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Have you ever been “in the flow”, spouting ideas in your DAW as fast as you can record them? Feels great, right? But then maybe you heard a sound in your head that would be awesome, and the next thing you know, it's 45 minutes of messing with your synth later, the flow has slowed to a bare trickle, and your muse has packed up and left for a cooler party somewhere down the street… If that sounds familiar, then you've got to hear today's episode! Today, I am sooooo excited to have Dean Palya from Slate Digital as my special guest! He's going to show off their new, super cool synth, ANA 2 ULTRA. But he's not just going to make some bleep-bloops and leave us to figure it out on our own! We're going to dive into 3 SIMPLE things you can do to start tweaking synths TODAY. You'll even learn how you can get ANA 2 Ultra as part of Slate's All Access Pass FREE for 30 days!! Dean is the VP of Product at Slate Digital, where he leads the team to create educational content for Slate Academy, Sample packs, Mix Templates, plugins, and more. Outside of Slate Digital, Dean is also a songwriter and producer. He loves to create tools and products that help producers and songwriters around the world create better music. Links: Grab the All-Access Pass by Slate Digital here: https://www.producelikeaboss.com/slatedigital Want to see how we can work together? http://www.producelikeaboss.com/workwithme Join the Home Studio Boss waitlist https://www.producelikeaboss.com/waitlist

This is a free preview of Reconstruction, a Slate Academy. Learn more at Slate.com/Reconstruction. Episode 1: Experiments in Land-owning: Davis Bend and Cameron Place Some freedpeople ended up owning parcels of the land they had worked when enslaved. Some formed intentional communities to farm it. By the end of Reconstruction, most of them had no land to their names. Amy Murrell Taylor is the author of The Divided Family in Civil War America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a free preview of Reconstruction, a Slate Academy. Learn more at Slate.com/Reconstruction. Episode 1: Experiments in Land-owning: Davis Bend and Cameron Place Some freedpeople ended up owning parcels of the land they had worked when enslaved. Some formed intentional communities to farm it. By the end of Reconstruction, most of them had no land to their names. Amy Murrell Taylor is the author of The Divided Family in Civil War America.

In the final episode, our Slate Academy tries to determine how historical examples of fascism help us understand the present. Joshua Keating, Rebecca Onion, and June Thomas talk to NYU historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat, an expert in Fascist Italy and a guest on our first episode. This is a free preview from Fascism: A Slate Academy. To hear the rest of the series, sign up at slate.com/fascism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a free preview from Slate's Year of Great Books. To access all features of this members-only Slate Academy, visit Slate.com/GreatBooks What follows is a discussion about Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov, the final selection in Slate’s Year of Great Books. Books and culture columnist Laura Miller reflects on her reading with John Dickerson, the host of CBS’s Face the Nation and panelist on the Slate Political Gabfest. They talk about the experience of reading the novel after the surprising results of the Nov. 8 presidential election and about the world-upending questions being debated in Russia and the world during Dostoevsky’s life. Laura and John also assess “The Grand Inquisitor,” the novel’s lack of a clear main character, and its lessons about God and rationality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s time to choose the final selection for Slate's Year of Great Books, a Slate Academy series. This time, Laura Miller and Slate Plus members will be joined by John Dickerson, host of CBS’s Face the Nation and panelist on the Political Gabfest. Hear John talk to Laura about what he manages to read during a presidential campaign, and why he’s eager to sink into a big, world-creating novel as soon as the election ends. Cast your vote here. To sign-up for this Slate Academy, visit Slate.com/GreatBooks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind" (1963) and Sam Cooke's "A Change is Gonna Come" (1964): In the first episode of our new Pop, Race, and the ’60s Slate Academy, Slate pop critic Jack Hamilton talks to Barry Shank, author of The Political Force of Musical Beauty, about two immensely famous protest songs. Where did Dylan get the melody for “Blowin’ in the Wind”? What makes “A Change Is Gonna Come” so beautiful? And why is Dylan perhaps the most written-about musician of his era while Cooke has been neglected? The first episode of this Slate Academy is being made available as a special preview. To hear the rest of the series, sign up for Slate Plus at slate.com/popacademy.

This article is part of a Year of Great Books, a Slate Academy. To learn more, visit Slate.com/GreatBooks. For the fifth selection in our Year of Great Books series, we’re choosing a novel from outside the English language. Laura Miller and Slate Plus members will be reading alongside Laura Bennett, a senior editor responsible for Slate’s culture coverage. Before casting your ballot, here are some things you should know about Laura B.’s reading life:A Spanish literature major, Laura once took an entire course on Don Quixote. “A really wonderful, fascinating class that has proved useful in approximately zero ways,” she says.Laura reads a lot of contemporary fiction because of her job. She’s a skeptical consumer of harrowing personal essays.She self-identifies as a fan of “anything that’s swaggy and crackly.”What qualifies as swaggy and crackly? Listen to find out. In their conversation, Laura B. and Laura M. nominate four candidates for the next selection in this different kind of book club. If you’re enrolled in this Slate Academy series, VOTE HERE Book 5: The Shortlist Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges Notes From Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Death in Venice by Thomas Mann Dream of the Red Chamber, vol. 1 by Cao Xueqin To access all features of this Slate Academy, or to learn more about enrolling, visit Slate.com/GreatBooks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a FREE preview of The United States of Debt, a Slate Academy. To get access to the full episode and more, visit Slate.com/debt.  Whether you’re struggling to get by on $30,000 a year or living off of a comfortable six-figure income, credit cards have become an inevitable part of American life.  In this second episode of the United States of Debt, a Slate Academy, host Helaine Olen explores why so many of us run up more charges than we can easily pay off. What factors have allowed credit card companies to lend us money so indiscriminately, and could a 1978 Supreme Court decision have something to do with it? How has racial inequality played a role in ensuring that some minorities hold more credit card debt than whites? And are we fully to blame for our credit card bills?  Also tune in to hear Olen give advice about how to get out of credit card debt—including her thoughts on get-out-of-debt organizations, financial coaches, and bankruptcy. Our guest experts on Episode 2 include former CNBC On the Money host Carmen Rita Wong, Arkansas State University visiting associate professor Dr. Rebecca Barrett-Fox, and Dr. Maya Rockeymoore, president of Global Policy Solutions, a Washington, D.C.–based policy firm and nonprofit.  This episode included music by Kai Engel and Chris Zabriskie.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a FREE preview of The United States of Debt, a Slate Academy. To learn more, visit Slate.com/debt.  Credit card debt is on the rise, student loan debt is at record levels, and millions of Americans continue to experience difficulty with housing and medical bills.  In this first episode of the United States of Debt, a Slate Academy, host Helaine Olen begins to explore the state of debt in America. How much debt do we have, and what historical and cultural factors have influenced the recent rise of it? Is there a way that debt can help us get ahead? And why do we judge those who owe money? Olen takes a look into the past to figure out why there’s been an explosion in borrowed money.  Guests on episode 1: Debt expert and former CNBC personal finance columnist Carmen Rita Wong, University of Illinois professor Robert Lawless, and professor Joseph Cohen from Queens College at the City University of New York.  This episode included music Kai Engel and Chris Zabriskie.  This episode of the United States of Debt, a Slate Academy, is free to all as a sample. To join this Slate Academy, chat in our private Facebook group, and read supplementary materials, visit Slate.com/Debt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Was racism the progeny of the decision to enslave black people? Today on The Gist, the duo behind a new Slate Academy tell us what they’ve learned so far in a summerlong inquiry into a vast and complex aspect of American history. Mike speaks with Slate’s Jamelle Bouie and Rebecca Onion about a podcast series called The History of American Slavery. For The Spiel, is Rachel Dolezal insane? Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at slate.com/gistplus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices