Slate's Audio Book Club
Slate's Audio Book Club
Podcast Description
Join Slate’s critics for monthly discussions of new and important books. Read the book club selections and then listen in as our critics hold lively—and sometimes heated—debates about the works.
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Content Themes
The podcast explores a range of literary genres including fiction, memoirs, and non-fiction, with notable episodes addressing topics such as immigration in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's 'Americanah', the complexities of art in Jenny Offill's 'Dept. of Speculation', and the nuances of life in a Mumbai slum as depicted in Katherine Boo's 'Behind the Beautiful Forevers'.
Join Slate’s critics for monthly discussions of new and important books. Read the book club selections and then listen in as our critics hold lively—and sometimes heated—debates about the works.
Slate critics Dan Kois, Emily Bazelon, and Hanna Rosin discuss Roz Chast’s cartoon memoir about her parents’ decline.
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