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
576
How To!: Grieve an Estranged Parent
Patrick Teahan on healing your inner child and finding community outside of family.
44 min
577
Mom & Dad: My Toddler’s a Hitter. Should His Br...
Wrangling a wily three-year-old is easier said than done.
28 min
578
Working: Reality TV That Helps People Feel Seen
39 min
579
Dear Prudence: Revisiting Advice from LeVar Burton
I’m About to Blow Up on the Snack Thieves at Work. Help!
33 min
580
Hear Me Out: Be The Holiday A--hole
Keeping the peace is overrated.
39 min
581
How To!; Talk Politics Without Wrecking Relatio...
My parents are die-hard Trump fans. I can’t stand him. How do we make this work?
31 min
582
Working: A Nicolas Cage Social Satire For the B...
47 min
583
Dear Prudence: My Family Won't Let Me Host for ...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by Slate writer Dan Kois.
37 min
584
The Waves | The Golden Bachelor Recap: Fantasy ...
But how sweet were they really?
37 min
585
Mom & Dad: The World Is Messy and Ugly. Do My K...
Slate’s parenting podcast on preventing pessimism.
27 min
586
The Waves: The Bravo Cinematic Universe
From Below Deck to Vanderpump Rules, the Andy Cohen led network has some explaining to do.
36 min
587
Hear Me Out: It’s Time To Sunset Social Security
It’s a transfer of wealth, and not to the people who need it.
43 min
588
How To!: Get Through Menopause
NYT’s Susan Dominus on the misinformation surrounding a still-taboo subject.
44 min
589
What Next: How the Israel-Gaza War Rages in Ame...
A conversation over a broken discourse.
29 min
590
Working: Home Staging With a Pop of Color
39 min
591
The Waves: The Golden Bachelor Recap - The Wome...
The Golden Bachelor finale is fast approaching, but first we need to hear from the women Gerry dated–and dumped–along the way.
41 min
592
Dear Prudence: My Coworker Keeps Kissing Me on ...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by work advice columnist Alison Green.
35 min
593
Mom & Dad: My Baby’s On the Move, and I Need A ...
Slate’s parenting podcast on screentime in the name of productivity.
23 min
594
The Waves: How to Be a Woman in Music
Singer and writer Dessa unpacks not getting paid when she should, the benefits of being a woman in the indie music scene, and writing about heartache.
35 min
595
Hear Me Out: Nerds are a Menace to Society
Maybe we shouldn’t have been rooting against the jocks.
39 min
596
How To!: Build a Marriage That Lasts
Caryl and Jay Casbon on growing together—and as individuals—in coupledom.
41 min
597
Working: A Choreographer's Systems for Creativity
46 min
598
Dear Prudence: My Friend Tried to Bring Her Kid...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by the co-hosts of Slate’s ICYMI, Rachelle Hampton and Candice Lim.
39 min
599
The Waves: The Golden Bachelor Recap - Hometown...
The hometown dates have arrived, and Gerry travels the country to meet the families of the last three women. The stakes are high, and deep feelings get revealed.
31 min
600
Mom & Dad: Is My Son’s Play Becoming Toxic Masc...
Slate’s parenting podcast on violent play and “no girls allowed.”
29 min