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Dan Kois is a senior editor at Slate and a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine.

The Audio Book Club
Aug. 9 2013 5:10 AMThe Audio Book Club on Life After LifeOur critics love Kate Atkinson’s ingenious historical (and counter-historical) novel of World War II.Emily Bazelon, Dan Kois, and Katy Waldman
Books
Aug. 8 2013 10:30 AMMass-Market MarathonA Shirley Jackson mystery—and the case of the disappearing literary paperback.Dan Kois
Books
Aug. 7 2013 11:30 AMMass-Market MarathonA Charles Portis novel can clear your sinuses like a shot of whiskey.Dan Kois
Books
Aug. 5 2013 12:15 PMMass-Market MarathonRevisiting John Gardner’s Grendel, the first book that blew my mind.Dan Kois
Books
Aug. 5 2013 5:32 AMMass-Market MarathonOne week at the beach, 23 pocket paperbacks.Dan Kois
Brow Beat
July 26 2013 9:49 AMSpoiler Special: The To Do ListDana Stevens and Dan Kois
The Audio Book Club
July 12 2013 7:15 AMThe Audio Book Club on The InterestingsOur critics discuss Meg Wolitzer’s novel about six childhood friends whose lives intersect over the years.Dan Kois, David Plotz, and Hanna Rosin
The Audio Book Club
June 19 2013 10:01 AMThe Audio Book Club on Tenth of December Our critics discuss George Saunders’ book of short stories.Dan Kois and David Haglund
Books
June 7 2013 7:30 AM“Stop, Younger Version of Me!”Jess Fink’s time travel memoir We Can Fix It!Dan Kois
DoubleX Gabfest
May 16 2013 11:08 AMDoubleX Gabfest: The Healed by Love EditionListen to Slate’s show about rape jokes, the rehabilitation of cad politicians Anthony Weiner and Mark Sanford, and a new article on the biology of loneliness.Dan Kois, Noreen Malone, and Hanna Rosin
Brow Beat
April 22 2013 4:09 PMThis Is All I Have to Say About Futurama’s CancellationDan Kois
Tv Club
April 15 2013 10:45 PMTop of the LakeRobin discovers the terrible secret(s) of Laketop in the series finale.Dan Kois and Willa Paskin
Tv Club
April 9 2013 12:09 AMTop of the LakeGJ is like Hunter S. Thompson mixed with Sappho.Dan Kois and Michelle Dean
Movies
April 4 2013 4:57 PMRoger Ebert in SlateA movie lover’s contributions to Slate’s movie coverage.Dan Kois
Tv Club
March 25 2013 10:45 PMTop of the LakeWhat was up with Mitcham and Anita's awful trip?Dan Kois and David Haglund
Brow Beat
Aug. 8 2013 11:58 PMDear New York Times, This Is How the Planes in Planes Have SexForrest Wickman and Dan Kois
Books
Aug. 7 2013 2:45 PMMass-Market MarathonThe beauty of the pocket paperback: If it stinks, you can just throw it away!Dan Kois
Books
Aug. 6 2013 5:15 AMMass-Market MarathonThe book Vonnegut called “The truest and funniest sex novel any American will ever write.”Dan Kois
Books
Aug. 5 2013 8:15 AMMass-Market MarathonThe magic of Xanth, and of books you can read on the beach.Dan Kois
Brow Beat
July 29 2013 2:17 PMYou Should Be Listening to Superchunk. Start Here.Dan Kois
Books
July 12 2013 9:20 AMFire!!The most inventively-made comic of the year is set on all 10 floors of a burning building.Dan Kois
The Slatest
June 19 2013 5:29 PMOf Course Tamerlan Tsarnaev Is on Slate’s List of People Killed With GunsDan Kois
The XX Factor
June 14 2013 1:35 PMBring on the Daddy WarsDan Kois
Tv Club
June 3 2013 1:32 AMGame of Thrones, Season 3We're witnessing the destruction of one of the great families of Westeros.   Rachael Larimore and Dan Kois
Books
May 3 2013 10:00 AMLisa Hanawalt’s Dirty Dumb IdeasThe weirdest, funniest comic of the year.Dan Kois
DoubleX Gabfest
April 18 2013 2:19 PMDoubleX Gabfest: The Fapstronaut EditionListen to Slate's show about the Philadelphia “house of horrors” abortion story, the movement of men who want to stop masturbating, and the crisis of American child care.Dan Kois, Noreen Malone, and Hanna Rosin
The Audio Book Club
April 12 2013 12:45 PMThe Audio Book Club on Going ClearOur critics take on Lawrence Wright’s epic investigation into Scientology and Hollywood.Dan Kois, Meghan O'Rourke, and Hanna Rosin
Books
April 5 2013 9:30 AMLittle Girl, Big CityA vibrant and whimsical all-ages adventure from an ambitious new cartoonist.Dan Kois
Tv Club
April 1 2013 10:45 PMTop of the LakeWait, did Detective Sergeant Faramir just roofie Robin?Dan Kois and June Thomas
Brow Beat
March 20 2013 4:44 PMStop Making Fun of WaPo’s Blogger Job and Start Applying for ItDan Kois

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