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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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.
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127
Working: From Corporate Job to Broadway Playwright
46 min
128
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
45 min
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Working: How TV Host Carla Hall Stays Authentic...
39 min
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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
42 min
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A Word: Revolutionary Recharge
Be a Revolution: fighting the good fight, with joy.
29 min
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Well, Now: How ER Taught Thousands Of Viewers A...
Behind the beautiful actors and high-stakes surgeries, medical dramas have found ways to communicate important health information to thousands.
25 min
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Working: How Children’s Book Ideas Begin
49 min
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Working: The Sounds That Make a Movie
46 min
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Working: How to Portray a Hollywood Legend
45 min
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Outward: Raquel Willis is in Bloom
Jules Gill-Peterson interviews Raquel Willis about her new memoir The Risk It Takes to Bloom
40 min
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Working: Drawing Strangers to Build Empathy
43 min
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Working: Our New Year's Resolutions for 2024
32 min
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Working: Lightening Your Workload
Our hosts discuss hiring help to take on the work you don’t have time for.
26 min
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Working: The Flawless Indie Pop of The Beths
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