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: What an Executive Producer for Film an...
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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
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What Next: Our Aging Congress Is a Problem
How money in politics turned our federal government into a gerontocracy.
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How To!: How To Find Your People
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Working: How Harry Styles’ Trombonist Deals Wit...
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Slate Money: You Better Not Be Working
Slate Money checks in on the status of work ahead of Labor Day
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What Next TBD: Is LinkedIn...Cool Now?
Personal posts, influencers, and cultural cachet, all in a surprising place.
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How To!: Navigate Adult Autism
Lauren Ober on the beauty of better understanding who we are.
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Working: How an Author and a Translator Collabo...
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Working: Why Artists Should Attend Festivals
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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.
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Working: The New Hamilton Actor Makes the Role ...
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The Waves: Why All The First Ladies Want to Be ...
Casey DeSantis is yet another political partner engaging in First Lady cosplay.
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Working: A Radical Comic Strip, Reimagined for ...
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Working: A Succession Actor on Playing Unlikeab...
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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.
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Working: The Life of Creative Work After Death
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Working: A Grammy-Winning Jazz Composer Trusts ...
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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.
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Working: A TV Critic Pivots to Exposing Hollywo...
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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.
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Working: Consuming Art like an Artist
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Working: The Writers Behind One of the Best Sho...
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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
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Working: A Moving Comeback Album From a Country...
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