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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Care & Feeding: Kids Are Loud. Will Earplugs He...
Slate’s parenting podcast on (ear)plugging in.
23 min
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Working: How to Make a “Fair” Crossword Puzzle
45 min
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Dear Prudence: Am I a Bad Father If I Don't Wan...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by cultural critic, DJ and video producer Jay Smooth.
30 min
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Care & Feeding: The Pop Culture Moms Who Change...
Slate’s parenting podcast on lessons learned from the silver screen.
28 min
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Well, Now: Ending Racism in Healthcare
In her new book Legacy, Dr. Uché Blackstock honors her late mother while also tracing the history of racism in U.S. healthcare.
27 min
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Hear Me Out: Horse Race Journalism Is Good, Act...
Giddy up, voters.
41 min
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How To!: Let Go of a Friendship
I feel tossed aside. How can I move on?
27 min
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Care & Feeding: You Know What? Grades Are Bulls...
Slate’s parenting podcast on everything A+ to F.
34 min
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Working: How TV Host Carla Hall Stays Authentic...
39 min
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Dear Prudence: My Friend Has a Master’s Degree ...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by comedian Jenny Hagel.
32 min
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Care & Feeding: Checking Our Voicemails (Romanc...
Slate’s parenting podcast on what you thought of our personal problems.
37 min
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Hear Me Out: Un-Cancel Woodrow Wilson
It’s time to reassess what a great president looks like.
41 min
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How To!: Evolve a Friendship
We’re different people now. Can we still be friends?
34 min
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Working: How to Write Every Day and Stick to It
43 min
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Dear Prudence: How Do I Get Over Someone I Neve...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by journalist and culture writer Jenna Wortham.
33 min
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Care & Feeding (After Dark): Couples’ Therapy
Our spouses have entered the group chat.
29 min
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Death, Sex & Money: This Senator Saved My Love ...
Anna revisits her 2014 conversation with Senator Al Simpson and his wife Ann.
27 min
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Well, Now: What We Get Wrong About Love
Kiss the grand romantic gestures goodbye and dig into the research-backed components that make life-long partnerships.
32 min
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Hear Me Out: The Constitution Can’t Save Us
And we should stop pretending like it can.
34 min
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How To!: Find Friends in Unexpected Places
Part one of our special series on friendship.
40 min
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Care & Feeding (After Dark): Sex and Parenting
Slate’s parenting podcast on keeping things spicy with kids in the picture.
27 min
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Working: A Biography With Very High Stakes
45 min
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Dear Prudence: Is My Work Husband Keeping Me A ...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by entertainment journalist Gia Peppers.
31 min
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Care & Feeding: My Kid Has Zero Personal Bubble
Slate’s parenting podcast on touchy-feely trouble.
25 min
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Well, Now: Football’s Pre-NFL Concussion Problem
The NFL has faced controversy about its connection to traumatic brain injuries for years. But how do we protect the majority of football players who don’t make it pro and still face the same risks?
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