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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A Word: Build Black Better
Black Women Build harnesses community spirit to restore Baltimore.
20 min
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How To!: Bounce Back From a Layoff
Career coach Susan Peppercorn on how workers (and companies) can do better.
33 min
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Working: How Raffi Makes Kids Music That’s Actu...
48 min
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Working: A ‘70s Crime Classic Gets a Musical Redux
47 min
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How To!: Make Imposter Syndrome Your Superpower
Dr. Jessica Esquivel on bringing your whole self to your job.
36 min
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Working: A Sommelier Without the Smugness
45 min
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The Waves: Hollywood Needs an Overhaul
The Academy does need a “crisis team.” Just not for the reasons they think they do.
28 min
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Working: An Oscar-Winning Writer's Creative Fle...
49 min
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Sponsored: How Can We Leverage the Power of Our...
29 min
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Working: The Two Brothers Who Changed Video Gam...
46 min
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The Waves: What Ballet’s Best Choreographer Des...
Ballet’s most famous choreographer left an amazing legacy–and many hurt women in his wake.
26 min
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How To!: Manage Your Precious Time
Oliver Burkeman on how to let go of your FOMO.
36 min
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Working: A Hollywood Actor Learns to Write Novels
43 min
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A Word: Lights, Camera, Diversity in Action
A path for Black scribes to rewrite the Hollywood script.
28 min
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Working: A New Way to Tell Trans Stories
39 min
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The Waves: How ADHD Disorients Women
31 min
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How To!: Face Your Kid’s Future
Rebecca Lavoie on letting boys become men.
34 min
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Working: The Bold Strategy That Drives One of 2...
46 min
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The Waves: Are “Cool Moms” A Menace?
Can you be a mom and not totally lose yourself along the way? Plus, a defense of Lean In.
34 min
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How To!: Command a Room
Radio host Meghna Chakrabarti on how to captivate an audience.
34 min
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Working: How a Doctor Became a Chef (And Kept B...
36 min
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Working: Learning From the Letters of Two Great...
49 min
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Working: Recipe Design With Convenience in Mind
47 min
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Sponsored: How Can Taking Risks Help Us Become ...
36 min
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Working: Revisiting Two Great Books From 2022
63 min