In this episode, Brent reads his October 17th, 2025 essay, “My Animal Magnetism?,’ unpacking his unlikely devotion to the popular dELiA*s direct-to-consumer catalogs from the 1990s. What begins as a sheepish admission morphs into a meditation on culture, identity, and the current crisis of masculinity.

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“Goodbye Cat Gentleman” - a 2024 one act play about a recent divorcé whose resurgent dating life is thwarted by his obsession with dELiA*s catalogs.

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