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
426
Care & Feeding (After Dark): Couples’ Therapy
Our spouses have entered the group chat.
29 min
427
Well, Now: What We Get Wrong About Love
Kiss the grand romantic gestures goodbye and dig into the research-backed components that make life-long partnerships.
32 min
428
Death, Sex & Money: This Senator Saved My Love ...
Anna revisits her 2014 conversation with Senator Al Simpson and his wife Ann.
27 min
429
Hear Me Out: The Constitution Can’t Save Us
And we should stop pretending like it can.
34 min
430
How To!: Find Friends in Unexpected Places
Part one of our special series on friendship.
40 min
431
Care & Feeding (After Dark): Sex and Parenting
Slate’s parenting podcast on keeping things spicy with kids in the picture.
27 min
432
Working: A Biography With Very High Stakes
45 min
433
Dear Prudence: Is My Work Husband Keeping Me A ...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by entertainment journalist Gia Peppers.
31 min
434
Care & Feeding: My Kid Has Zero Personal Bubble
Slate’s parenting podcast on touchy-feely trouble.
25 min
435
Well, Now: Football’s Pre-NFL Concussion Problem
The NFL has faced controversy about its connection to traumatic brain injuries for years. But how do we protect the majority of football players who don’t make it pro and still face the same risks?
30 min
436
Hear Me Out: Campus Assault Hearings Are A Disa...
Restorative justice might be the solution.
33 min
437
What Next: Inside a Gaza Hospital
An American pediatrician finds herself in desperate demand.
24 min
438
How To!: Be a Mindful Drinker
Rosamund Dean on drinking with intent.
37 min
439
Care & Feeding: My 4th Grader Needs Help Boredo...
Slate’s parenting podcast on downtime and screentime.
21 min
440
Working: Malcolm X’s Story, Told Through Opera
42 min
441
How To!: Plan Your Next Adventure
Brady Binstadt on making your next trip memorable.
32 min
442
A Word: Revolutionary Recharge
Be a Revolution: fighting the good fight, with joy.
29 min
443
Dear Prudence: Am I a Bigot If I Don’t Want to ...
24 min
444
Care & Feeding: My Son Doesn’t “Play Like A Boy”
Slate’s parenting podcast on the kindergarten binary.
27 min
445
Well, Now: How ER Taught Thousands Of Viewers A...
Behind the beautiful actors and high-stakes surgeries, medical dramas have found ways to communicate important health information to thousands.
25 min
446
Hear Me Out: Actually, Trump Supporters Are Del...
“Death cult” may sound hyperbolic, but it also might be true.
35 min
447
How To!: Be Free of Body Shame
Ronald Young Jr. on weight, societal change, and why you actually don’t need to love your body.
43 min
448
Working: How Children’s Book Ideas Begin
49 min
449
Dear Prudence: My Husband Stopped Using Soap an...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by writer and advice columnist Cheryl Strayed.
34 min
450
Care & Feeding: I Think I Smelled Weed On My 13...
Slate’s parenting podcast on highs and lows.
36 min