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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Well, Now: Most Skincare Products are BS. Here ...
It comes down to three things: a cleanser, a moisturizer, and sunscreen. The rest is extra.
35 min
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Hear Me Out: Interracial Marriages Can Still Be...
And their children could pay the price.
34 min
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Death, Sex & Money: From Indie Rockers to Full-...
Johnny and Molly Solomon from the band Communist Daughter talk about their decision to put their music careers on hold in 2017 to care for Johnny’s mother, and what’s happened since.
32 min
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How To!: Bring a Big Idea to Life
Michaela Leslie-Rule on finding the story you need to tell.
40 min
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Care & Feeding: What’s the Deal With American B...
Slate’s parenting podcast on finding the perfect purées.
26 min
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Working: How to Be Both a Critic and a Creator
NPR host Linda Holmes explains how her work as a professional pop culture critic impacts her work as a novelist, and vice versa.
43 min
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Dear Prudence: From Choice Words: Live in Fear ...
An episode of Lemonada Media’s Choice Words with Samantha Bee on Queer Eye’s Karamo.
44 min
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Care & Feeding: Will My Picky Eater Ruin Our Trip?
Slate’s parenting podcast on eating abroad.
44 min
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Well, Now: Spring Cleaning Your Medicine Cabinet
When does ibuprofen actually expire? Can I keep extra antibiotics just in case? Do I really need to take turmeric supplements?
37 min
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Death, Sex & Money: I Was In Debt. Then My Sist...
A listener talks about going deep into the red and learning valuable lessons about money, family, and mental health.
43 min
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Slate Money: How to Escape the Invisible Factory
Author Cal Newport explains how we ended up in Slack hell — and how to free ourselves.
36 min
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How To!: Crack Up Your Coworkers (Encore)
Michael Terry, hilarious hedge fund guy, on reading the room — part two.
30 min
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Hear Me Out: Don’t Blame Capitalism For The Hou...
For-profit developers could be the solution.
34 min
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Care & Feeding: Why Can’t I Find (Or Keep) A Ba...
Slate’s parenting podcast on where all the teens have gone.
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Working: How a Magician Designs Original, Mind-...
Award-winning performer Joshua Jay explains how he’s able to live up to his own very high standards.
42 min
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What Next TBD: The Psychological Toll of Mars
We know how to get to space. But what happens to our minds when we’re there?
21 min
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Dear Prudence: My Partner Sticks Her Finger in ...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by award-winning host and author Dan Pashman.
31 min
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Care & Feeding: My Son’s Getting Ready to Walk ...
Slate’s parenting podcast on making the trek.
34 min
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Well, Now: Eating Disorders Are Rising Among Bo...
Eating disorders are one of the most deadly psychiatric disorders. For decades doctors didn’t have the right tools to care for most boys and men who had them.
36 min
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Hear Me Out: Anti-Vaxers Aren’t Just Extremists
They’re often responding to real problems with American healthcare.
33 min
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Death, Sex & Money: The Very Hot Marriage of Ni...
The Emmy-winning actor sits down with her wife for a conversation about their early courtship, steamy first date, and the process of going public with their love.
37 min
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How To!: Make Humor Your Superpower (Encore)
Naomi Bagdonas, co-author of Humor, Seriously!, on finding your funny side — part one.
31 min
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Care & Feeding: Helping Little Wild Things Lear...
Slate’s parenting podcast on our language about language.
42 min
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Working: How to Curate a Small Town Art Museum
Sun Valley Museum of Art curator Courtney Gilbert discusses the unique challenges and thrills of serving a small community.
43 min
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Dear Prudence: My Parents Are Flaunting Their W...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by Slate writer and host Joel Anderson.
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