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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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Death, Sex & Money | Sex-Positive Parents, Cras...
Comedian and writer Tamara Yajia reflects on her unique upbringing, its joys, and the things she wishes her parents had done differently.
54 min
2
ICYMI | The Summer That Broke BookTok
Two failed conventions highlight a troubling truth about BookTok.
40 min
3
Gabfest Reads | The Four Years That Changed New...
37 min
4
ICYMI | Your Next Favorite Book Will Be Fanfiction
Why is fanfiction going mainstream, and did someone leave their Labubu on Karl Marx’s grave?
42 min
5
Death, Sex & Money | How the Ultra-Rich Think…a...
Writer Evan Osnos guides us into the bizarre world of the “haves and the have-yachts.”
55 min
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Gabfest Reads | A Beach Read for the Outraged
24 min
7
Alison Bechdel Explains Selling Out the Progres...
27 min
8
ICYMI: It’s International Bestselling Author Qu...
Why the prolific street lit author keeps going viral
38 min
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ICYMI: Will MomTok Actually Change Mormonism?
43 min
10
Outward | America’s Gay Restaurants with Erik P...
39 min
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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
12
Gabfest Reads | How to Create an Exceptional Fa...
32 min
13
What Next: TBD | Online and Pregnant
A conversation with NYT's critic Amanda Hess about her new book.
30 min
14
Outward | Queer Travel Writing with Alden Jones
Queer writers, global stories: Alden Jones on challenging the legacy of travel literature
34 min
15
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
16
How To! | Parent With a Disability
Melissa Febos on the power of the personal narrative.
43 min
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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
18
ICYMI: The Harry Potter Fandom Faces Its Bigges...
49 min
19
ICYMI: This Book Drama Gets Hotter in the DMs
27 min
20
Decoder Ring | How “Chicken Soup” Sold Its Soul
The self-help book series’s strange journey from best-seller to meme stock.
44 min
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Gabfest Reads: How to Turn the Creative Process...
44 min
22
Culture Gabfest | Seth Rogen’s Love/Hate Letter...
This week, the hosts discuss The Studio, Eephus, and Sunrise On The Reaping.
67 min
23
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
24
Outward: Renaissance Trans Theologies and Histo...
How Renaissance theology and literature reveal a long history of transition—socially, spiritually, and surgically
35 min
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How To! | Write Your Memoir
Patrick George of InsideEVs on finding your new ride.
42 min