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May 30, 2026

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 new novel, Kill Dick (Red Hen Press).

Goebel is also the author of the debut novel Fourteen Stories, None of Them Are Yours. And he co-wrote the screenplays for...


May 28, 2026

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 concert...relives her tortured youth...openly loathes The Moldy Peaches...Happy birthday Mira...Brad meets an Otherppl superfan in-person...gets a disgusting iced matcha...


May 26, 2026

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 debut novel is called Everyone Knows How Much I Love You, and her fiction and essays have appeared in Best American Short Stories, American Short...


May 23, 2026

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 new novel, Immersions, the official May pick of the Otherppl Book Club.

McCarthy is also the author of  the novel Everyone Knows How Much I Love You,...


May 21, 2026

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 abating...stressing about Spencer Pratt...Mira's uncle went to high school with Pratt...egged his house "at least 15 times"...the constant operatic morality play of Brad's...