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: Preventing the Summer Backslide
Slate’s parenting podcast on keeping those pencils sharp.
39 min
277
Well, Now: Meet Gwyneth Paltrow’s Mold Guy
When Goop’s founder met with long COVID specialists, one of them recommended checking her home for mold. Michael Rubino was the man she called.
44 min
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How To!: Start Strength Training
Writer and powerlifter Mikala Jamison on building muscle and confidence in the weight room.
40 min
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Hear Me Out: Pride Is For Everyone (Except Cops...
All the colors of the rainbow, except for the ones diametrically opposed to said rainbow.
36 min
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Death, Sex & Money: Mark Duplass on Making Mone...
In this episode, filmmaker Mark Duplass talks about managing depression, what it’s like to have a creative partnership with his brother, and how they talk about making and spending money.
50 min
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Care & Feeding: I Have Five Kids and Can’t Keep...
Slate’s parenting podcast on all the moving parts.
34 min
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Working: How a Colonial Williamsburg Actor Huma...
Actor and historical interpreter Stephen Seals shares his process for performing and educating simultaneously.
45 min
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Dear Prudence: I’m Sick of Feeling Like I’m Alw...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by dating advice columnist and founder of A Little Nudge, Erika Ettin.
36 min
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Well, Now: Doctors Agree: Obesity is a Disease....
We don’t blame a knee replacement on “lack of willpower.” Why does that change when we talk about weight?
48 min
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Death, Sex & Money: My Shy Bladder
Social anxiety can show up in your body: a shaky voice, sweaty palms, or in Christopher’s case, not being able to pee.
41 min
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Hear Me Out: Biden Is Courting Voters Who Don’t...
Don’t assume the base will vote blue no matter who.
45 min
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How To!: Move Past Your Toxic Ex
Author Nina Renata Aron on loving yourself through a messy goodbye.
41 min
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Money Talks: The NIMBY Catch-22
The Atlantic’s Jerusalem Demsas discusses NIMBY-ism and why housing problems are so tough to solve.
37 min
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Care & Feeding: Do We Need a Stroller for Inter...
Slate’s parenting podcast on “damned if you do, damned if you don’t.”
25 min
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Working: A Master Class in Character Description
Writer Emma Copley Eisenberg discusses her new novel Housemates and explains why she took special care to describe her characters’ clothes and bodies.
45 min
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Dear Prudence: I Bailed on a Family Trip Becaus...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by opinion writer and columnist Farhad Manjoo.
22 min
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Care & Feeding: My Daughter’s Friend Is Just So...
Slate’s parenting podcast on keeping both ears on the wheel.
27 min
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Well, Now: The Isolation of a Life-Threatening ...
How author Suleika Jaouad grapples with identity after a leukemia diagnosis, remission, and re-emergence.
40 min
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How To!: Be Lonely
Author Kristen Radtke on embracing solitude while deepening connections with others.
39 min
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Hear Me Out: Election Betting Should Be Legal
Devils roll the dice, voters roll their eyes?
34 min
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Death, Sex & Money: I Was Afraid of Losing Myse...
What if we thought of caretaking as big, meaty, rewarding work? Or even… cool?
44 min
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Care & Feeding: How Moms Became Our Social Safe...
Slate’s parenting podcast on “Holding It Together.”
31 min
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What Next: Election Workers in the Crosshairs
Working elections was never glamorous, but lately it’s become dangerous.
26 min
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Working: A Broadway Hit That Defies Genre
Choreographer Justin Peck talks about his new show Illinoise, which is based on a beloved Sufjan Stevens album.
47 min
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Dear Prudence: I’m 39 and in Love With a 67-yea...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by Deputy Editor of HuffPost Personal, Emily McCombs.
34 min