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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.
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How To!: The Price You Pay for College
Ron Lieber on what you need to know before taking on a ton of debt.
31 min
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Gabfest Reads: Searching for a Happy Ending
Ada Calhoun’s memoir, Also a Poet, started as a biography about Frank O’Hara. It became a reflection on Calhoun’s relationship with her father.
29 min
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Amicus: Lady Justice and Charlottesville Nazis
Roberta Kaplan on women, the law and holding white supremacists accountable.
41 min
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How To!: The Upside of Uncertainty
Nathan and Susannah Furr on the upside of uncertainty.
32 min
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Working: Reporter Casey Parks on the Book She N...
45 min
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What Next TBD: The Chaos That Made YouTube a Ju...
How the company has struggled with creators, extremism, and itself.
30 min
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The Waves: The Undying Appeal of Very Sexy Trash
Erotic thrillers are back. Here’s why we love them, and how they can do better.
33 min
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A Word: A Dream Defaulted: Black College Debt
Does President Biden’s relief plan for student loans fall short for Black borrowers?
17 min
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What Next, Best Of 2022 | When Your Book Gets B...
How did Ashley Pérez’s novel Out of Darkness get blackballed from schools across the country?
27 min
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A Word: Rise of the Black Quarterback
How Black quarterbacks like Patrick Mahomes rewrote the NFL playbook on race.
28 min
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The Waves: Why Jane Austen Still Slaps
Her women speak. What a concept!
32 min
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ICYMI Encore: How a Harry Potter Fanfic Took Ov...
This 500,000-word story has even spawned a fandom of its own.
27 min
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Political Gabfest Reads: Life on Europa Looks T...
Mat Johnson’s Invisible Things compares our reality with life in a bubble on Jupiter’s largest moon
25 min
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Outward: The Viral Underclass, by Steven W. Thr...
Plus: Why are so many GOP politicians voting to support marriage equality?
84 min
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Amicus: The Power of Dignity, by Judge Victoria...
Amicus hears from Judge Victoria Pratt about her book, and her thoughts about finding a fairer way to deliver justice
56 min
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Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservat...
Doug Tallamy on why you should immediately replace half your grass.
29 min
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Decoder Ring: The Most Famous Poet No One Remem...
Searching for Rod McKuen.
43 min
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Gabfest Reads: Revolution Through Teenage Eyes
Vanessa Hua’s Forbidden City follows a sixteen-year-old dancer into Mao’s China.
26 min
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A Word: They Want to Kill Americans
“They brag about having all the guns. They mean it.”
20 min
320
Political Gabfest: Lowest Approval Rating
Biden’s 2024 plans, the establishment Republicans who stand by Trump, and Herschel Walker’s baffling Senate campaign.
49 min
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Mom & Dad: Run Towards the Danger
Filmmaker, author, and actor, Sarah Polley on how she's intentionally evolving her parenting.
26 min
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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
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How To!: Sensual Self
Ev’Yan Whitney on sexuality, pleasure, and staying true to you.
34 min
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Gabfest Reads: Corrections in Ink
Felony and figure skating in the same memoir.
33 min
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The Waves: How "Gone Girl" Changed Publishing
Ten years after its publication, the impact of Gillian Flynn’s thriller looms large.
26 min