Comedians Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar explain why humor is the only way to get through the pain

Priya Parker on the art of gathering.

Hulu’s new series, Fleishman Is In Trouble, uncovers how mid-life crisis and divorce are different for women.

Author Annie Duke, on the power of walking away.

Slate Money talks with Fleishman is in Trouble author Taffy Brodesser-Akner about wealth and class.

Unconventional wisdom from successful novelist Taffy Brodesser-Akner.

Beverly Gage talks about writing the first major J. Edgar Hoover biography in over a quarter century.

Author Gabrielle Blair has a new way of thinking about abortion, and it starts and ends with men taking responsibility for their sperm.

The actresses’s new audio book Inside Voice will make you rethink how you sound.

Slate’s parenting podcast talk with Dr. Marisa Franco on finding and keeping friends.

COVID may be an inflection point in the relationship between the surveillance state and the surveilled.

By Hands Now Known: Resurrecting stories of segregation’s brutality.

Mónica Guzmán on aiming for understanding—not agreement.

Alexandra Lange joins Slate Money to talk about the history of malls.

The original ambitious woman returns in author Tom Perrotta’s new novel, Tracy Flick Can’t Win

Elissa Bassist, the author of Hysterical, explains how society became conditioned to find women’s voices annoying.

Tips for surviving Halloween when even the kiddie haunted house terrifies you.

Talking about the intersection of technology and the social sciences with Ruha Benjamin.

In Paisley Currah’s new book Sex Is As Sex Does, he asks: why do we classify people based on their sexual identity?

Dr. Elizabeth Cohen on rediscovering yourself in the midst of a divorce.

Harvard researchers debunk misconceptions about teen phone usage.

A deep dive into longtermism.

Karyn Langhorne Folan on the struggles and joys of being an interracial couple.

A high water mark for women and the law, and then, a great unraveling.

Slate’s parenting podcast on how to better divide domestic chores.

Good for the rule of law, bad for the former guy

Ron Lieber on what you need to know before taking on a ton of debt.

Ada Calhoun’s memoir, Also a Poet, started as a biography about Frank O’Hara. It became a reflection on Calhoun’s relationship with her father.

Roberta Kaplan on women, the law and holding white supremacists accountable.

Nathan and Susannah Furr on the upside of uncertainty.

How the company has struggled with creators, extremism, and itself.

Erotic thrillers are back. Here’s why we love them, and how they can do better.

Does President Biden’s relief plan for student loans fall short for Black borrowers?

How did Ashley Pérez’s novel Out of Darkness get blackballed from schools across the country?

How Black quarterbacks like Patrick Mahomes rewrote the NFL playbook on race.

Her women speak. What a concept!

This 500,000-word story has even spawned a fandom of its own.

Mat Johnson’s Invisible Things compares our reality with life in a bubble on Jupiter’s largest moon

Plus: Why are so many GOP politicians voting to support marriage equality?

Amicus hears from Judge Victoria Pratt about her book, and her thoughts about finding a fairer way to deliver justice

Doug Tallamy on why you should immediately replace half your grass.

Searching for Rod McKuen.

Vanessa Hua’s Forbidden City follows a sixteen-year-old dancer into Mao’s China.

“They brag about having all the guns. They mean it.”

Biden’s 2024 plans, the establishment Republicans who stand by Trump, and Herschel Walker’s baffling Senate campaign.

Filmmaker, author, and actor, Sarah Polley on how she's intentionally evolving her parenting.

Women have been depending on the labor of other women in order to succeed. What has it cost us?

Ev’Yan Whitney on sexuality, pleasure, and staying true to you.

Felony and figure skating in the same memoir.

Ten years after its publication, the impact of Gillian Flynn’s thriller looms large.

Human and animal history is queer as hell

Author Kaitlyn Tiffany explains how fans of One Direction became an unstoppable force online.

Slate’s parenting podcast on why not knowing the answers can bring you closer together.

Elif Bautman’s The Idiot sequel, Either/Or, looks back with a modern eye.

How America’s penal system shaped LGBTQ culture.

Are we watching for the right reasons?

Slate’s parenting podcast on celebrating your own identities and appreciating the cultural differences of others.

Kendra Adachi on prioritizing your life and making routines that stick.

Slate’s parenting podcast on the wave of anti-trans legislation, the role of misinformation, and how to protect trans kids.

As America marks a million COVID deaths, grief is universal, but still misunderstood.

Two best-selling writers on how to put yourself on the page.

Isaac Butler on how method acting became so widely misunderstood.

Her husband’s Alzheimer's diagnosis led Amy Bloom to support his dying wishes.

Slate's new podcast miniseries Lend Me Your Ears explores how Shakespeare's works speak to our current political era.

Laura Miller, Alex Barasch, and Gabriel Roth discuss the new novel by Alan Hollinghurst, The Sparsholt Affair, a multigenerational saga about gay life.

Laura Miller, Jacob Brogan, and Charlie Jane Anders discuss Ursula K. Le Guin's classic science fiction novel "The Left Hand of Darkness".

Katy Waldman, Parul Sehgal, and Laura Bennett discuss Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado.

Katy Waldman, Parul Seghal, and Meghan O'Rourke discuss Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey by Homer. Next month's book will be Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado.

Katy Waldman, Laura Miller, and Meghan O'Rourke discuss the novel Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan. Our selection for next month will be Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey.

Katy Waldman, Meghan O'Roark, and Emily Bazelon discuss Hilary Clinton's memoir, What Happened.

Laura Bennett, Katy Waldman, and Meghan O'Rourke discuss Sally Rooney's debut novel Conversations with Friends, and idea-driven novel about a group of four young people in Dublin struggling with ideology and identity.

Katy Waldman, Isaac Chotiner, and Laura Miller discuss The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, the sprawling novel by Arundhati Roy about sectarian violence in India.

Katy Waldman, Jacob Brogan, and Dan Kois discuss Maile Meloy's novel Do Not Become Alarmed.

Katy Waldman, Jacob Brogan, and Meghan O'Rourke discuss Durga Chew-Bose's collection of essays Too Much and Not the Mood. Next month's book is Do Not Become Alarmed, by Maile Meloy.

Katy Waldman, Meghan O'Rourke, and Emily Bazelon discuss Margaret Atwood's dystopic novel The Handmaid's Tale and the Hulu television adaptation.

This month Katy Waldman, Meghan O'Rourke, and Nora Caplan-Bricker discuss George Saunders' Lincoln In the Bardo

In this bonus episode, Katy Waldman, Jeremy Stahl, and Ava Lubell discuss The Art of War by Sun Tzu as self-help and potential guide to understanding the world of 2017

Slate's Katy Waldman and Laura Miller discuss Zadie Smith's new novel, Swing Time with The New York Time's Parul Sehgal.

Slate's Katy Waldman, John Dickerson of Face the Nation, and writer and poet Meghan O'Rourke discuss Bob Dylan's The Lyrics: 1961-2012.

Slate's Katy Waldman, Aisha Harris, and Laura Bennett discuss Carrie Fisher's Postcards from the Edge, a novel inspired in part by the author's own struggles with drug abuse and experiences as an actor in Hollywood.

Katy Waldman is joined by Slate's Gabriel Roth and Jacob Brogan to Michael Chabon's new novel Moonglow.

Katy Waldman is joined by Slate's Laura Miller and Jamelle Bouie to compare and contrast Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad and the new book by Ben Winters Underground Airlines.

Katy Waldman is joined by Slate's Meg Wiegand and Nora Caplan-Bricker to talk about Lindy West's confident book Shrill.

Katy Waldman is joined by NPR's Hanna Rosin and Slate's Laura Bennett to sort through their respective feelings on Emma Cline's novel, The Girls.

Katy Waldman is joined by Slate's Dan Kois and L.V. Anderson to discuss the play by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

Slate critic, Katy Waldman, is joined by Parul Sehgal of the New York Times Book Review and culture critic, Meghan O'Rourke, to discuss Rebecca Traister's All the Single Ladies.

Katy Waldman, Emily Bazelon, and Jessica Winter discuss Curtis Sittenfeld's modern retelling of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Eligible.

Katy Waldman, Laura Miller, and Susan Matthews discuss Hope Jahren's budding debut memoir, Lab Girl.

Critics Katy Waldman, Parul Sehgal, and Meghan O'Rourke discuss Paul Kalanithi's bestselling memoir, When Breath Becomes Air.

Critics Katy Waldman, Laura Miller, and Laura Bennett discuss A.O. Scott’s insightful new book, Better Living Through Criticism.

Critics Christina Cauterucci, Mark Harris, and Katy Waldman discuss Lucia Berlin's dazzling short story collection. Slate's Audio Book Club is brought to you by Audible.com, with more than 180,000 audiobooks and spoken-word audio products. Get a free 30-

Slate critic, Katy Waldman, is joined by Parul Sehgal of the New York Times Book Review and culture critic, Meghan O'Rourke, to discuss Jonathan Franzen's Dickensian novel – Purity. Next month, Slate's Audio Book Club will discuss A Manual for Cleani

Slate critics Emily Bazelon, Laura Miller, and Katy Waldman discuss Lauren Groff's ambitious new novel, “Fates and Furies.”