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.

Business
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Working: How Harry Styles’ Trombonist Deals Wit...
43 min
77
Slate Money: You Better Not Be Working
Slate Money checks in on the status of work ahead of Labor Day
48 min
78
What Next TBD: Is LinkedIn...Cool Now?
Personal posts, influencers, and cultural cachet, all in a surprising place.
23 min
79
How To!: Navigate Adult Autism
Lauren Ober on the beauty of better understanding who we are.
39 min
80
Working: How an Author and a Translator Collabo...
45 min
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Working: Why Artists Should Attend Festivals
23 min
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Working: A Novelist on Genre Blending and Suck...
There are quests for immortality among the super rich whether that’s flying into space to be robolords or just living forever.
52 min
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Working: The New Hamilton Actor Makes the Role ...
43 min
84
The Waves: Why All The First Ladies Want to Be ...
Casey DeSantis is yet another political partner engaging in First Lady cosplay.
33 min
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Working: A Radical Comic Strip, Reimagined for ...
38 min
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Working: A Succession Actor on Playing Unlikeab...
47 min
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The Waves: How a Drag Queen Recreated the Ameri...
RuPaul’s Drag Race star Mrs. Kasha Davis breaks down her big moment on All Stars and how she’s turned the idea of a “housewife” on its head.
38 min
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Working: The Life of Creative Work After Death
31 min
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What Next TBD: Why Tech Lays Women Off First
Rounds of layoffs have disproportionately affected women in tech—including those on maternity leave.
27 min
90
Working: A Grammy-Winning Jazz Composer Trusts ...
46 min
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Working: A TV Critic Pivots to Exposing Hollywo...
45 min
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The Waves: Watch The Women’s World Cup, Damn It!
Come for Megan Rapinoe’s last tournament, stay for the beautiful game.
36 min
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Working: Consuming Art like an Artist
25 min
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Working: The Writers Behind One of the Best Sho...
49 min
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Big Mood: Death By Stable Employment
with guests Halle Kiefer and Alison Leiby, hosts of Crooked Media's horror podcast, Ruined
45 min
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Working: A Moving Comeback Album From a Country...
42 min
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Working: Shaking a Creative Slump
26 min
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Working: A Tap Dancing Obsession
46 min
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ICYMI: The Super Bowl of Private Chef TikTok
As the rich flee New York City for the summer, so do their content-making chefs.
36 min
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Working: A Painter Reveals the Beauty of Bicycles
40 min