Slate Conversations

A feed of the up close and the personal, drawn from Working and across the Slate podcast network. Let’s talk.

Society & Culture
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Money Talks: Under the Spell of Someone Else’s ...
Author Rumaan Alam’s new novel Entitlement explores how proximity to the rich can transform us.
32 min
252
Care & Feeding: Parenting With Astrology (Serio...
Slate’s parenting podcast on what’s in the stars.
52 min
253
Dear Prudence | Revisiting Advice from Ashley C...
The author of the bestselling memoir Somebody’s Daughter joins the Dear Prudence podcast to discuss what to do when your partner’s chronic lateness ruins a vacation.
41 min
254
Care & Feeding: My Wife’s Making Me A Deadbeat Dad
Slate’s parenting podcast on who’s in control.
35 min
255
Well, Now: How to Prepare for Back-to-School Se...
A pediatrician’s tips on how families can thrive all year long.
37 min
256
How To!: Survive a Disaster
Amanda Ripley on preparing yourself and your community for the unthinkable.
38 min
257
Hear Me Out: Podcasting Is Dead
At least, podcasting as we knew it.
41 min
258
Death, Sex & Money: One Man’s Meticulous Quest ...
Author Cody Delistraty talks about how losing his mother inspired him to start researching remedies to move on.
42 min
259
Care & Feeding: Toddlers Can Know Moving Is Sh*tty
Slate’s parenting podcast on big changes.
33 min
260
Dear Prudence | My Wife Thinks I Had an Emotion...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by the host of Slate’s What Next: TBD, Lizzie O’Leary.
36 min
261
Care & Feeding: Gus Walz Moved You, Too
Slate’s parenting podcast on sharing big feelings.
37 min
262
Well, Now: What Drag Queens Can Teach Us About ...
Navigating the healthcare system as a person of trans experience can be tough. Miss Peppermint shares her best practices.
41 min
263
How To!: Cook at Home Like Sohla El-Waylly
Sohla El-Waylly on breaking up with takeout—and falling in love with your kitchen.
40 min
264
Money Talks: How to Make the Next Wordle
Gamemaker Zach Gage of Puzzmo shares the secrets of the perfect puzzle.
33 min
265
Death, Sex & Money: The Weight of Love
Listener stories about body size and relationships.
48 min
266
Hear Me Out: Presidential Pardons Need Reform
But yes, they’re a force for good, too.
34 min
267
Working: An Artist’s Guide to ADHD and Getting ...
Illustrator and podcaster Andy J. Pizza shares the routines and practices that help to direct his creativity.
45 min
268
Dear Prudence | I Found My Happily Married Mom’...
45 min
269
A Word: Prayer, Politics, and Power Shifts
Trump and Harris both want Black church support. Do they know how to find it?
39 min
270
Care & Feeding: Gus Walz Loves His Dad. Here’s ...
Slate’s parenting podcast on the beautiful, the bad, and the ugly.
49 min
271
Well, Now: Eating for Health
How to develop a healthy relationship with food despite society’s push to look a certain way.
38 min
272
How To!: Fall Out of Love (Encore)
I fell hard for my best friend—he doesn’t love me back.
30 min
273
Hear Me Out: There’s No Lesser-Evil Candidate
There’s the billionaire class, and then there’s the rest of us.
49 min
274
Death, Sex & Money: Two Friends, at 35 and 95, ...
When despair for the state of the world got them down, friends Jess Serrante and Joanna Macy found a new way forward.
47 min
275
Care & Feeding: We Need to Stop Losing Library ...
Slate’s parenting podcast on turning the page.
34 min