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: How Fact-Checking Can Improve Your Fic...
Novelist Julia Hannafin and ecologist Adam Rosenblatt talk about Julia’s new novel Cascade and its commitment to scientific accuracy.
45 min
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Working: A Clarinetist Finds His Flow State
Anthony McGill, principal clarinetist for the New York Philharmonic, explains what it’s like to both perform and take in the beauty of the orchestra simultaneously.
45 min
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What Next: How Young Is Too Young to Work?
Child labor laws are changing—in different directions, in different states.
22 min
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Working: How to Be Both a Critic and a Creator
NPR host Linda Holmes explains how her work as a professional pop culture critic impacts her work as a novelist, and vice versa.
43 min
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Working: Creator Mode vs. Editor Mode
21 min
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Slate Money: How to Escape the Invisible Factory
Author Cal Newport explains how we ended up in Slack hell — and how to free ourselves.
36 min
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Working: How a Magician Designs Original, Mind-...
Award-winning performer Joshua Jay explains how he’s able to live up to his own very high standards.
42 min
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What Next TBD: The Psychological Toll of Mars
We know how to get to space. But what happens to our minds when we’re there?
21 min
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Working: How to Curate a Small Town Art Museum
Sun Valley Museum of Art curator Courtney Gilbert discusses the unique challenges and thrills of serving a small community.
43 min
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Death, Sex & Money: A Former Pro Climber On End...
After years of scaling cliffs for a living, Mason Earle was diagnosed with ME/CFS, commonly called chronic fatigue syndrome.
57 min
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Working: From Corporate Job to Broadway Playwright
46 min
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Decoder Ring: Why Stylists Rule the Red Carpet
Avery Trufelman and Melissa Rivers on what the fashion police hath wrought.
38 min
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Death, Sex & Money: Who’s Driving Your Uber?
Rideshare drivers in the Bay Area tell stories about their lives and their work.
29 min
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Working: An Acting Coach’s Tips for Beginners a...
48 min
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Working: Getting Paid On Time
15 min
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How To!: Rethink Retirement
Brad Stulberg on embracing a massive change.
34 min
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Working: How to Make a “Fair” Crossword Puzzle
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Working: How TV Host Carla Hall Stays Authentic...
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Well, Now: Is it Burnout? Or, Do You Have a Bus...
Chronic stress creates inflammation in the brain–leading to anxiety, inability to focus and difficulty sleeping. One neurologist says the way to fix it is by curing our ‘busy brains.’
34 min
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Working: How to Write Every Day and Stick to It
43 min
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Working: A Biography With Very High Stakes
45 min
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Dear Prudence: Is My Work Husband Keeping Me A ...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by entertainment journalist Gia Peppers.
31 min
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Working: Managing New Hires Better
23 min
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Working: Malcolm X's Story, Told Through Opera
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A Word: Revolutionary Recharge
Be a Revolution: fighting the good fight, with joy.
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