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 | A Tooth Fairy Fail
31 min
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ICYMI | Taylor Swift Is Rewriting Her Internet ...
We break down the surprising reactions to Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl and what it says about her current relationship to the internet.
42 min
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How To! | Raise a Boy
Ashanti Branch on steering clear of the traps of toxic masculinity.
37 min
4
Death, Sex & Money | A War Photographer on the ...
When Peter Van Agtmael started taking pictures, he believed he could end wars by exposing their brutality. Decades later, the biggest change has been within himself.
52 min
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Care & Feeding | Help! I'm Touched Out By My Kids.
32 min
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ICYMI | Saudi Arabia Is Coming For The Sims
A new EA Games deal has players worried about censorship of their beloved franchise.
37 min
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ICYMI | Saudi Arabia Is Coming For The Sims
A new EA Games deal has players worried about censorship of their beloved franchise.
37 min
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Care & Feeding | The Great Onesie Debate
36 min
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ICYMI | RIP to MTV's Catfish: Caught, But Never...
What nine seasons of Catfish taught us about the internet, fantasy world building, and our ultimate desire for connection.
33 min
10
How To! | Quit IVF (and Start a New Chapter)
Poet Ada Limón offers advice to a listener facing a detour on the road to parenthood.
38 min
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Death, Sex & Money | Why Job Hunting Feels So G...
A.I. recruiters. Endless online portals. Openings that were never meant to be filled. Welcome to “Job Search Hell.”
46 min
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ICYMI | Jimmy Kimmel & The Death Of Free Speech...
Reactions to Charlie Kirk’s death are being censored, but it’s just the tip of the iceberg.
48 min
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Care & Feeding | Demystifying Car Seat Safety
Slate’s parenting podcast on every question you could possibly have on keeping your kid safe in the car.
59 min
14
ICYMI | Hank Green Started a War With Knitters
Plus, who asked for the return of the internet’s least favorite wife guy, and did we get raptured?
41 min
15
How To! | Update: Losing Your ‘Virginity’ at 43
Plus, advice on returning to books—and an impromptu How To! pitch meeting.
42 min
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Death, Sex & Money | From Brazilian Butt Lifts ...
Listeners share stories about stopping or starting beauty interventions, from $43,000 in plastic surgery to choosing to go gray.
60 min
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Care & Feeding | The 25 Best Picture Books of t...
Slate’s parenting podcast on timeless kids’ stories
35 min
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ICYMI | Nobody Wants To Party Anymore
Staying in is the new going out, and our phones might be to blame.
41 min
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Care & Feeding | Guiding Kids Through Hard-to-E...
31 min
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ICYMI | The Funniest Guy on Slate's Slack
Slate senior writer Ben Mathis-Lilley shares his Internet Diaries.
45 min
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How To! | Use Hypnosis
Dr. David Spiegel on the benefits of a highly focused state of mind.
50 min
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Death, Sex & Money | Private Equity Blew Up My ...
Megan Greenwell explains how a private equity takeover forced her out of her dream job and inspired her six-year investigation into the industry's impact on American workers.
52 min
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Care & Feeding | When Sharing Doesn’t Come Easy
27 min
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ICYMI | Is #BodyPositivity Over?
Ozempic has turned social media from a safe space into a minefield.
47 min
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Care & Feeding | How to Talk Divorce With Kids
29 min