Slate's Audio Book Club

Well, Now: Is it Burnout? Or, Do You Have a Busy Brain?

Stress is all around us, but that doesn’t mean it needs to run our entire lives. According to Dr....

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Slate Money: I Was a Billionaire’s Right Hand

Felix Salmon sits down with Carrie Sun, whose book Private Equity: A Memoir recalls her life as...

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How To!: The Other Significant Others

In part two of our series on friendship, we’re looking at how to revitalize a relationship that...

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Working: How to Write Every Day and Stick to It

This week, host Isaac Butler talks to writer Amitava Kumar, whose latest novel is My Beloved...

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Gabfest Reads: Come & Get It

David Plotz talks with author Kiley Reid about her new book, Come & Get It. They discuss how...

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Well, Now: What We Get Wrong About Love

On this week’s episode of Well, Now’s ditching the flowers and grand romantic gestures we often...

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Decoder Ring: Why Do So Many Coffee Shops Look the Same?

The eerie similarity of coffee shops all over the world was so confounding to Kyle Chayka that it...

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Working: A Biography With Very High Stakes

This week, host June Thomas talks to writer Adam Sisman about his two biographies of the late spy...

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Outward: A Short History of Transmisogyny with Jules Gill-Peterson

Outward’s own Jules Gill-Peterson has a new book, A Short History of Transmisogyny, that gives...

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How To!: Mindful Drinking—How Cutting Down Can Change Your Life

Dry January has come and gone, but the conversation about alcohol—and rethinking our relationship...

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A Word: Revolutionary Recharge

A generation of activists –and well-meaning citizens– was pulled into intense social justice work...

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Dear Prudence: Cheryl Strayed, My Husband Stopped Using Soap and He Stinks. Help!

In this episode, Cheryl Strayed (Dear Sugar and Tiny Beautiful Things) joins Prudie (Jenée...

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ICYMI: The TikTok Joy of Mychal the Librarian

Candice Lim talks to Mychal Threets (@​​mychal3ts), a Bay Area librarian by day and beloved...

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Well, Now: Breaking Up With Diet Culture

On this week’s episode of Well, Now, Maya and Kavita talk about practical ways to break up with...

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How To!: Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

Andrew snores so badly that his cats won’t sleep in the same room as him. He’s desperate to sleep...

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What Next TBD: Have Algorithms Ruined Our Culture?

How much of our lives—our tastes, preferences and choices—have been fed to us through an...

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Political Gabfest: Master of Change

On this month’s edition of Gabfest Reads, John Dickerson talks with author Brad Stulberg about...

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What Next TBD: The Great British Library Hack

When a cyberattack knocked the British Library out of commission in October of last year, a...

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A Word: Send In the Clowns?

Decades before most people had heard of Barack Obama, Black Republican Colin Powell was widely...

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How To!: The Lost Art Of Connecting

Small talk has a bad reputation. It’s boring, shallow, and awkward. Who really wants to talk...

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