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.
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Working: Revisiting Two Great Books From 2022
63 min
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How To!: Forgiveness: An Exploration
Marina Cantacuzino on lining up to eventually find forgiveness.
33 min
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What Next TBD: Are You Ready For Lab-Grown Meat?
Many of the issues with lab-grown meat directly contradict what makes enthusiasts excited in the first place.
28 min
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Political Gabfest Reads: Everything You Need to...
Gautam Mukunda explains how to predict presidential success – and how to make the right choice for the job - in his new book, Picking Presidents.
39 min
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Working Overtime: Write a Bad Novel!
22 min
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Working: The Myth of Journalistic Objectivity
56 min
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The Waves: The World Record Book of Racist Stories
Comedians Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar explain why humor is the only way to get through the pain
34 min
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How To!: The Art of Gathering
Priya Parker on the art of gathering.
37 min
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Working: Understanding Bong Joon Ho’s Brilliance
46 min
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The Waves: Fleishman Is In Trouble
Hulu’s new series, Fleishman Is In Trouble, uncovers how mid-life crisis and divorce are different for women.
28 min
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How To!: Quit: The Power Of Knowing When to Wal...
Author Annie Duke, on the power of walking away.
34 min
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Slate Money: Fleishman is in Trouble
Slate Money talks with Fleishman is in Trouble author Taffy Brodesser-Akner about wealth and class.
35 min
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How To Write a Bestseller with Taffy Brodesser-...
Unconventional wisdom from successful novelist Taffy Brodesser-Akner.
29 min
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Political Gabfest Reads: G-Man
Beverly Gage talks about writing the first major J. Edgar Hoover biography in over a quarter century.
33 min
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The Waves: Ejaculate Responsibly
Author Gabrielle Blair has a new way of thinking about abortion, and it starts and ends with men taking responsibility for their sperm.
30 min
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ICYMI: How Sex Changed the Internet
41 min
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The Waves: Inside Voice
The actresses’s new audio book Inside Voice will make you rethink how you sound.
25 min
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Mom & Dad: Platonic
Slate’s parenting podcast talk with Dr. Marisa Franco on finding and keeping friends.
28 min
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Working: A Poet Demystifies Her Process
45 min
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What Next TBD: Big Brother, Big Tech and China
COVID may be an inflection point in the relationship between the surveillance state and the surveilled.
38 min
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A Word: Jim Crow’s Killers
By Hands Now Known: Resurrecting stories of segregation’s brutality.
22 min
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How To!: I Never Thought Of It That Way: How To...
Mónica Guzmán on aiming for understanding—not agreement.
36 min
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Slate Money: Meet Me by the Fountain
Alexandra Lange joins Slate Money to talk about the history of malls.
46 min
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Gabfest Reads: Tracy Flick Returns
The original ambitious woman returns in author Tom Perrotta’s new novel, Tracy Flick Can’t Win
26 min
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The Waves: Why You Hate Women’s Voices
Elissa Bassist, the author of Hysterical, explains how society became conditioned to find women’s voices annoying.
27 min