Slate Conversations
A feed of the up close and the personal, drawn from Working and across the Slate podcast network. Let’s talk.
526
Death, Sex & Money: A Tarot Reader Explains Why...
North Carolina-based witch Rebecca Auman helps Anna through a rough patch. Then she explains why it’s so hard for some of us to make sense of our own inner voices.
39 min
527
How To!: Find Your People After a Mental Health...
Dr. Aleksandra Rayska on the stigma and self-doubt that can curtail new friendships.
36 min
528
Working: How Fact-Checking Can Improve Your Fic...
Novelist Julia Hannafin and ecologist Adam Rosenblatt talk about Julia’s new novel Cascade and its commitment to scientific accuracy.
45 min
529
Dear Prudence: My Wife’s Bipolar Diagnosis Is C...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by author and mental health advocate Bassey Ikpi.
31 min
530
Care & Feeding: Ask A Weed Mom
Slate’s parenting podcast on lighting up.
39 min
531
Well, Now: We Don’t Need to Cure Autism
“If your kid didn’t have autism anymore, they would be a different person. A person that doesn’t exist.”
37 min
532
How To!: ‘Do the Work’ of Racial Justice
Garrett Bucks on a case study for difficult conversations
35 min
533
Money Talks: Felix Wins His Crypto Bet
An old bill comes due for tech investor Ben Horowitz, who discusses the future of crypto and blockchain with partner Chris Dixon.
32 min
534
Death, Sex & Money: A Sociopath's Guide to Deat...
Patric Gagne says being a sociopath is like having an emotional learning disability. In this episode, she talks about the good and the bad of having limited access to shame and guilt, how she overcame violent compulsions, and becoming a wife and mother.
44 min
535
Hear Me Out: Legalize Weed, But Not Like This
Smoke and mirrors.
34 min
536
Care & Feeding: Parenting While Polyamorous
Slate’s parenting podcast on chosen family.
42 min
537
Working: A Clarinetist Finds His Flow State
Anthony McGill, principal clarinetist for the New York Philharmonic, explains what it’s like to both perform and take in the beauty of the orchestra simultaneously.
45 min
538
ICYMI: What “Quiet on Set” Leaves Out
The 5-part docuseries skirts around important details that leave viewers questioning and interrogating its intention online.
48 min
539
Dear Prudence: I Lost a Lot of Weight and Now I...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by the host of Death Sex and Money, Anna Sale.
35 min
540
Care & Feeding: Longtime Listener, First-Time P...
Slate’s parenting podcast on what to expect.
33 min
541
Well, Now: Most Skincare Products are BS. Here ...
It comes down to three things: a cleanser, a moisturizer, and sunscreen. The rest is extra.
35 min
542
Hear Me Out: Interracial Marriages Can Still Be...
And their children could pay the price.
34 min
543
Death, Sex & Money: From Indie Rockers to Full-...
Johnny and Molly Solomon from the band Communist Daughter talk about their decision to put their music careers on hold in 2017 to care for Johnny’s mother, and what’s happened since.
32 min
544
How To!: Bring a Big Idea to Life
Michaela Leslie-Rule on finding the story you need to tell.
40 min
545
Care & Feeding: What’s the Deal With American B...
Slate’s parenting podcast on finding the perfect purées.
26 min
546
Working: How to Be Both a Critic and a Creator
NPR host Linda Holmes explains how her work as a professional pop culture critic impacts her work as a novelist, and vice versa.
43 min
547
Dear Prudence: From Choice Words: Live in Fear ...
An episode of Lemonada Media’s Choice Words with Samantha Bee on Queer Eye’s Karamo.
44 min
548
Care & Feeding: Will My Picky Eater Ruin Our Trip?
Slate’s parenting podcast on eating abroad.
44 min
549
Well, Now: Spring Cleaning Your Medicine Cabinet
When does ibuprofen actually expire? Can I keep extra antibiotics just in case? Do I really need to take turmeric supplements?
37 min
550
How To!: Crack Up Your Coworkers (Encore)
Michael Terry, hilarious hedge fund guy, on reading the room — part two.
30 min