Slate Conversations
A feed of the up close and the personal, drawn from Working and across the Slate podcast network. Let’s talk.
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Care & Feeding | From How To! | How To Raise a ...
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ICYMI | Gavin Newsom’s Sh*tposting
The California governor is now tweeting like Trump.
42 min
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Care & Feeding | Extra Parenting, Extra Guilt
Slate’s parenting podcast on balancing one child’s needs without losing another’s trust.
32 min
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ICYMI | The Summer That Broke BookTok
Two failed conventions highlight a troubling truth about BookTok.
40 min
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How To! | Be a Better Coach (Encore)
“If you get the culture right, you can get a lot wrong,” according to Doug Lemov.
27 min
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Death, Sex & Money | Your Moving Stories
Why you’re boxing up and shipping out.
43 min
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Care & Feeding | The Secret to Becoming the Han...
Slate’s parenting podcast on why it’s not the ping pong table—it’s the vibe.
33 min
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ICYMI | ChatGPT Has Ruined the Em Dash
Artificial intelligence has drawn enemy lines along the em dash, and it’s making our writing worse.
36 min
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Care & Feeding | When Your Kid Hates Mornings
Slate’s parenting podcast on daily battles, cranky car rides, and the morning struggle.
34 min
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ICYMI | Ethel Cain, Lana Del Rey, and the Lorax...
Plus, a surprising update on the Sylvanian Drama lawsuit.
43 min
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How To! | Declutter Your Digital Life
Wirecutter’s Caitlin McGarry on building healthier habits in your digital life.
33 min
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Death, Sex & Money | The Internet Taught Me to ...
Casey Johnston used to count every calorie and despise exercise. Then she started lifting weights and found a new want to relate to her body and the world.
51 min
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Care & Feeding | Managing Screen Time Without L...
Slate’s parenting podcast on navigating screen time without spiraling
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Care & Feeding | A Doctor’s Take on Your Newbor...
Slate’s parenting podcast on surviving newborn anxiety.
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ICYMI | Kendra Fell In Love With Her Psychiatri...
How a TikTok series became more like a ‘Black Mirror’ episode.
41 min
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How To! | Raise a Kid in a Polarized Family
Melinda Wenner Moyer on letting in-laws impart love, not patriarchy.
39 min
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Death, Sex & Money | He’ll Move Your Couch, and...
Adonis Williams has been a professional mover in New York City for over two decades. He’s seen a lot of humanity.
36 min
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Care & Feeding | Separation Anxiety in Overdrive
Slate’s parenting podcast on handling the fears that won’t quit
28 min
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ICYMI | Viral Debates: Crossing the Aisle or Cl...
Two podcast hosts versus one Slate writer…
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Care & Feeding | My Kid is Not a Helper
Slate’s parenting podcast on making “helping” a habit
23 min
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ICYMI | Your Next Favorite Book Will Be Fanfiction
Why is fanfiction going mainstream, and did someone leave their Labubu on Karl Marx’s grave?
42 min
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How To! | Let Go of ADHD Shame
Dr. Sarah Wheeler on loving your ADHD brain—and letting go of perfection.
43 min
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Death, Sex & Money | How the Ultra-Rich Think…a...
Writer Evan Osnos guides us into the bizarre world of the “haves and the have-yachts.”
55 min
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Care & Feeding | How Busy Is Too Busy?
Slate’s parenting podcast on keeping family time sacred amid endless activities.
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ICYMI | Why Online Whisper Networks Never Work
The Tea app betrayed the women it was supposed to keep safe.
40 min