...hunting a nude and terrified Stephen...Katie Perry's album fail ...

971. Claire Hoffman

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Claire Hoffman is the author of Sister, Sinner: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson, available from Farrar, Str...

John, 36, Graduate Student

08 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Character Study, Vol. 13. 'Character Studies' is a new series on the podcast featuring interviews with 'civilians'—ordinary adult humans of all ages...

For Sale: Knicks Lingerie, Never Worn

05 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 45 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Mira's dog and its bloody ass...Mira does LSD in Las Vegas and forgets how to play blackjack...the Pacers ...

970. Andrew Lipstein

03 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew Lipstein is the author of the novel Something Rotten, available from Farrar, Straus, & Giroux. Lipstein's other novels are Last Resort (2022...

Sam, 40, Filmmaker and Visual Strategist

01 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Character Study, Vol. 12. 'Character Studies' is a new series on the podcast featuring interviews with 'civilians'—ordinary adult humans of all ages...

969. Vauhini Vara

29 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Vauhini Vara is the author of Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age, available from Pantheon Books. Vara has been a reporter and editor for The Atl...

968. Kate Folk

27 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Kate Folk is the author of the debut novel Sky Daddy, available from Random House. Folk is also the author of the debut short story collection Out ...

967. J. Robert Lennon

25 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

J. Robert Lennon is the author of the novel Buzz Kill, available from Mulholland Books. It is the official May pick of the Otherppl Book Club. Lenno...

The Prostate Episode

22 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 44 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad learns what a prostate is...The Punisher takes the stand in the Diddy trial...the crucifixion of Kevi...

966. Honor Jones

20 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Honor Jones is the author of the debut novel Sleep, available from Riverhead Books. Jones is a senior editor at The Atlantic, and previously at Th...

Kalen, 47, Blue Man Group Performer

18 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Character Study, Vol. 11. 'Character Studies' is a new series on the podcast featuring interviews with 'civilians'—ordinary adult humans of all ages...

Rosanna Norton 4Ever

15 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 43 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...remembering Mira's amazing grandmother, Rosanna Norton, who once bore witness to Peter Fonda's enormous ge...

965. Ocean Vuong

13 May 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 critically acclaimed po...

Vanessa, Age??, Vegan Activist

11 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Character Study, Vol. 10. 'Character Studies' is a new series on the podcast featuring interviews with 'civilians'—ordinary adult humans of all ages...

964. Katie Kitamura

08 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Katie Kitamura is the author of the novel Audition, available from Riverhead Books. Kitamura's other novels include A Separation and Intimacies, ...

963. Jonathan Evison

06 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jonathan Evison is the author of the novel The Heart of Winter, available from Dutton. Evison's other novels include Again and Again; Small World; ...

Tyler, 38, Social Worker

04 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Character Study, Vol. 9. 'Character Studies' is a new series on the podcast featuring interviews with 'civilians'—ordinary adult humans of all ages ...

A Pep Talk for Writers, with Maggie Smith

01 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A new Craftwork conversation with Maggie Smith, bestselling author of Dear Writer: Pep Talks & Practical Advice for the Creative Life, available from ...

How to Make a Living As a Writer

29 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A new Craftwork conversation about the business of being a writer with Jane Friedman. Her book, The Business of Being a Writer, is now available in an...

Nancy, 56, Mother and Artist

27 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Character Study, Vol. 8. 'Character Studies' is a new series on the podcast featuring interviews with 'civilians'—ordinary adult humans of all ages ...

Dead Pope Society

24 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Volume 42 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...muy triste about no more Baldwins...Did Pope Frances kill himself after meeting J.D. Vance???....Mira laun...

962. Stephen Graham Jones

22 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen Graham Jones is the New York Times bestselling author of the novel The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, available from Simon & Schuster. Jones is the ...

Bonny, 61, Geospatial Scientist

20 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Character Study, Vol. 7. 'Character Studies' is a new series on the podcast featuring interviews with 'civilians'—ordinary adult humans of all ages ...