Slate Books

For readers who are listeners, for listeners looking for something to read—this feed includes book discussions and conversations with authors from across the Slate Podcast network.

Arts
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The Waves: Essential Labor
Women have been depending on the labor of other women in order to succeed. What has it cost us?
25 min
302
How To!: Sensual Self
Ev’Yan Whitney on sexuality, pleasure, and staying true to you.
34 min
303
Gabfest Reads: Corrections in Ink
Felony and figure skating in the same memoir.
33 min
304
The Waves: How "Gone Girl" Changed Publishing
Ten years after its publication, the impact of Gillian Flynn’s thriller looms large.
26 min
305
The Waves: Been There, Done That
Human and animal history is queer as hell
24 min
306
ICYMI: Everything I Need I Get From You
Author Kaitlyn Tiffany explains how fans of One Direction became an unstoppable force online.
27 min
307
Outward: Eye to Eye: Portraits of Lesbians
31 min
308
Mom and Dad Are Fighting: Nasty, Brutish and Sh...
Slate’s parenting podcast on why not knowing the answers can bring you closer together.
22 min
309
Political Gabfest Reads: Coming of Age in the N...
Elif Bautman’s The Idiot sequel, Either/Or, looks back with a modern eye.
31 min
310
Outward: The Women's House of Detention
How America’s penal system shaped LGBTQ culture.
83 min
311
The Waves: What Reality TV Says About Us
Are we watching for the right reasons?
26 min
312
Mom and Dad are Fighting: A Place to Belong
Slate’s parenting podcast on celebrating your own identities and appreciating the cultural differences of others.
31 min
313
How To!: The Lazy Genius Way
Kendra Adachi on prioritizing your life and making routines that stick.
29 min
314
Mom and Dad Are Fighting: Histories of the Tran...
Slate’s parenting podcast on the wave of anti-trans legislation, the role of misinformation, and how to protect trans kids.
35 min
315
A Word: Joy and Pain: Navigating Grief
As America marks a million COVID deaths, grief is universal, but still misunderstood.
30 min
316
Working: Writer Hannah Kirshner on Japanese Art...
46 min
317
How To!: Start Writing (w/ Anna Quindlen & John...
Two best-selling writers on how to put yourself on the page.
33 min
318
Decoder Ring: The Madness Behind ‘The Method’
Isaac Butler on how method acting became so widely misunderstood.
42 min
319
Political Gabfest: Gabfest Reads: He Wanted to ...
Her husband’s Alzheimer's diagnosis led Amy Bloom to support his dying wishes.
17 min
320
Lend Me Your Ears: Julius Caesar
Slate's new podcast miniseries Lend Me Your Ears explores how Shakespeare's works speak to our current political era.
40 min
321
ABC: The Sparsholt Affair by Alan Hollinghurst
Laura Miller, Alex Barasch, and Gabriel Roth discuss the new novel by Alan Hollinghurst, The Sparsholt Affair, a multigenerational saga about gay life.
56 min
322
ABC: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le ...
Laura Miller, Jacob Brogan, and Charlie Jane Anders discuss Ursula K. Le Guin's classic science fiction novel "The Left Hand of Darkness".
54 min
323
ABC: Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria...
Katy Waldman, Parul Sehgal, and Laura Bennett discuss Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado.
47 min
324
ABC: The Odyssey, Translated By Emily Wilson
Katy Waldman, Parul Seghal, and Meghan O'Rourke discuss Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey by Homer. Next month's book will be Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado.
66 min
325
ABC: Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan
Katy Waldman, Laura Miller, and Meghan O'Rourke discuss the novel Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan. Our selection for next month will be Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey.
50 min