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.
Death, Sex & Money | Samin Nosrat’s Recipe for ...
Samin Nosrat's first book was a smashing success. So why did she feel so depressed?
56 min
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Death, Sex & Money | What Hearing Aids and Ange...
British poet Raymond Antrobus explains how miscommunication has informed his upbringing, his love life, and the way he manages his emotions.
61 min
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How To! | This Is Where You Belong
Melody Warnick on doubling down on your hometown.
26 min
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How To! | If You Could Live Anywhere
Think you’re an “anywhereist”? Melody Warnick wants to help you decide where to live.
36 min
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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...