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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The Waves: Why Anime is for Women
From Sailor Moon to Inuyasha, anime pushes boundaries for representation of gender and relationships.
32 min
677
Hear Me Out: Psychiatry Alone Can’t Heal You Co...
Recovery is just not that simple.
38 min
678
How To!: Grieve an Estranged Parent
Patrick Teahan on healing your inner child and finding community outside of family.
44 min
679
Mom & Dad: My Toddler’s a Hitter. Should His Br...
Wrangling a wily three-year-old is easier said than done.
28 min
680
Working: Reality TV That Helps People Feel Seen
39 min
681
Dear Prudence: Revisiting Advice from LeVar Burton
I’m About to Blow Up on the Snack Thieves at Work. Help!
33 min
682
Hear Me Out: Be The Holiday A--hole
Keeping the peace is overrated.
39 min
683
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
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Working: A Nicolas Cage Social Satire For the B...
47 min
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The Waves | The Golden Bachelor Recap: Fantasy ...
But how sweet were they really?
37 min
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Dear Prudence: My Family Won't Let Me Host for ...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by Slate writer Dan Kois.
37 min
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Mom & Dad: The World Is Messy and Ugly. Do My K...
Slate’s parenting podcast on preventing pessimism.
27 min
688
The Waves: The Bravo Cinematic Universe
From Below Deck to Vanderpump Rules, the Andy Cohen led network has some explaining to do.
36 min
689
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
690
What Next: How the Israel-Gaza War Rages in Ame...
A conversation over a broken discourse.
29 min
691
How To!: Get Through Menopause
NYT’s Susan Dominus on the misinformation surrounding a still-taboo subject.
44 min
692
Working: Home Staging With a Pop of Color
39 min
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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
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Dear Prudence: My Coworker Keeps Kissing Me on ...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by work advice columnist Alison Green.
35 min
695
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
696
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
697
Hear Me Out: Nerds are a Menace to Society
Maybe we shouldn’t have been rooting against the jocks.
39 min
698
How To!: Build a Marriage That Lasts
Caryl and Jay Casbon on growing together—and as individuals—in coupledom.
41 min
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Working: A Choreographer's Systems for Creativity
46 min
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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