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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
Nov. 8 2013 9:00 AMThe Audio Book Club Wrestles Thomas PynchonDan, Hanna, and Forrest argue about Bleeding Edge.Dan Kois, Hanna Rosin, and Forrest Wickman
Books
Nov. 5 2013 1:16 PMA 40-Year-Old Tape, a Talking Squirrel, and a MysteryGreg Ruth’s fantastic young readers’ adventure The Lost Boy.Dan Kois
Brow Beat
Oct. 29 2013 12:31 PMThis Takedown of Arcade Fire Is Criticism of the Best KindDan Kois
Politics
Oct. 24 2013 12:45 PMMaryland’s Gubernatorial Candidate Was Right to Let Teenagers Drink Beer
Movies
Oct. 11 2013 4:27 PMEscape From TomorrowA day at Disney becomes a world of tears.Dan Kois
Brow Beat
Oct. 10 2013 10:38 AMArcher Heads Into the Danger ZoneDan Kois
DoubleX Gabfest
Sept. 19 2013 10:22 AMDoubleX Gabfest: The Pajama Party EditionListen to Slate’s show about bros in the tech industry, rape in the military, and pajamas on the runway.Dan Kois, Noreen Malone, and Hanna Rosin
Entertaining
Sept. 16 2013 8:00 AMEntertaining Rule No. 11: Put Away Your WashclothsDan Kois
The Audio Book Club
Sept. 6 2013 9:00 AMThe Audio Book Club on The FlamethrowersOur critics debate Rachel Kushner’s novel of art, revolution, and motorcycle racing.David Haglund, Dan Kois, and Hanna Rosin
Books
Aug. 9 2013 6:45 AMA Superhero’s Origin StoryA new comics trilogy tells the tale of Rep. John Lewis and the struggle for civil rights.Dan Kois
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
Culturebox
Nov. 7 2013 7:29 AMScaryoke!!!A new art exhibit in New York, curated by a Slate editor, explores the joy and terror of singing in public.Dan Kois
Brow Beat
Nov. 1 2013 5:01 PMThere Is No Way I Am Taking My Children to Free Birds This WeekendDan Kois
Movies
Oct. 25 2013 8:08 AMBad GrandpaThe Jackass boys embrace narrative complexity and genuine human emotion. Well, kinda.Dan Kois
Brow Beat
Oct. 23 2013 2:44 PM“Bad” Titles: The Latest in Hollywood LazinessDan Kois
Books
Oct. 11 2013 7:00 AMThe Birth of Planned ParenthoodA comics biography of the inspiring, infuriating Margaret Sanger.Dan Kois
Brow Beat
Oct. 10 2013 9:21 AMHere Is the Loveliest Cross-Stitch of Nobel Prize Winner Alice Munro You Are Likely to See All DayDan Kois
Crime
Sept. 16 2013 3:34 PMHow Many People Have Been Killed by Guns Since Newtown?Slate partners with @GunDeaths for an interactive, crowdsourced tally of the toll firearms have taken since Dec. 14.Chris Kirk and Dan Kois
Books
Sept. 6 2013 9:20 AMCeremonyCan one Joy Division fan change the bloody ways of the Aztec empire?Dan Kois
Books
Aug. 9 2013 9:40 AMMass-Market MarathonTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is everything I hoped it would be.Dan Kois
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

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