Sep 29, 2026

⁠Roshan Sethi⁠ is the author of the debut novel ⁠The Simp⁠, available from Simon & Schuster.

Sethi is a writer, director, and practicing oncologist. He is the cocreator of The Resident, which ran for six seasons on Fox. His directorial debut, 7 Days, won the Independent Spirit Award for best first feature. He...

Sep 26, 2026

⁠Roshan Sethi⁠ reads from his debut novel ⁠The Simp⁠, available from Simon & Schuster.

Sethi is a writer, director, and practicing oncologist. He is the cocreator of The Resident, which ran for six seasons on Fox. His directorial debut, 7 Days, won the Independent Spirit Award for best first feature. He...

Sep 24, 2026

Volume 106 of Brad & Mira For the Culture..Mira prepares for a return to the motherland...Mira's dad refuses to use soap...Brad's no good very bad terrible morning...Siri and Kaya weigh in on Spirit's penis...Ed Sheeran cries onstage...Orland Bloom and the Mara sisters have a threesome in the new Werner Herzog film...Is...

Sep 22, 2026

⁠Emily St. John Mandel⁠ is the author of the novel ⁠Exit Party⁠, available from Knopf.

Mandel is the author of six novels, most recently Sea of Tranquility, which has been translated into 25 languages and was selected by President Barack Obama as one of his favorite books of 2022. Her previous novels include 

Sep 19, 2026

Vol. 19 of Story Time, featuring an author reading aloud from his/her/their work. In this episode, ⁠Ben Loory⁠ reads two stories. The first story is called 'The Poet,' from his debut collection entitled ⁠Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day⁠. And the second story is called 'The Squid Who Fell in Love with...