The Audio Book Club: Going Clear
Slate critics Dan Kois, Hanna Rosin, and Meghan O'Rourke discuss Lawrence Wright's epic investigation into Scientology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 12, 2013•49 min
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The Audio Book Club: Arcadia by Lauren Groff
Slate’s Dan Kois, Hanna Rosin, and David Haglund discuss Lauren Groff’s novel of a 1970s hippie commune. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 01, 2013•51 min
The Audio Book Club: Pride and Prejudice
Slate’s David Plotz, Julia Turner, and Seth Stevenson celebrate Jane Austen’s classic novel on its 200th birthday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 01, 2013•47 min
The Audio Book Club: Katherine Boo’s Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Slate critics Dan Kois, Hanna Rosin, and Emily Bazelon discuss Katherine Boo’s National Book Award-winning story of life in a Mumbai slum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 04, 2013•51 min
The Audio Book Club: Zadie Smith’s NW
Slate critics Dan Kois, Hanna Rosin, and David Haglund discuss Zadie Smith’s novel about four Londoners from the same council estate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 30, 2012•50 min
Slate Audio Book Club: Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Dan Kois, Emily Bazelon, and Meghan O'Rourke discuss David Mitchell's epic novel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 02, 2012•44 min
The Audio Book Club: How Should a Person Be? by Sheila Heti
Slate critics Dan Kois, Meghan O’Rourke, and David Haglund discuss Sheila Heti’s polarizing novel about life and art. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 05, 2012•37 min
Audio Book Club: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Dan Kois, Emily Bazelon and Hanna Rosin discuss the plot-twisting thriller Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 07, 2012•42 min
Audio Book Club: Capital by John Lanchester
Dan Kois, Emily Bazelon and David Haglund discuss the sprawling London novel Capital by John Lanchester. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 03, 2012•48 min
Audio Book Club: Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James
Dan Kois, Meghan O'Rourke, and Hanna Rosin discuss the erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 29, 2012•44 min
Audio Book Club: Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel
Emily Bazelon, Dan Kois, and Meghan O'Rourke discuss Alison Bechdel's comic memoir Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 01, 2012•48 min
Audio Book Club: The Good Mother by Sue Miller
Emily Bazelon, Hanna Rosin, and special guest novelist Amy Bloom discuss Sue Miller's The Good Mother on the novel's 25th anniversary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 08, 2011•44 min
Audio Book Club: This Beautiful Life by Helen Schulman
Slate editors discuss Helen Schulman's "This Beautiful Life," a new novel about a video that goes viral and ruins the lives of two teenagers at a posh New York City private school. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 31, 2011•47 min
Audio Book Club: The Submission by Amy Waldman
For Slate's September Audio Book club, Yale art historian and architect Kishwar Rizvi joins Emily Bazelon and Hanna Rosin to discuss The Submission, Amy Waldman's novel about memorializing 9/11. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 26, 2011•40 min
Audio Book Club: Jennifer Egan's A Visit From the Goon Squad
Michael Agger, Emily Bazelon, and Julia Turner talk about the memorable themes and intricate structure of Jennifer Egan's prize-winning A Visit From the Goon Squad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 29, 2011•42 min
Audio Book Club: J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series
Slate editors Emily Bazelon and Hanna Rosin discuss the final book in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. Joining them are two Potter enthusiasts: Emily’s son Simon, 8, and Hanna’s daughter Noa, 10. They discuss death, loyalty and Snape's love for Lily. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 16, 2011•41 min
Audio Book Club: Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks
Slate editors Emily Bazelon and Hanna Rosin, and the New Yorker’s Margaret Talbot discuss Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks’ latest historical novel, Caleb’s Crossing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 27, 2011•36 min
Audio Book Club: Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
Our critics, including Yale historian David Blight, discuss the Civil War classic The Killer Angels, by Michael Shaara. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 31, 2011•46 min
Audio Book Club: Joshua Foer’s Moonwalking with Einstein
In this week’s audio book club, Slate’s Daniel Engber, David Plotz and Hanna Rosin discuss Joshua Foer’s Moonwalking with Einstein, about his quest to compete in the U.S. Memory Championships, and what he learned about the human brain along the way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 27, 2011•39 min
Audio Book Club: Karen Russell’s Swamplandia!
In this week’s Audio Book Club, Slate’s Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and Hanna Rosin discuss Karen Russell’s Swamplandia!, a new novel about the struggle of a family who runs an alligator-wrestling theme park. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 27, 2011•47 min
Audio Book Club: Emma Donoghue’s Room
Slate’s Audio Book Club discusses Emma Donoghue’s Room, a best-selling novel about a 5-year-old boy raised by his mother in a shed where she has been held prisoner since before he was born. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 27, 2011•43 min
Audio Book Club: "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" by Amy Chua
Hanna Rosin, Ann Hulbert, and Nina Shen Rastogi discuss Amy Chua's book, "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother." We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 26, 2011•44 min
DoubleX Audio Book Club: Lydia Davis’ Translation of Madame Bovary
Emily Bazelon, Hanna Rosin and Margaret Talbot discuss the new translation of Gustave Flaubert's nineteenth century French classic Madame Bovary. Relive your college days with this dissection of the original desperate housewife. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 30, 2010•39 min
Audio Book Club: "Lord of Misrule," by Jaimy Gordon
Meghan O’Rourke, Troy Patterson, and Michael Agger discuss Jaimy Gordon's book, Lord of Misrule. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 19, 2010•48 min
DoubleX Audio Book Club: Nicole Krauss’ Great House
In this week’s gabfest, DoubleX's Emily Bazelon and Hanna Rosin, along with The New Yorker’s Margaret Talbot, discuss Nicole Krauss’ latest novel, Great House. They discuss why this novel is less light hearted than Krauss’ last one, The History of Love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 02, 2010•42 min
Audio Book Club: "Remainder," by Tom McCarthy
Meghan O’Rourke, Troy Patterson, and Michael Agger discuss Tom McCarthy's book, Remainder. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 15, 2010•49 min
DoubleX Audio Book Club: Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom.
In this week's audio book club, DoubleX's Emily Bazelon and Hanna Rosin and The New Yorker's Margaret Talbot discuss Jonathan Franzen's Freedom. The novel follows Patty and Walter Berglund's failing marriage and serves as a commentary on how we live. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 07, 2010•54 min
Audio Book Club: "Super Sad True Love Story," by Gary Shteyngart
Jacob Weisberg, Jody Rosen and Troy Patterson discuss Gary Shteyngart's book, Super Sad True Love Story. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 20, 2010•39 min
Audio Book Club: "The Imperfectionists," by Tom Rachman
Julia Turner, June Thomas and Troy Patterson discussTom Rachman's book, "The Imperfectionists." We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 16, 2010•43 min
Audio Book Club: "Imperial Bedrooms," by Bret Easton Ellis
Stephen Metcalf, Troy Patterson, and Michael Agger discuss Bret Easton Ellis’ book, Imperial Bedrooms. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 18, 2010•44 min
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