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
26
Maggie Haberman
29 min
27
Michelle Dean
29 min
28
Amy Chozick
29 min
29
Adam Davidson
32 min
30
Barbara Ehrenreich
21 min
31
Parul Sehgal
27 min
32
Ross Douthat
48 min
33
Judd Apatow
Isaac Chotiner talks with Judd Apatow
43 min
34
David Corn and Michael Isikoff
31 min
35
Josh Barro
35 min
36
Benjamin Wittes
37 min
37
Chuck Klosterman
52 min
38
Steven Pinker
The author of ‘Enlightenment Now’ thinks the world is getting better—but we refuse to acknowledge it.
30 min
39
Katie Roiphe
38 min
40
Wesley Morris
36 min
41
Jia Tolentino
27 min
42
David Frum
29 min
43
Margaret Sullivan
The Washington Post media critic grades a turbulent year of media coverage.
25 min
44
A.O. Scott
The New York Times film critic on watching movies in the post-Weinstein age.
38 min
45
Mark Lilla (Re-air)
The author of The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics has a recipe to save Democrats.
39 min
46
Bill Kristol
The conservative writer and editor examines his own past, and where the Republican Party went awry.
34 min
47
Stephen Kotkin
The Stalin biographer on the secret to understanding the mind of an autocrat.
32 min
48
Lawrence O'Donnell
The MSNBC host and author on how the 1968 election changed American politics forever.
33 min
49
Laura Kipnis
The author and essayist on the importance of teaching women to fight back.
29 min
50
Jelani Cobb
The New Yorker writer on why Trumpism will survive Trump.
16 min