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
826
Michelle Dean
29 min
827
Amy Chozick
29 min
828
Adam Davidson
32 min
829
Barbara Ehrenreich
21 min
830
Parul Sehgal
27 min
831
Ross Douthat
48 min
832
Judd Apatow
Isaac Chotiner talks with Judd Apatow
43 min
833
David Corn and Michael Isikoff
31 min
834
Josh Barro
35 min
835
Benjamin Wittes
37 min
836
Chuck Klosterman
52 min
837
Steven Pinker
The author of ‘Enlightenment Now’ thinks the world is getting better—but we refuse to acknowledge it.
30 min
838
Katie Roiphe
38 min
839
Wesley Morris
36 min
840
Jia Tolentino
27 min
841
David Frum
29 min
842
Margaret Sullivan
The Washington Post media critic grades a turbulent year of media coverage.
25 min
843
A.O. Scott
The New York Times film critic on watching movies in the post-Weinstein age.
38 min
844
Mark Lilla (Re-air)
The author of The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics has a recipe to save Democrats.
39 min
845
Bill Kristol
The conservative writer and editor examines his own past, and where the Republican Party went awry.
34 min
846
Stephen Kotkin
The Stalin biographer on the secret to understanding the mind of an autocrat.
32 min
847
Lawrence O'Donnell
The MSNBC host and author on how the 1968 election changed American politics forever.
33 min
848
Laura Kipnis
The author and essayist on the importance of teaching women to fight back.
29 min
849
Jelani Cobb
The New Yorker writer on why Trumpism will survive Trump.
16 min
850
Rebecca Traister
The journalist on sexual misconduct stories, and the coming backlash to them.
30 min