52 Weeks of Brad & Mira

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Books, Arts, Society & Culture

4.8 • 555 Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2025

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Volume 52 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...a year of podcasting...Mira's longest run of continuous employment...Mira vs. diarrhea...the Tesla Diner opens in Hollywood...Mira does hot yoga to relieve PTSD...Brad watches the new Billy Joel documentary...the '70s smelled bad...Gwyneth talks about technically excellent tea-bagging...Ozzie RIP....Trump and Epstein's "wonderful secrets"...and more... *** ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Otherppl with Brad Listi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, etc. Subscribe to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brad Listi’s email newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support the show on Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Merch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠proud affiliate partner of Bookshop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Brad and Mirra for the culture.
0:05.0	Love you, Pee.
0:11.0	All right, we're back.
0:15.0	Welcome to another episode of Brad and Mira for the Culture.
0:19.6	This podcast's weekly pop culture assessment.
0:23.5	I'm Brad Listy.
0:24.9	And as always, I am joined by my friend and co-host, Mira Gonzalez.
0:30.6	What up?
0:31.8	Today's episode is brought to you by Tin House, publisher of the debut novel Wanting by Claire Jha.
0:39.6	It is a novel about desire and friendship across, I believe, two countries and two lives.
0:48.0	It's about, I think it's about like, not sisterhood, but friendship between women.
0:52.8	I'm just starting it.
0:54.4	And so far I'm riveted.
0:56.7	What are the two countries?
0:59.3	China and America.
1:00.9	Ah, very nice.
1:02.8	Yeah.
1:03.3	So this is the official July pick of my book club.
1:06.9	I will be speaking with Claire Jha on the show sometime very soon.
1:11.7	So stay tuned for that.
1:12.9	One more time, the debut novel is called Wanting by Claire Jha, and it's available from Tin House.
1:20.8	Check it out.
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