Slate Careers
Getting past "and what is it you do?" to "how do you do it?" and "why?" These episodes, drawn from across the Slate network, dive into how to live while making a living.
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Working: Managing New Hires Better
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Working: Malcolm X's Story, Told Through Opera
42 min
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A Word: Revolutionary Recharge
Be a Revolution: fighting the good fight, with joy.
29 min
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Well, Now: How ER Taught Thousands Of Viewers A...
Behind the beautiful actors and high-stakes surgeries, medical dramas have found ways to communicate important health information to thousands.
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Working: How Children’s Book Ideas Begin
49 min
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Working: The Sounds That Make a Movie
46 min
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Working: How to Portray a Hollywood Legend
45 min
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Outward: Raquel Willis is in Bloom
Jules Gill-Peterson interviews Raquel Willis about her new memoir The Risk It Takes to Bloom
40 min
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Working: Drawing Strangers to Build Empathy
43 min
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Working: Our New Year's Resolutions for 2024
32 min
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Working: Lightening Your Workload
Our hosts discuss hiring help to take on the work you don’t have time for.
26 min
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Working: The Flawless Indie Pop of The Beths
46 min
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Working: How An Artist Navigates the Health-Car...
51 min
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Dear Prudence: My Boss Says I'm A Hypocrite. Help!
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by cultural critic and host Brittany Luse.
35 min
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How To!: Transition From Soldier to Civilian
Bob Beard on how to make long-term plans amid the culture shock of civilian life.
33 min
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Working: Where a Crime Writer’s Ideas Come From
43 min
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Working: How Typography Can Tell Stories
46 min
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Dear Prudence: I Want to "Cancel" My Bad Boss B...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by attorney and writer Elie Mystal.
47 min
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Working: Reality TV That Helps People Feel Seen
39 min
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Working: Directing a Nicolas Cage Social Satire
47 min
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What Next TBD: Will A.I. Take My Job?
A newsroom finds itself wondering if these mysterious new contributors are even real people.
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Working: Home Staging With a Pop of Color
39 min
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Dear Prudence: Workplace Problems Everywhere. H...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by work advice columnist Alison Green.
35 min
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The Waves: How to Be a Woman in Music
Singer and writer Dessa unpacks not getting paid when she should, the benefits of being a woman in the indie music scene, and writing about heartache.
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Working: A Choreographer's Systems for Creativity
46 min