Nov 30, 2025

⁠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 sixteen novels, including the Gangsterland quartet: Gangsterland, a finalist for the Hammett Prize; Gangster Nation; The Low Desert, a Southwest Book of the Year; and 

Nov 29, 2025

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 new novel, ⁠Open Wide⁠, available from Abrams Books. Open Wide was the November 2025 pick of the ⁠Otherppl Book Club⁠.

Gross is also the author of the...

Nov 27, 2025

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's daughter's boyfriend laid two eggs....Tara Reid wheeled out of Chicago hotel bar...claims she was roofied...Kevin Spacey wants you to know he's not...

Nov 25, 2025

⁠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 journalist who covers technology and Silicon Valley forBloomberg News. She writes award-winning features for Bloomberg Businessweek magazine, has hosted two...

Nov 23, 2025

⁠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 Mozambique, Iran, Turkey, and Holland. His previous novels include the PEN/Faulkner Award–winning Netherland and the Booker Prize long-listed The Dog. O’Neill’s...