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: Freelance Work's Boom and Bust Cycle
18 min
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How To!: Hit “Reset” on Your Career
35 min
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Working: Writing Bestsellers With Anderson Cooper
42 min
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The Waves: Get on the WNBA Train Already!
Women’s sports are increasing in popularity. Here’s what you need to know to not get left behind.
44 min
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Working: Obituaries That Tell the Truth
46 min
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Political Gabfest Reads: How to Survive Working...
Kristi Coulter’s new memoir, Exit Interview, reveals the good, the bad, and the hilarious of working for Amazon.
29 min
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Working: Finding the Confidence to Create
28 min
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How To!: Build Trust With Co-Workers
Marlon Styles on finding common ground in order to build something meaningful.
32 min
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Working: Shakespeare Acting at Its Best
47 min
60
The Waves: The Case For Taking A Sabbatical
Because sometimes the grind demands a hard reset.
36 min
61
Working: A New Kind of Cozy British Mystery
43 min
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The Waves: Female CEOs Can’t Save Us
Manipulative and toxic bosses are even more insidious when they’re women using feminism as a shield.
31 min
63
Working: How to Absorb Art More Deeply
21 min
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Working: A Crime Novel That Reinvents the Crime...
42 min
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The Waves Special Episode: Senator Dianne Feins...
The longest-standing female senator leaves a legacy of fighting gun violence and conflict with her left-wing constituents.
24 min
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What Next: The Writer’s Strike Is Over: Who Won?
A tentative agreement has been reached between the studios and the writers’ guild. But what about the actors?
23 min
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Working: Meet an Artist Who Writes Comics About...
Graphic novelist Dave Chisholm is also a jazz musician himself.
45 min
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Working: Creating Like a Child
24 min
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How To!: Follow Your Small Business Dream
Coach Mae Chan on why finding joy is part of becoming your own boss
32 min
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Working: How a Professional Pen Expert Makes a ...
45 min
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The Waves: Why Joe Jonas’s ‘Bad Mommy’ Story Fl...
The tabloids want you to think Sophie Turner is a neglectful mom as her divorce from Jonas goes public. The internet isn’t buying it.
27 min
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Working: What an Executive Producer for Film an...
46 min
73
Political Gabfest: Is Biden The Last Politician?
Author Franklin Foer discusses the first two years in President Joe Biden’s White House; the war in Ukraine slogs on and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un wades in; and higher education is in trouble.
53 min
74
What Next: Our Aging Congress Is a Problem
How money in politics turned our federal government into a gerontocracy.
22 min
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How To!: How To Find Your People
38 min