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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How To!: Lead Your Local Nonprofit
Malini Sridharan on navigating the dynamics of your local nonprofit board.
35 min
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Well, Now: Weed’s Growing (and Alarming) Side E...
More people report using cannabis regularly than drink alcohol. What are the costs of America’s most popular drug?
32 min
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Well, Now: Puberty is Starting Earlier and Last...
Tips from a puberty expert on navigating this necessary part of life, supporting youth going through it, and keeping your cool throughout the process.
45 min
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Well, Now: Can Kids Be Healthy at Any Size?
Underweight and overweight kids are at higher risk for psychological harm. What’s the answer to proper nutrition in a world still full of weight stigma?
42 min
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Well, Now: Are Supplements Actually Worth It?
Before you buy the latest celebrity-branded gummy vitamin, arm yourself and your medicine cabinet with the facts.
33 min
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A Word: Tech’s Race Reckoning
Silicon Valley might drive progress in business, but it lags behind on race.
28 min
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Well, Now: The Truth About IUDs
IUDs are safe and extremely effective, but they could be much better.
30 min
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Well, Now: Who Cares for the Caregivers?
In ‘How Do You Feel?’ a psychiatrist tries to bring the humanity back into healthcare for caretakers and caregivers.
52 min
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Death, Sex & Money: Martha Wainwright on Post-D...
Musician Martha Wainwright talks about making music through grief, shaky confidence, and post-divorce sexiness.
49 min
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Working: A Working Farewell and What We’ve Learned
June, Isaac, and Ronald look back on some of the most useful creative wisdom from the show.
41 min
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Working: Saying Goodbye
15 min
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Working: How a Big Band Leader and Composer Wra...
Darcy James Argue, bandleader for the 18-piece jazz band Secret Society, describes the many hats that he has to weave and wear.
47 min
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Working: Transitioning From One Project to the ...
The hosts discuss the best strategies for shifting between creative endeavors.
18 min
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Working: The Founder of a Life-Changing Writers...
Author and poet Judith Barrington talks about Flight of the Mind, a workshop she ran for 17 years.
36 min
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Well, Now: Food Is More Than Fuel
In Eat & Flourish, award-winning food journalist Mary Beth Albright shows how food supports our emotional well-being.
50 min
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Working: How a TV Writer Keeps the Ideas Coming
Mike Gauyo has written for popular shows like Insecure and Ginny and Georgia. Now he’s hustling to create and pitch the next exciting thing.
41 min
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Well, Now: No, Netflix Isn’t Forcing You to Go ...
The ‘twin study’ joins decades of research indicating a plant-based diet is healthier long term. But that doesn’t mean you have to quit meat cold tofurkey.
43 min
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How To!: Put a Toxic Job Behind You
Rudhir Krishtel on rethinking what makes us happy at work.
36 min
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Working: How a Stand Up Comedian’s Sense of Hum...
Comic and Daily Show writer Dina Hashem explains why it’s getting harder and harder to make herself laugh.
46 min
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Well, Now: How to Avoid Heat-Related Illness
Tips to stay cool and hydrated — and how to care for those who aren’t — from a surgeon general in one of the country’s hottest states.
42 min
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Death, Sex & Money: Olympic Legend Greg Lougani...
The four-time gold medal winning diver explains what it was like to compete at the highest level while undergoing treatment for HIV.
38 min
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Working: Writing the Two-Author Novel
45 min
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Working: A Newspaper Comic That Shows a Changin...
Candorville creator Darrin Bell talks about getting the strip into print in the early 2000’s and the ways his characters keep evolving.
45 min
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Well, Now: How Nick Cannon Got Celebrities to O...
From Howie Mandel to Lamar Odom, high-profile men open up about their struggles with anxiety, depression, grief, and addiction on the new Prime show Counsel Culture.
51 min
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Working: An Author’s Mission to Make Her Reader...
Writer Sally Franson talks about her hilarious new novel Big in Sweden, which was inspired by her real-life experience as a reality TV contestant.
48 min