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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Gabfest Reads: Zadie Smith Knows You're a Fraud
Zadie Smith’s new book The Fraud goes deep into a 19th century criminal trial whose politics speak to modern times.
27 min
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Dear Prudence: I Don't Want My Dad to Give Me A...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by author Caroline Moss.
42 min
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The Waves: Incompetent Cervix - The Misogynist ...
Many names in the female reproductive system have roots in misogyny and racism.
40 min
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Outward: Mercury Stardust Helps Queer People Fe...
TikTok’s trans handy ma’am on the emotional dimensions of home maintenance.
62 min
755
Hear Me Out: Bring Back The Draft
It’s the best way to compensate for faltering recruitment.
33 min
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How To!: Follow Your Small Business Dream
Coach Mae Chan on why finding joy is part of becoming your own boss
32 min
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Working: How a Professional Pen Expert Makes a ...
45 min
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Dear Prudence: My Partner’s Relationship With H...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by romance author Tia Williams.
32 min
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The Waves: Why Joe Jonas’s ‘Bad Mommy’ Story Fl...
The tabloids want you to think Sophie Turner is a neglectful mom as her divorce from Jonas goes public. The internet isn’t buying it.
27 min
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Hear Me Out: It’s Time To End The Engagement Ring
It’s silly, often sexist, and ultimately unnecessary.
29 min
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How To!: How To Learn Any Language Fast
Polyglot Luca Lampariello on creating a language-learning system that’s functional and fun.
35 min
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Working: What an Executive Producer for Film an...
46 min
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Dear Prudence: My Sister Is Lying to My Nephews...
They believe their biological father is dead—but he's very much alive.
40 min
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The Waves: The Bama Rush to Trad Wife Pipeline
Bama Rush Tok has blow up, but there’s something very familiar about these girls…and what they’re promoting.
38 min
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Hear Me Out: Overconfidence Is Killing The Supr...
Partisanship isn’t the problem.
36 min
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How To!: How To Find Your People
38 min
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Working: How Harry Styles’ Trombonist Deals Wit...
43 min
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Dear Prudence: Relationship Podcasts Are Ruinin...
She sees every unmarried woman as competition. Is there anything that can be done?
36 min
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Mom & Dad: Lessons From a Racist Instagram and ...
Slate’s parenting podcast interviews award-winning journalist, Dashka Slater, on her new book, Accountable.
37 min
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The Waves: The Forced Kiss Seen Round the World
A women’s World Cup soccer champ was forcibly kissed by her boss’s boss. But the problems in women’s soccer go beyond one kiss.
34 min
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Hear Me Out: Harm Reduction Saves Lives
And no, it doesn’t normalize hard drug use.
30 min
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How To!: Navigate Adult Autism
Lauren Ober on the beauty of better understanding who we are.
39 min
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Dear Prudence: My Wife Goes Braless Around Our ...
I think her behavior is inappropriate, but she doesn’t see the issue.
41 min
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The Waves: America’s Dangerous Obsession with T...
From celebrities to the International Chess Federation to the Olympics, attacks against trans people - especially trans women - are piling up.
31 min
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Hear Me Out: Sit Down and Shut Up at Concerts a...
And if you don’t, there should be consequences.
37 min