May 18, 2025
Character Study, Vol. 10. 'Character Studies' is a new series on the podcast featuring interviews with 'civilians'—ordinary adult humans of all ages and backgrounds, talking with Brad about their lives, anonymously.
In Vol. 11, a conversation with Kalen, 47, a Blue Man Group Performer from Las Vegas, Nevada.
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May 15, 2025
Volume 43 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...remembering Mira's amazing grandmother, Rosanna Norton, who once bore witness to Peter Fonda's enormous genitalia...assessing the conclave and the new Chicago Pope..sifting through the toxic waste of the Diddy trial...Is Bill Belichick dating a Red Sparrow???...and more...
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May 13, 2025
Ocean Vuong is the author of the novel The Emperor of Gladness, available from Penguin Press.
Ocean's other books include the critically acclaimed poetry collections Night Sky with Exit Wounds and Time Is a Mother, as well as the New York Times bestselling novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous. A recipient...
May 11, 2025
Character Study, Vol. 10. 'Character Studies' is a new series on the podcast featuring interviews with 'civilians'—ordinary adult humans of all ages and backgrounds, talking with Brad about their lives, anonymously.
In Vol. 10, a conversation with Vanessa, a woman of unspecified age, a vegan activist from Los Angeles,...
May 8, 2025
Katie Kitamura is the author of the novel Audition, available from Riverhead Books.
Kitamura's other novels include A Separation and Intimacies, which was longlisted for the National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award and was a finalist for a Joyce Carol Oates Prize. She is a recipient of the Rome Prize...