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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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.
71 min
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Hear Me Out: Tradwives Show Us Feminism’s Failures
Don’t we all sort of want a soft life?
40 min
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How To!: Make Bank at a Yard Sale
Ava Seavy on avoiding a yard sale fail.
35 min
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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.
52 min
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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.
37 min
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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.
44 min
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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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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.
50 min
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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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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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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.
41 min
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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.
37 min
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How To!: Move Past Your Toxic Ex
Author Nina Renata Aron on loving yourself through a messy goodbye.
41 min
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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.
45 min
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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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Working: A Master Class in Character Description
Writer Emma Copley Eisenberg discusses her new novel Housemates and explains why she took special care to describe her characters’ clothes and bodies.
45 min
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Dear Prudence: I Bailed on a Family Trip Becaus...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by opinion writer and columnist Farhad Manjoo.
22 min
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Care & Feeding: My Daughter’s Friend Is Just So...
Slate’s parenting podcast on keeping both ears on the wheel.
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Well, Now: The Isolation of a Life-Threatening ...
How author Suleika Jaouad grapples with identity after a leukemia diagnosis, remission, and re-emergence.
40 min
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Death, Sex & Money: I Was Afraid of Losing Myse...
What if we thought of caretaking as big, meaty, rewarding work? Or even… cool?
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