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 | My Toddler’s On Nap Strike
Slate’s parenting podcast on getting veeeery sleepy.
36 min
2
Dear Prudence | I Want To Go No-Contact With My...
Guest Prudie Kristen Meinzer is joined by Ada Calhoun.
28 min
3
Care & Feeding | My Kid Won’t Pee Without A Towel
Slate’s parenting podcast on not feeling wet.
39 min
4
Culture Gabfest: Netflix’s Incel Tragedy Adoles...
This week, the hosts discuss Adolescence, Lady Gaga’s latest album MAYHEM, and Trump’s continued assault on public universities to remove DEI programs.
66 min
5
How To! | Write Your Memoir
42 min
6
Death, Sex & Money | A Middle-Aged Couple Made ...
The former head of a university and his wife discuss their adult film hobby and a scandal that upended their lives.
46 min
7
Care & Feeding | My Daughter’s Dying To Be Popular
Slate’s parenting podcast on the right cohorts.
33 min
8
Dear Prudence | I Love My Sister But I Don’t Li...
Guest Prudie Kristen Meinzer is joined by Traci Thomas.
42 min
9
Care & Feeding | What Your Kid’s Skin Really Needs
Slate’s parenting podcast on popping “big pimple”.
48 min
10
Culture Gabfest: Cate Blanchett Is a Sexy Super...
This week, the hosts discuss Black Bag, Deli Boys, and the enduring legacy of Dave Eggers’ memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.
64 min
11
How To! | Discover Music You’ll Love
Derrick Gee on rekindling your love for sonic adventure.
44 min
12
Death, Sex & Money | Life After Blowing It All ...
In 2020, we talked to “Ethan” about cheating on his wife with sex workers. We called him back to see what happened after we stopped recording.
43 min
13
Care & Feeding | Does My Baby Have Separation A...
Slate’s parenting podcast on very secure attachment.
25 min
14
Dear Prudence | I Don’t Like Being My Coworker’...
Guest Prudie Kristen Meinzer is joined by Heather McMahan.
33 min
15
Care & Feeding | Should I Keep My Kid’s Secrets?
Slate’s parenting podcast on “please don’t tell dad.”
31 min
16
Supercommunicators | 3. How to Have the Hardest...
The inside story of how Netflix encouraged employees to talk about the hard stuff.
29 min
17
Culture Gabfest: Meghan Markle Sprinkles Potpou...
This week, the hosts discuss Mickey 17, Netflix’s With Love, Meghan, and the plague of the white homes.
67 min
18
How To! | Lose Your ‘Virginity’ at 43
Nicole Hardy, author of Confessions of a Latter-Day Virgin, on leaning into curiosity and pleasure.
41 min
19
Death, Sex & Money | Call It ‘A Midlife Awakening’
Anna talks to writer Ada Calhoun and comedian Rosebud Baker about some of life’s big transitional moments: motherhood, divorce, and following crushes.
51 min
20
Care & Feeding | I’m Dating A Single Mom
Slate’s parenting podcast on meeting the kids.
27 min
21
Dear Prudence | Was I The Problem In My Marriag...
Guest Prudie Kristen Meinzer is joined by Crystal Kung Minkoff.
30 min
22
Care & Feeding | How Do I Build My Village?
Slate’s parenting podcast on weekly pizza nights.
28 min
23
Culture Gabfest: Zero Day Makes Robert De Niro ...
This week, the hosts discuss Zero Day, remembering Gene Hackman, and how to engage with optimism during times of crisis.
63 min
24
How To! | Interview Someone
Talk Easy’s Sam Fragoso on the art of getting people to open up.
45 min
25
Death, Sex & Money | From Uncertainty to Total ...
Listeners share how big changes at the top are impacting their everyday lives.
48 min