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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Well, Now: Food Is More Than Fuel
In Eat & Flourish, award-winning food journalist Mary Beth Albright shows how food supports our emotional well-being.
50 min
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Hear Me Out: Fact-Checks Make Audiences Suspicious
Debunking stuff might be eroding trust, not enhancing it.
31 min
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Death, Sex & Money: Miranda July’s Perimenopaus...
The bestselling author and filmmaker suggests new ways to talk about and think about menopause.
51 min
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How To!: Do Housework (and Not Hate It)
Dale Aucoin on making those dreaded chores a little easier.
34 min
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Care & Feeding: Is My Kid Ruining Hikes On Purp...
Slate’s parenting podcast on having the energy for everything but.
31 min
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Working: How a TV Writer Keeps the Ideas Coming
Mike Gauyo has written for popular shows like Insecure and Ginny and Georgia. Now he’s hustling to create and pitch the next exciting thing.
41 min
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ICYMI: Should I Stop Sharing My Location? Why D...
We ask internet culture writer Steffi Cao how to navigate your best (and worst) behaviors online
36 min
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Dear Prudence: Politics Is Ruining My Family. H...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by the hosts of Defector Media’s The Distraction podcast, David Roth and Drew Magary.
30 min
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Care & Feeding: Why Is My Friend Body Shaming T...
Slate’s parenting podcast on eating the fries.
38 min
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Well, Now: No, Netflix Isn’t Forcing You to Go ...
The ‘twin study’ joins decades of research indicating a plant-based diet is healthier long term. But that doesn’t mean you have to quit meat cold tofurkey.
43 min
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Death, Sex & Money: A Former Debt Collector's U...
For 15 years, it was Angela’s job to hound people for unpaid bills. But after she fell into debt, the tables turned.
31 min
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Money Talks: Can the Rich Really Lose It All?
Author Taffy Brodesser-Akner discusses the real-world inspiration for her fictional riches-to-rags story.
34 min
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How To!: Put a Toxic Job Behind You
Rudhir Krishtel on rethinking what makes us happy at work.
36 min
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Hear Me Out: The Olympics Are a Tool of Oppression
We shouldn’t ignore the path of destruction left in host nations.
37 min
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Care & Feeding: I’m Struggling to Love My Daughter
Slate’s parenting podcast on feeling mismatched.
37 min
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Working: How a Stand Up Comedian’s Sense of Hum...
Comic and Daily Show writer Dina Hashem explains why it’s getting harder and harder to make herself laugh.
46 min
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A Word: “Momala” and “Papa Bear”
The Second Gentleman speaks up for his wife, and out against Donald Trump.
24 min
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Dear Prudence: My Friend Told Our Friend Group ...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by Slate’s senior writer and co-host of Wondery’s Scamfluencers, Scaachi Koul.
31 min
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Care & Feeding: We’re Friends With a Flaky Family
Slate’s parenting podcast on not making any promises.
31 min
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Well, Now: How to Avoid Heat-Related Illness
Tips to stay cool and hydrated — and how to care for those who aren’t — from a surgeon general in one of the country’s hottest states.
42 min
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Hear Me Out: Pop Stars Run Politics Now
They’re everywhere, they’re so Julia.
38 min
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How To!: Be Funny (5th Anniversary Edition)
Founding host Charles Duhigg celebrates five years of life-changing advice.
40 min
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Death, Sex & Money: Olympic Legend Greg Lougani...
The four-time gold medal winning diver explains what it was like to compete at the highest level while undergoing treatment for HIV.
38 min
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Care & Feeding: Ugh, What’s For Dinner?
Slate’s parenting podcast on the eternal question.
29 min
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Dear Prudence: My Brother-In-Law’s Girlfriend W...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by journalist and professor Arionne Nettles.
35 min