Slate Conversations
A feed of the up close and the personal, drawn from Working and across the Slate podcast network. Let’s talk.
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Working: How One of the Best Podcast Sound Desi...
Musician, editor, and sound designer John DeLore explains how he brings podcast audio to the next level.
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Dear Prudence: My In-Laws Disrespected My Daugh...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by ESPN NFL analyst Mina Kimes.
35 min
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Care & Feeding: My Kid Forgot How to Ride a Bike
Slate’s parenting podcast on “yes, it is possible to do that.”
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Well, Now: Psychedelics' Long Strange Trip to t...
Some psychiatrists and patients are begging the FDA to approve psychedelics for certain mental health treatments. What’s the hold-up?
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Money Talks: Does Anyone Need Cookbooks?
Food author and journalist Matt Rodbard discusses the latest trends in the culinary world.
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How To!: Make Bank at a Yard Sale
Ava Seavy on avoiding a yard sale fail.
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Hear Me Out: Tradwives Show Us Feminism’s Failures
Don’t we all sort of want a soft life?
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Death, Sex & Money: Kara Swisher and Orna Gural...
Anna interviews a psychoanalyst and a tech journalist, both known for asking tough questions, about how to get people to open up.
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Care & Feeding: Vacation With a Big Group (Seri...
Slate’s parenting podcast on casting the perfect tripmates.
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Working: A New Kind of “Live Documentary” Honor...
Filmmaker Sam Green explains why he decided to start presenting his work in a more performative and ephemeral way.
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Dear Prudence: Revisiting Advice from Dr. Orna ...
The host of Showtime’s Couples Therapy joins the Dear Prudence Podcast to discuss what to do about a friend who needs to break a bad podcast obsession.
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Care & Feeding: Preventing the Summer Backslide
Slate’s parenting podcast on keeping those pencils sharp.
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Well, Now: Meet Gwyneth Paltrow’s Mold Guy
When Goop’s founder met with long COVID specialists, one of them recommended checking her home for mold. Michael Rubino was the man she called.
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How To!: Start Strength Training
Writer and powerlifter Mikala Jamison on building muscle and confidence in the weight room.
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Death, Sex & Money: Mark Duplass on Making Mone...
In this episode, filmmaker Mark Duplass talks about managing depression, what it’s like to have a creative partnership with his brother, and how they talk about making and spending money.
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Hear Me Out: Pride Is For Everyone (Except Cops...
All the colors of the rainbow, except for the ones diametrically opposed to said rainbow.
36 min
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Care & Feeding: I Have Five Kids and Can’t Keep...
Slate’s parenting podcast on all the moving parts.
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Working: How a Colonial Williamsburg Actor Huma...
Actor and historical interpreter Stephen Seals shares his process for performing and educating simultaneously.
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Dear Prudence: I’m Sick of Feeling Like I’m Alw...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by dating advice columnist and founder of A Little Nudge, Erika Ettin.
36 min
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Well, Now: Doctors Agree: Obesity is a Disease....
We don’t blame a knee replacement on “lack of willpower.” Why does that change when we talk about weight?
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Money Talks: The NIMBY Catch-22
The Atlantic’s Jerusalem Demsas discusses NIMBY-ism and why housing problems are so tough to solve.
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Death, Sex & Money: My Shy Bladder
Social anxiety can show up in your body: a shaky voice, sweaty palms, or in Christopher’s case, not being able to pee.
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Hear Me Out: Biden Is Courting Voters Who Don’t...
Don’t assume the base will vote blue no matter who.
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How To!: Move Past Your Toxic Ex
Author Nina Renata Aron on loving yourself through a messy goodbye.
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Care & Feeding: Do We Need a Stroller for Inter...
Slate’s parenting podcast on “damned if you do, damned if you don’t.”
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