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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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Outward: Are Advice Columns Intrinsically Queer?
Plus, the undeniable gayness of Frog and Toad.
79 min
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How To!: Start Reading Books Again
Maryanne Wolf on the science of the reading brain.
34 min
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Working: A Memoir About an Identity in Flux
49 min
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A Word: The Battle for Eatonville
Classic novel Their Eyes Were Watching God immortalized Eatonville, Florida. Will the town survive?
24 min
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The Waves: We Were Once a Family
When Devonte Hart and his siblings were killed by their foster moms, why were those women viewed as victims?
31 min
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Future Tense Fiction: Can a Pandemic Story Have...
Annalee Newitz discusses their short story “When Robot and Crow Saved East St. Louis.”
76 min
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Gabfest Reads: How Do You Solve a Problem Like ...
The pending economic catastrophe is about more than the pandemic, author Chris Miller explains in his new book, Chip War.
33 min
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Future Tense Fiction: Coming March 25
A monthly science fiction fix from Slate, Arizona State and New America.
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A Word: The Love Jones Cohort
Black, unmarried, childfree adults are a growing middle-class force
23 min
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A Word: Screaming in Color
Has diversity slayed Hollywood’s racial horror rule?
29 min
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ICYMI: The Internet Hates Hogwarts Legacy
A new video game set in the Harry Potter universe lays bare the mediocrity of Rowling’s world.
38 min
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The Waves: It’s OK to Hate Your Spouse (Sometimes)
Ask Polly author Heather Havrilesky on why a dull marriage might, actually, be good for you.
32 min
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How To!: 4000 Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman on how to let go of your FOMO.
36 min
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Working: A Hollywood Actor Learns to Write Novels
43 min
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Political Gabfest Reads: A Boarding School Thri...
Rebecca Makkai’s new book I Have Some Questions For You is a murder mystery that feels ripped from Twitter.
33 min
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A Word: Lights, Camera, Diversity in Action
A path for Black scribes to rewrite the Hollywood script.
28 min
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The Waves: Wolfish and the Inherent Fear in Bei...
The dread you feel walking alone at night is part nature, and part nurture.
33 min
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A Word: Surviving “Driving While Black”
The original “Green Book” was a literal life-saver for Black travelers.
26 min
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Working: The Bold Strategy That Drives One of 2...
46 min
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Slate Money: Chip War
Chris Miller joins Slate Money to talk about microchips.
43 min
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The Waves: How a Man Writes Women Protagonists
Should authors steer clear of man characters with genders different from their own?
36 min
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Working: Learning From the Letters of Two Great...
49 min
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Slate Money: It’s Not TV
Felix Gillette joins to talk about his new book on HBO.
51 min
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Political Gabfest Reads: Two Horrifying Days in...
Shahan Mufti discusses his new book, American Caliph: The True Story of a Muslim Mystic, a Hollywood Epic, and the 1977 Siege of Washington, D.C.
32 min
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A Word: Haiti: Fear of a Black Republic
Historically, has American “help” pushed Haiti to the brink of failure?
26 min