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: A Radical Comic Strip, Reimagined for ...
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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.
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Working: The Life of Creative Work After Death
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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 Grammy-Winning Jazz Composer Trusts ...
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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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Working: Shaking a Creative Slump
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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.
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Working: A Painter Reveals the Beauty of Bicycles
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Working: Working on Oneself
24 min
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How To!: Quit Your Calling
Daphne Gomez on leaving a job you loved to save your sanity, part two.
36 min
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Working: The Art of the On-Mic Interview
50 min
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A Word: Hollywood Shuffle
Striking Black screenwriters fear an unhappy ending without a new deal.
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How To Help Teachers Thrive
Daphne Gomez on supporting educators, part one.
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Working: A Prolific Novelist Takes a Breather
46 min
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Slate Money: The Economic Tale of the Writers S...
How the ongoing Writers Guild strike affects the entertainment economy
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Working: What Publication Day Feels Like
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Working: The Breakout Star of HBO’s Barry
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