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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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The Waves: Why Jane Austen Still Slaps
Her women speak. What a concept!
32 min
327
ICYMI Encore: How a Harry Potter Fanfic Took Ov...
This 500,000-word story has even spawned a fandom of its own.
27 min
328
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
329
Outward: The Viral Underclass, by Steven W. Thr...
Plus: Why are so many GOP politicians voting to support marriage equality?
84 min
330
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
331
Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservat...
Doug Tallamy on why you should immediately replace half your grass.
29 min
332
Decoder Ring: The Most Famous Poet No One Remem...
Searching for Rod McKuen.
43 min
333
Gabfest Reads: Revolution Through Teenage Eyes
Vanessa Hua’s Forbidden City follows a sixteen-year-old dancer into Mao’s China.
26 min
334
A Word: They Want to Kill Americans
“They brag about having all the guns. They mean it.”
20 min
335
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
336
Mom & Dad: Run Towards the Danger
Filmmaker, author, and actor, Sarah Polley on how she's intentionally evolving her parenting.
26 min
337
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
338
How To!: Sensual Self
Ev’Yan Whitney on sexuality, pleasure, and staying true to you.
34 min
339
Gabfest Reads: Corrections in Ink
Felony and figure skating in the same memoir.
33 min
340
The Waves: How "Gone Girl" Changed Publishing
Ten years after its publication, the impact of Gillian Flynn’s thriller looms large.
26 min
341
The Waves: Been There, Done That
Human and animal history is queer as hell
24 min
342
ICYMI: Everything I Need I Get From You
Author Kaitlyn Tiffany explains how fans of One Direction became an unstoppable force online.
27 min
343
Outward: Eye to Eye: Portraits of Lesbians
31 min
344
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
345
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
346
Outward: The Women's House of Detention
How America’s penal system shaped LGBTQ culture.
83 min
347
The Waves: What Reality TV Says About Us
Are we watching for the right reasons?
26 min
348
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
349
How To!: The Lazy Genius Way
Kendra Adachi on prioritizing your life and making routines that stick.
29 min
350
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