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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The Waves: The Hustle of Being Beautiful
How can we interrogate the problems with beauty culture…while still enjoying our face masks and lip gloss?
37 min
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Future Tense Fiction: When Robots Go to War
In the May episode of Future Tense Fiction, Justina Ireland discusses her short story “Collateral Damage.”
58 min
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The Waves: I Don’t Care If You Like Me
Are female characters on shows like Killing Eve, Fleabag and 90s Rosanne anti-heroes, or just fully formed women?
33 min
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Outward: Queer Utopian Fiction and Dystopian Re...
Netflix’s queer dating show features pets, processing, and very little sexual chemistry.
69 min
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Slate Money: The Felix Wrote A Book Episode!
Slate Money talks about Felix’s new book, The Phoenix Economy: Work, Life, and Money in the New Not Normal.
45 min
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Amicus: The Supreme Court's Dangerous Return to...
The Supreme Court’s revanchism and scandals are cratering its legitimacy at the very moment it needs it most.
45 min
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A Word: The Privilege of Play
How “blerds” and other geeks of color are diversifying hobby games.
32 min
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Political Gabfest Reads: The Classic Hollywood ...
Curtis Sittenfeld’s new book Romantic Comedy explores the middle-aged romance between a pop star and a comedy writer.
24 min
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The Waves: How to Protect Your Kids From Diet C...
Virginia Sole-Smith’s new book makes the radical case for letting your kids be kids when it comes to food. With Mom and Dad Are Fighting’s Jamilah Lemieux.
35 min
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Mom and Dad Are Fighting: Finding the Magic in ...
Slate’s parenting podcast on why we should celebrate, not dread, raising tweens.
27 min
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Future Tense Fiction: Live. Love. Die. Repeat?
In the April episode of Future Tense Fiction, David Iserson discusses his short story “This, but Again.”
51 min
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Slate Money: “Traffic”: Ben Smith and the Death...
Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Elizabeth Spiers are joined by Semafor editor-in-chief Ben Smith to discuss his new book.
45 min
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The Waves: Making Friends As An Adult
Comedian and author Lane Moore talks about her new book on friendship, You Will Find Your People.
32 min
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Political Gabfest Reads: The Art of Writing Pol...
Alexandra Petri’s new book Alexandra Petri’s US History asks “What would sexting between John and Abigail Adams have been like?” among other burning questions.
21 min
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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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Future Tense Fiction: Coming March 25
A monthly science fiction fix from Slate, Arizona State and New America.
2 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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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