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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How To!: Crack Up Your Coworkers (Encore)
Michael Terry, hilarious hedge fund guy, on reading the room — part two.
30 min
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Care & Feeding: Why Can’t I Find (Or Keep) A Ba...
Slate’s parenting podcast on where all the teens have gone.
28 min
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Working: How a Magician Designs Original, Mind-...
Award-winning performer Joshua Jay explains how he’s able to live up to his own very high standards.
42 min
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What Next TBD: The Psychological Toll of Mars
We know how to get to space. But what happens to our minds when we’re there?
21 min
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Dear Prudence: My Partner Sticks Her Finger in ...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by award-winning host and author Dan Pashman.
31 min
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Care & Feeding: My Son’s Getting Ready to Walk ...
Slate’s parenting podcast on making the trek.
34 min
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Well, Now: Eating Disorders Are Rising Among Bo...
Eating disorders are one of the most deadly psychiatric disorders. For decades doctors didn’t have the right tools to care for most boys and men who had them.
36 min
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Hear Me Out: Anti-Vaxers Aren’t Just Extremists
They’re often responding to real problems with American healthcare.
33 min
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Death, Sex & Money: The Very Hot Marriage of Ni...
The Emmy-winning actor sits down with her wife for a conversation about their early courtship, steamy first date, and the process of going public with their love.
37 min
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How To!: Make Humor Your Superpower (Encore)
Naomi Bagdonas, co-author of Humor, Seriously!, on finding your funny side — part one.
31 min
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Care & Feeding: Helping Little Wild Things Lear...
Slate’s parenting podcast on our language about language.
42 min
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Working: How to Curate a Small Town Art Museum
Sun Valley Museum of Art curator Courtney Gilbert discusses the unique challenges and thrills of serving a small community.
43 min
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Dear Prudence: My Parents Are Flaunting Their W...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by Slate writer and host Joel Anderson.
26 min
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Care & Feeding: A Teacher Weighs In On Grades
Slate’s parenting podcast on remedial coursework.
34 min
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Well, Now - "People Feel Like They’re Drowning"...
With symptoms ranging from fatigue to cognitive impairment, Long Covid still confounds physicians. It doesn’t help that most of the nation has already moved on.
32 min
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Hear Me Out: You Probably Don’t Need Therapy Fo...
The point of therapy is to equip you for success on your own.
41 min
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Slate Money: What Happens When a Country Won’t ...
Legendary hedge fund manager Jaw Newman discusses his 16-year fight to get Argentina to pay up.
42 min
468
How To!: Help a Loved One With Dementia
Tami Anastasia on caring for loved ones at every stage of a difficult journey.
39 min
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Death, Sex & Money: A Former Pro Climber On End...
After years of scaling cliffs for a living, Mason Earle was diagnosed with ME/CFS, commonly called chronic fatigue syndrome.
57 min
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Care & Feeding: Does Identity Need To Be Taught?
Slate’s parenting podcast on nature and nurture.
26 min
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Working: From Corporate Job to Broadway Playwright
46 min
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Dear Prudence: My Ex Had Sex With My Brother. H...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by author Michael Arceneaux.
33 min
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Care & Feeding: “You’re Mad At Me” and Other Bi...
Slate’s parenting podcast on de-escalation.
33 min
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Well, Now: Life After Lockdown
After four years and more than a million deaths, is America’s Covid crisis really over?
38 min
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Hear Me Out: Purity Is Poisoning the Progressiv...
Incrementalism isn’t a dirty word.
34 min