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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Slate Money: "Best Things First" by Bjorn Lomborg
A book provides a dozen ways to help the world’s poorest people. Will they work?
46 min
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Amicus: Citizen Justice: The Environmental Lega...
Judge Margaret M. McKeown of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on her book about a Supreme Court Justice, public advocate and conservation champion.
53 min
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Slate Money: "Anansi's Gold" by Yepoka Yeebo
This one goes out to anyone who has tried to help a prince get his money
43 min
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Gabfest Reads: Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver’s latest draws inspiration from Charles Dickens to tell the truth of her people.
28 min
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Outward: Red, White & Really Bad
A gay romance among the ruling class seems to have been created for straight people.
61 min
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Mom & Dad: Avidly Reads Screen Time
Slate’s parenting podcast on the moral panic over screen time.
20 min
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Amicus: The Family Roe
Joshua Prager on his epic investigation of “An American Story”: the complex life and family background of Norma McCorvey (AKA Jane Roe in Roe v Wade).
51 min
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Mom & Dad: Raising Empowered Athletes
Slate’s parenting podcast on keeping your eye on the ball.
28 min
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How To!: Generation Dread: Finding Purpose In a...
Dr. Britt Wray on turning anxiety into action.
28 min
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The Waves: Hollywood is On Strike. Let’s Burn i...
Hollywood’s time of reckoning has been all talk. The ongoing strikes are proof of that.
39 min
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Future Tense Fiction: Could a Robot Be Your Dog...
In the July episode of Future Tense Fiction, Andrew Silverman discusses his short story “Furgen.”
63 min
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Amicus: The Fear of Too Much Justice
Stephen Bright on all the ways America condemns people of color, the poor, and the sick, to a second class justice system from the Supreme Court in down.
47 min
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A Word: The Rise of Post-Obama Racism
21 min
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Slate Money: Wal-Mart v. Amazon: The Battle for...
Why Amazon is actually bad at disrupting businesses, the state of the retail apocalypse, and Puerto Rico’s tax dodging crypto bros.
53 min
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Political Gabfest Reads: How the British Empire...
David Grann’s The Wager tells the harrowing story of a shipwrecked crew in 1741 that had to tell their stories to save their lives.
25 min
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The Waves: Forever Barbie
Barbie has been around for generations, as Greta Gerwig takes her to Hollywood, we look at what makes Barbie a legend.
29 min
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Outward: The Pleasures and Politics of Cruising
Two new works of art focus on the realities of outdoor sexual encounters.
62 min
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Working: A TV Critic Pivots to Exposing Hollywo...
45 min
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What Next TBD: America’s Killer Car Problem
U.S. infrastructure doesn't prioritize the lives of pedestrians. Why?
32 min
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How To!: Hack Your Bureaucracy
Marina Nitze on busting through government red tape.
42 min
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How To!: Love it Or Leave It: How To Be Happy A...
Samantha Clarke on finding fulfillment through balance
34 min
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How To!: Sharing the Covers: Every Couple’s Gui...
Part two of Dr. Wendy Troxel’s tips for getting a good night’s rest.
29 min
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What Next: Can’t Stand the Heat
The smoke, the malaria, the straining infrastructure—it’s all exacerbated by heat.
26 min
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Political Gabfest: Rural Arkansas Explored in a...
Monica Potts’ new memoir The Forgotten Girls asks what happens to the women you leave behind.
25 min
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The Waves: Can Fairy Tales Be Feminist?
How fairy tales can speak to today’s audiences and the gendered nature of telling stories.
28 min