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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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Working: A Much-Needed History of Queer Women’s...
Writer June Thomas talks about bringing journalistic rigor to a subject that’s close to her heart.
42 min
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Gabfest Reads: Why Americans Care About Animals
Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy’s new book, Our Kindred Creatures explores the evolution of our feelings about animals.
31 min
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Dear Prudence: Kiese Laymon, My Mom Forgot to T...
27 min
104
Care & Feeding: Why I’m Choosing Single Motherhood
Slate’s parenting podcast on getting a dog (or a boyfriend).
38 min
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Well, Now: Is Biohacking a Scam?
Or is it only for the rich?
45 min
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Well, Now: Overcoming a Complicated Pregnancy
Half of pregnancies will experience complications. Here’s how patients and their partners can best advocate for the proper care.
37 min
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How To!: Big Dating Energy
Jeff Guenther on telling your crush how you really feel.
36 min
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Working: Writer Anne Lamott’s Difficult Persona...
The Bird By Bird author discusses her new book about love, her proclivity for deeply honest memoir writing, and some of her go-to advice about writing and publishing.
49 min
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How To!: Another Word for Love
Courtney Martin talks with Carvell Wallace about writing, interviewing—and his new memoir.
32 min
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Well, Now: Living and Loving With OCD (feat. Al...
And finding humor with it, too.
36 min
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Working: How Fact-Checking Can Improve Your Fic...
Novelist Julia Hannafin and ecologist Adam Rosenblatt talk about Julia’s new novel Cascade and its commitment to scientific accuracy.
45 min
112
Political Gabfest: New Cold Wars
David Sanger’s book, New Cold Wars, delves into America’s volatile relationships with nuclear powers – China and Russia.
39 min
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Dear Prudence: Bassey Ikpi, My Wife’s Bipolar D...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by author and mental health advocate Bassey Ikpi.
31 min
114
Outward: A History of the Gay Right with Neil J...
Bryan and Neil dive into the history of his new book Coming Out Republican: A History of the Gay Right
31 min
115
Death, Sex & Money: A Sociopath's Guide to Deat...
Patric Gagne says being a sociopath is like having an emotional learning disability. In this episode, she talks about the good and the bad of having limited access to shame and guilt, how she overcame violent compulsions, and becoming a wife and mother.
44 min
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Working: How to Be Both a Critic and a Creator
NPR host Linda Holmes explains how her work as a professional pop culture critic impacts her work as a novelist, and vice versa.
43 min
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Outward - Ten Bridges I've Burnt: A Memoir in V...
Jules Gill-Peterson and Bryan Lowder chat with Brontez about his new book Ten Bridges I've Burnt: A Memoir in Verse
39 min
118
Slate Money: How to Escape the Invisible Factory
Author Cal Newport explains how we ended up in Slack hell — and how to free ourselves.
36 min
119
Dear Prudence: Dan Pashman, My Partner Sticks H...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by award-winning host and author Dan Pashman.
31 min
120
How To!: Humor, Seriously!
Naomi Bagdonas, co-author of Humor, Seriously!, on finding your funny side — part one.
31 min
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A Word: Love, Family, and Freedom’s Ultimate Price
An assassin ended Medgar Evers’ life. His widow Myrlie Evers-Williams still nurtures his dream.
25 min
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Well, Now: Every Deep-Drawn Breath
With symptoms ranging from fatigue to cognitive impairment, Long Covid still confounds physicians. It doesn’t help that most of the nation has already moved on.
32 min
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Gabfest Reads: The Hunter
Tana French's new book is another in a long line of great crime novels. But for French, the mystery structure has always been a means to an end.
26 min
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Dear Prudence: Michael Arceneaux, My Ex Had Sex...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by author Michael Arceneaux.
33 min
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How To!: Supercommunicators
Charles Duhigg on transforming into a supercommunicator.
33 min