Slate's Audio Book Club – Details, episodes & analysis

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Slate's Audio Book Club

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Frequency: 1 episode/36d. Total Eps: 84

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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🇨🇦 Canada - books
01/08/2025
#94
🇺🇸 USA - books
01/08/2025
#95
🇨🇦 Canada - books
31/07/2025
#62
🇺🇸 USA - books
31/07/2025
#70
🇨🇦 Canada - books
30/07/2025
#98
🇺🇸 USA - books
30/07/2025
#59
🇨🇦 Canada - books
29/07/2025
#80
🇺🇸 USA - books
29/07/2025
#52
🇺🇸 USA - books
28/07/2025
#52
🇺🇸 USA - books
27/07/2025
#65

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"Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?" by Roz Chast

jeudi 7 août 2014 • Duration 50:27

Slate critics Dan Kois, Emily Bazelon, and Hanna Rosin discuss Roz Chast's cartoon memoir about her parents' decline. Join Slate Plus for full, ad-free access to Audio Book Club and your other favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Audio Book Club show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/bookclubplus to get access wherever you listen.

"My Struggle" by Karl Ove Knausgaard

vendredi 11 juillet 2014 • Duration 56:41

Slate's Dan Kois and David Haglund talk with New York Times Book Review editor Parul Sehgal about Book 1 of Karl Ove Knausgaard's 6-volume autobiographical epic. Join Slate Plus for full, ad-free access to Audio Book Club and your other favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Audio Book Club show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/bookclubplus to get access wherever you listen.

"Ender’s Game" by Orson Scott Card

vendredi 11 octobre 2013 • Duration 44:23

Slate critics David Haglund, Emily Bazelon, and Meghan O’Rourke discuss Orson Scott Card’s science fiction classic. Join Slate Plus for full, ad-free access to Audio Book Club and your other favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Audio Book Club show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/bookclubplus to get access wherever you listen.

"The Flamethrowers" by Rachel Kushner

jeudi 5 septembre 2013 • Duration 42:11

Slate critics Dan Kois, Hanna Rosin, and David Haglund debate Rachel Kushner’s novel of the New York art scene, Italian revolutionaries, and motorcycle racing. Join Slate Plus for full, ad-free access to Audio Book Club and your other favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Audio Book Club show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/bookclubplus to get access wherever you listen.

"Life After Life" by Kate Atkinson

jeudi 8 août 2013 • Duration 42:03

Slate critics Dan Kois, Emily Bazelon, and Katy Waldman discuss Kate Atkinson’s historical novel about a British woman who lives World War II over and over again. Join Slate Plus for full, ad-free access to Audio Book Club and your other favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Audio Book Club show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/bookclubplus to get access wherever you listen.

"The Interestings" by Meg Wolitzer

jeudi 11 juillet 2013 • Duration 42:45

Slate critics Dan Kois, Hanna Rosin, and David Plotz discuss Meg Wolitzer's novel. Join Slate Plus for full, ad-free access to Audio Book Club and your other favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Audio Book Club show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/bookclubplus to get access wherever you listen.

"Tenth of December" by George Saunders

lundi 17 juin 2013 • Duration 42:58

Slate critics Dan Kois and David Haglund discuss George Saunders’ celebrated collection of short stories. Join Slate Plus for full, ad-free access to Audio Book Club and your other favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Audio Book Club show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/bookclubplus to get access wherever you listen.

"Swann's Way" by Marcel Proust

jeudi 2 mai 2013 • Duration 42:18

Emily Bazelon, David Haglund, and Meghan O'Rourke celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first volume of Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time. Join Slate Plus for full, ad-free access to Audio Book Club and your other favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Audio Book Club show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/bookclubplus to get access wherever you listen.

"Going Clear" by Lawrence Wright

vendredi 12 avril 2013 • Duration 48:32

Slate critics Dan Kois, Hanna Rosin, and Meghan O'Rourke discuss Lawrence Wright's epic investigation into Scientology. Join Slate Plus for full, ad-free access to Audio Book Club and your other favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Audio Book Club show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/bookclubplus to get access wherever you listen.

"Arcadia" by Lauren Groff

vendredi 1 mars 2013 • Duration 51:12

Slate’s Dan Kois, Hanna Rosin, and David Haglund discuss Lauren Groff’s novel of a 1970s hippie commune. Join Slate Plus for full, ad-free access to Audio Book Club and your other favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Audio Book Club show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/bookclubplus to get access wherever you listen.

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