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.
Think you’re an “anywhereist”? Melody Warnick wants to help you decide where to live.
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Gabfest Reads | Inside the Greatest Crash in W...
63 min
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Amicus | Demolition Man
The Department of Justice looks an awful lot like the East Wing of the White House these days… metaphorically speaking.
51 min
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How To! | Survive Getting Fired
Laura Brown and Kristina O’Neill on bouncing back after losing your job.
39 min
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Death, Sex & Money | How a Former Polygamist “S...
Christine Brown Woolley, co-star of the TLC reality show Sister Wives, talks about the faith she grew up in—and raised her children in—and why she decided to break from it.
57 min
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Gabfest Reads | The Radical Fund That Rewired A...
28 min
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How To! | Rage Becomes Her
Soraya Chemaly on the power of women’s rage.
43 min
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Death, Sex & Money | Nick Offerman's Principled...
The actor and author talks about playing an anti-gov extremist in his latest film Sovereign, the magic of teaching woodworking, and his less-than-perfect approach to making the world better.
48 min
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How To! | Update: Losing Your ‘Virginity’ at 43
Plus, advice on returning to books—and an impromptu How To! pitch meeting.
42 min
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Gabfest Reads | The Recent Past of Prison Punis...
21 min
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Death, Sex & Money | Private Equity Blew Up My ...
Megan Greenwell explains how a private equity takeover forced her out of her dream job and inspired her six-year investigation into the industry's impact on American workers.
52 min
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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
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ICYMI | The Summer That Broke BookTok
Two failed conventions highlight a troubling truth about BookTok.
40 min
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Gabfest Reads | The Four Years That Changed New...
37 min
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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
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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
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Alison Bechdel Explains Selling Out the Progres...
27 min
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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
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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
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Gabfest Reads | How to Create an Exceptional Fa...
32 min
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What Next: TBD | Online and Pregnant
A conversation with NYT's critic Amanda Hess about her new book.
30 min
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Outward | Queer Travel Writing with Alden Jones
Queer writers, global stories: Alden Jones on challenging the legacy of travel literature