Dec 25, 2025
Today on the program, we highlight the top-5 most-listened-to episodes of 2025.
Big thanks to everyone who guested and everyone who listens. And a very special thank you to everyone who supports the show on Patreon.
Wishing you all a very happy 2026!
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Dec 23, 2025
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 installments. Today, we'll be covering #10 through #6, and then on Christmas Day, a breakdown of the top 5 episodes of the year.
Happy Holidays to all! Enjoy!
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Dec 21, 2025
Carla Kaplan is the author of Troublemaker: The Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford (Harper Books).
Kaplan is an award-winning professor and writer who holds the Stanton W. and Elisabeth K. Davis Distinguished Professorship in American Literature at Northeastern University. She has published seven...
Dec 20, 2025
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 new memoir A Silent Treatment, available from Tin House. Official December pick of the Otherppl Book Club.
Jeannie's other memoirs are Things We...
Dec 18, 2025
Volume 73 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Christmas shopping confusion...Brad anesthetizes himself with Ken Burns documentaries...Brad's friend has a gun....Mira's dog almost dies?....might adopt a feral cat...all planets are in retrograde...the darkest weekend in memory....a cascade of terrible news...Alec and...