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
626
How To!: Rethink Retirement
Brad Stulberg on embracing a massive change.
34 min
627
Death, Sex & Money: Four Interviews and a Revival
A celebration of new beginnings, live from KQED in San Francisco.
69 min
628
Slate Money: Citibank’s Kid Millionaire
Gary Stevenson tells how he became Citibank’s youngest and most profitable trader.
36 min
629
Care & Feeding: Kids Are Loud. Will Earplugs He...
Slate’s parenting podcast on (ear)plugging in.
23 min
630
Working: How to Make a “Fair” Crossword Puzzle
45 min
631
Dear Prudence: Am I a Bad Father If I Don't Wan...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by cultural critic, DJ and video producer Jay Smooth.
30 min
632
Care & Feeding: The Pop Culture Moms Who Change...
Slate’s parenting podcast on lessons learned from the silver screen.
28 min
633
Well, Now: Ending Racism in Healthcare
In her new book Legacy, Dr. Uché Blackstock honors her late mother while also tracing the history of racism in U.S. healthcare.
27 min
634
Hear Me Out: Horse Race Journalism Is Good, Act...
Giddy up, voters.
41 min
635
How To!: Let Go of a Friendship
I feel tossed aside. How can I move on?
27 min
636
Care & Feeding: You Know What? Grades Are Bulls...
Slate’s parenting podcast on everything A+ to F.
34 min
637
Working: How TV Host Carla Hall Stays Authentic...
39 min
638
Dear Prudence: My Friend Has a Master’s Degree ...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by comedian Jenny Hagel.
32 min
639
Care & Feeding: Checking Our Voicemails (Romanc...
Slate’s parenting podcast on what you thought of our personal problems.
37 min
640
Hear Me Out: Un-Cancel Woodrow Wilson
It’s time to reassess what a great president looks like.
41 min
641
How To!: Evolve a Friendship
We’re different people now. Can we still be friends?
34 min
642
Working: How to Write Every Day and Stick to It
43 min
643
Dear Prudence: How Do I Get Over Someone I Neve...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by journalist and culture writer Jenna Wortham.
33 min
644
Care & Feeding (After Dark): Couples’ Therapy
Our spouses have entered the group chat.
29 min
645
Death, Sex & Money: This Senator Saved My Love ...
Anna revisits her 2014 conversation with Senator Al Simpson and his wife Ann.
27 min
646
Well, Now: What We Get Wrong About Love
Kiss the grand romantic gestures goodbye and dig into the research-backed components that make life-long partnerships.
32 min
647
Hear Me Out: The Constitution Can’t Save Us
And we should stop pretending like it can.
34 min
648
How To!: Find Friends in Unexpected Places
Part one of our special series on friendship.
40 min
649
Care & Feeding (After Dark): Sex and Parenting
Slate’s parenting podcast on keeping things spicy with kids in the picture.
27 min
650
Working: A Biography With Very High Stakes
45 min