Slate Conversations
A feed of the up close and the personal, drawn from Working and across the Slate podcast network. Let’s talk.
1
Care & Feeding | Ending the Elf (On the Shelf)
37 min
2
ICYMI | AI Is Changing How We Have Sex
Technology and porn are becoming disturbingly intertwined.
45 min
3
Care & Feeding | How To Navigate Strained Relat...
54 min
4
ICYMI | The Two Internet Villains Staging a Com...
Why won’t Ned Fulmer and Colleen Ballinger get the hint?
45 min
5
How To! | Move to a New City
Think you’re an “anywhereist”? Melody Warnick wants to help you decide where to live.
36 min
6
Death, Sex & Money | Tig Notaro's Documentary A...
When poet Andrea Gibson's cancer became incurable, Tig helped organize a film crew to document her final days. Some scenes will have you crying… with laughter.
52 min
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Care & Feeding | How to Get Through (Or Help So...
43 min
8
ICYMI | Yes, Having a Boyfriend Is Embarrassing
A viral Vogue essay has sparked an online debate.
45 min
9
Care & Feeding | Help! Is My Kid Talking Enough?
27 min
10
ICYMI | Who TF Is Grammy-Nominated Alex Warren?
Alex Warren was an OG TikTokker. Now he’s nominated for a Grammy.
40 min
11
How To! | Take Charge of Home Repair (with Sam ...
It’s time to find the essential tools—and the right mindset—for creating the home you’ve always wanted.
29 min
12
Death, Sex & Money | Raising A Country Musician...
Country musician Luke Bell's career was taking off when mental illness derailed his life. His mother Carol talks about experiencing the thrill of his success and the devastation of his loss.
63 min
13
Care & Feeding | How Safe is Your House?
35 min
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Care & Feeding | When a Good Idea Turns Into a ...
41 min
15
How To! | Talk to Contractors (With Sam Sanders...
Sam Sanders gets a home-repair therapy session from Mercury Stardust.
46 min
16
Death, Sex & Money | After SNL, Ego Nwodim Has ...
Comedian Ego Nwodim on why she left SNL, and developing new Saturday night rituals that don’t involve “forking an entire cake.”
49 min
17
Care & Feeding | Everything You Need to Know Ab...
41 min
18
Care & Feeding | When Alcoholism Impacts the Ch...
37 min
19
ICYMI | Halloween Used to Be Fun Online
The spooky internet traditions of yore, and the new ways we’re scaring ourselves online.
41 min
20
How To! | Stop Snoring
Andrew Zaleski on getting a better night's sleep, even if it requires a chin strap.
26 min
21
Death, Sex & Money | Her Boyfriend Was Killed i...
Death, Sex & Money | Her Boyfriend Was Killed in a Random NYC Attack. Right-Wing Trolls Mocked Her.
50 min
22
Care & Feeding | Care & Feeding | My Kid is Say...
41 min
23
ICYMI | TwitchCon’s Sexual Harassment Problem
An incident at the 2025 convention has added new urgency to streamer safety.
47 min
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Care & Feeding | “It’s Not Easy!” Parenting Aft...
43 min
25
ICYMI | The Streamer and the Shock Collar
Conservative clout-chasers accuse Hasan Piker of animal abuse on livestream.
38 min