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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.

Arts
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Working: Recipe Design With Convenience in Mind
47 min
177
How To!: A Savage Order: How the World's Deadli...
Dr. Rachel Kleinfeld on how all of us can help protect democracy, Part 1.
32 min
178
The Waves: The Myths About Fat People
Maintenance Phase’s Aubrey Gordon discusses her new book, “You Just Need to Lose Weight” And 19 Other Myths About Fat People.
36 min
179
Amicus: Why are We Still Obsessed with Roe v Wade?
Mary Ziegler on overturning a myth, and trying to find its meaning.
48 min
180
Working: Revisiting Two Great Books From 2022
63 min
181
How To!: Forgiveness: An Exploration
Marina Cantacuzino on lining up to eventually find forgiveness.
33 min
182
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
183
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
184
Working Overtime: Write a Bad Novel!
22 min
185
Working: The Myth of Journalistic Objectivity
56 min
186
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
187
How To!: The Art of Gathering
Priya Parker on the art of gathering.
37 min
188
Working: Understanding Bong Joon Ho’s Brilliance
46 min
189
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
190
How To!: Quit: The Power Of Knowing When to Wal...
Author Annie Duke, on the power of walking away.
34 min
191
Slate Money: Fleishman is in Trouble
Slate Money talks with Fleishman is in Trouble author Taffy Brodesser-Akner about wealth and class.
35 min
192
How To Write a Bestseller with Taffy Brodesser-...
Unconventional wisdom from successful novelist Taffy Brodesser-Akner.
29 min
193
Political Gabfest Reads: G-Man
Beverly Gage talks about writing the first major J. Edgar Hoover biography in over a quarter century.
33 min
194
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
195
ICYMI: How Sex Changed the Internet
41 min
196
The Waves: Inside Voice
The actresses’s new audio book Inside Voice will make you rethink how you sound.
25 min
197
Mom & Dad: Platonic
Slate’s parenting podcast talk with Dr. Marisa Franco on finding and keeping friends.
28 min
198
Working: A Poet Demystifies Her Process
45 min
199
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
200
A Word: Jim Crow’s Killers
By Hands Now Known: Resurrecting stories of segregation’s brutality.
22 min