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
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How To!: How To Make a Huge Decision In 60 Minu...
Decision coach, Nell McShane Wulfhart, on how to quit waffling and start deciding.
32 min
602
A Word: Bleeding Heart on the Bayou
Interview With the Vampire actor Jacob Anderson sinks his teeth into an iconic role.
21 min
603
The Waves: Writer and Activist Virginia Eubanks...
The condition directly affects more women than men—and caregivers for people with PTSD do not get enough support themselves.
29 min
604
What Next: Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, the Master o...
How lessons from New York bathhouses reached the White House.
21 min
605
What Next: Sister Helen Prejean on Oklahoma's E...
Sister Helen Prejean is imploring both church and state to be “pro-life” even for the guilty.
22 min
606
The Waves: Culture Journalists on How The Strea...
The mess at HBO is a sign of worse things to come for marginalized voices in TV and movies
33 min
607
How To!: Swiss Ambassador Jacques Pitteloud's E...
Swiss Ambassador Jacques Pitteloud’s environmental diplomacy began with his own grass.
30 min
608
Amicus: Judge Victoria Pratt’s “The Power of Di...
Amicus goes to municipal court to find a fairer way to deliver justice
56 min
609
How To!: Utah Gov. Spencer Cox on Civility in P...
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and Vermont State Sen. Becca Balint on staying above the fray.
36 min
610
Nate Cohn
42 min
611
Slow Burn Live
21 min
612
Zeynep Tufekci
37 min
613
Lynsey Addario
35 min
614
Coral Davenport
29 min
615
Nate Silver
35 min
616
Jason Zengerle
31 min
617
Jonathan Haidt
34 min
618
Shane Bauer
31 min
619
Dara Lind
35 min
620
Re-Air: Maggie Haberman
30 min
621
Anand Giridharadas
34 min
622
Michelle Goldberg
32 min
623
David Kirkpatrick
31 min
624
Martha Nussbaum
30 min
625
Ottessa Moshfegh
33 min