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.

Business
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Working: How to Absorb Art More Deeply
21 min
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Working: A Crime Novel That Reinvents the Crime...
42 min
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The Waves Special Episode: Senator Dianne Feins...
The longest-standing female senator leaves a legacy of fighting gun violence and conflict with her left-wing constituents.
24 min
179
What Next: The Writer’s Strike Is Over: Who Won?
A tentative agreement has been reached between the studios and the writers’ guild. But what about the actors?
23 min
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Working: Meet an Artist Who Writes Comics About...
Graphic novelist Dave Chisholm is also a jazz musician himself.
45 min
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Working: Creating Like a Child
24 min
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How To!: Follow Your Small Business Dream
Coach Mae Chan on why finding joy is part of becoming your own boss
32 min
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Working: How a Professional Pen Expert Makes a ...
45 min
184
The Waves: Why Joe Jonas’s ‘Bad Mommy’ Story Fl...
The tabloids want you to think Sophie Turner is a neglectful mom as her divorce from Jonas goes public. The internet isn’t buying it.
27 min
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Working: What an Executive Producer for Film an...
46 min
186
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
187
What Next: Our Aging Congress Is a Problem
How money in politics turned our federal government into a gerontocracy.
22 min
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How To!: How To Find Your People
38 min
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Working: How Harry Styles’ Trombonist Deals Wit...
43 min
190
Slate Money: You Better Not Be Working
Slate Money checks in on the status of work ahead of Labor Day
48 min
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What Next TBD: Is LinkedIn...Cool Now?
Personal posts, influencers, and cultural cachet, all in a surprising place.
23 min
192
How To!: Navigate Adult Autism
Lauren Ober on the beauty of better understanding who we are.
39 min
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Working: How an Author and a Translator Collabo...
45 min
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Working: Why Artists Should Attend Festivals
23 min
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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.
52 min
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Working: The New Hamilton Actor Makes the Role ...
43 min
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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.
33 min
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Working: A Radical Comic Strip, Reimagined for ...
38 min
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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.
38 min