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Planet Money host Mary Childs joins Felix to discuss stock prices, the mathematics of investing, and the nature of the universe.

Alison Green on the pitfalls of constructive criticism.

Slate’s parenting podcast on tidying up.

Tracyanne Campbell of Camera Obscura talks about writing new music after the band's long hiatus.

Ta-Nehisi Coates blasts the lack of leadership on the Middle East.

Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by author and host of Savage Lovecast, Dan Savage.

Slate’s parenting podcast on being the matriarch.

Half of pregnancies will experience complications. Here’s how patients and their partners can best advocate for the proper care.

Jeff Guenther on telling your crush how you really feel.

Nurse practitioners Teresa and Paula deliver life-saving care–and botox and fillers–to communities that keep getting left behind.

Justice is a bigger picture.

Slate’s parenting podcast on making the trek.

The Bird By Bird author discusses her new book about love, her proclivity for deeply honest memoir writing, and some of her go-to advice about writing and publishing.

Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by writer, producer, and host Heben Nigatu.

Slate’s parenting podcast on global flavors, sans jetlag.

Even surgeon generals get sticker shock. Here are Jerome Adams’s suggestions for how to fight back.

It’s the law of unintended consequences.

Courtney Martin talks with Carvell Wallace about writing, interviewing—and his new memoir.

Wall Street Journal fitness writer Jen Murphy shares tips for staying in shape while running the rat race.

Slate’s parenting podcast on baby races.

Death, Sex & Money host Anna Sale shares her strategies for conducting interviews about things that really matter.

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And finding humor with it, too.

It’s just that their job isn’t winning (yet).