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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
1
Alison Bechdel Explains Selling Out the Progres...
27 min
2
ICYMI: It’s International Bestselling Author Qu...
Why the prolific street lit author keeps going viral
38 min
3
ICYMI: Will MomTok Actually Change Mormonism?
43 min
4
Outward | America’s Gay Restaurants with Erik P...
39 min
5
What Next: TBD | Inside OpenAI's Empire
How the company convinced everyone that AGI is inevitable—and that they need to be the ones who control it.
34 min
6
Gabfest Reads | How to Create an Exceptional Fa...
32 min
7
What Next: TBD | Online and Pregnant
A conversation with NYT's critic Amanda Hess about her new book.
30 min
8
Outward | Queer Travel Writing with Alden Jones
Queer writers, global stories: Alden Jones on challenging the legacy of travel literature
34 min
9
Death, Sex & Money | Isabel Allende on Grief, A...
Anna visits with the legendary author who has lived a page-turning life of her own.
46 min
10
How To! | Parent With a Disability
Melissa Febos on the power of the personal narrative.
43 min
11
What Next: TBD | How Elon Wields Power
You can’t run the country like a company. Musk is learning that the hard way.
30 min
12
ICYMI: The Harry Potter Fandom Faces Its Bigges...
49 min
13
ICYMI: This Book Drama Gets Hotter in the DMs
27 min
14
Decoder Ring | How “Chicken Soup” Sold Its Soul
The self-help book series’s strange journey from best-seller to meme stock.
44 min
15
Gabfest Reads: How to Turn the Creative Process...
44 min
16
Culture Gabfest | Seth Rogen’s Love/Hate Letter...
This week, the hosts discuss The Studio, Eephus, and Sunrise On The Reaping.
67 min
17
Decoder Ring | How Books About Things That Chan...
Whether it’s cod, kudzu, or nutmeg, authors love to claim their subjects shaped history. Did they really?
51 min
18
Outward: Renaissance Trans Theologies and Histo...
How Renaissance theology and literature reveal a long history of transition—socially, spiritually, and surgically
35 min
19
How To! | Write Your Memoir
Patrick George of InsideEVs on finding your new ride.
42 min
20
Gabfest Reads | The Day the Challenger Fell Fro...
Adam Higginbotham’s new book delves deep into the tragedy of the Challenger explosion and the impact the disaster has had on American culture.
32 min
21
Supercommunicators | 3. How to Have the Hardest...
The inside story of how Netflix encouraged employees to talk about the hard stuff.
29 min
22
Outward | Why Love Isn’t Apolitical: Liberation...
Bryan Lowder sits down with Dean Spade to talk about his new book Love in A F*cked Up World: How to Build Relationships, Hook Up, and Raise Hell Together
36 min
23
Culture Gabfest: Zero Day Makes Robert De Niro ...
This week, the hosts discuss Zero Day, remembering Gene Hackman, and how to engage with optimism during times of crisis.
63 min
24
Supercommunicators | 2. How to Communicate With...
What we can learn about nonverbal cues from The Big Bang Theory.
27 min
25
Culture Gabfest: The Oscars Go Streaming
This week, the hosts discuss I’m Still Here, Trump’s disruptions at the National Endowment for the Arts and the Kennedy Center, and an exclusive interview with Oscars CEO Bill Kramer.
66 min