Slate Conversations
A feed of the up close and the personal, drawn from Working and across the Slate podcast network. Let’s talk.
826
Josh Barro
35 min
827
Benjamin Wittes
37 min
828
Chuck Klosterman
52 min
829
Steven Pinker
The author of ‘Enlightenment Now’ thinks the world is getting better—but we refuse to acknowledge it.
30 min
830
Katie Roiphe
38 min
831
Wesley Morris
36 min
832
Jia Tolentino
27 min
833
David Frum
29 min
834
Margaret Sullivan
The Washington Post media critic grades a turbulent year of media coverage.
25 min
835
A.O. Scott
The New York Times film critic on watching movies in the post-Weinstein age.
38 min
836
Mark Lilla (Re-air)
The author of The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics has a recipe to save Democrats.
39 min
837
Bill Kristol
The conservative writer and editor examines his own past, and where the Republican Party went awry.
34 min
838
Stephen Kotkin
The Stalin biographer on the secret to understanding the mind of an autocrat.
32 min
839
Lawrence O'Donnell
The MSNBC host and author on how the 1968 election changed American politics forever.
33 min
840
Laura Kipnis
The author and essayist on the importance of teaching women to fight back.
29 min
841
Jelani Cobb
The New Yorker writer on why Trumpism will survive Trump.
16 min
842
Rebecca Traister
The journalist on sexual misconduct stories, and the coming backlash to them.
30 min
843
Ta-Nehisi Coates
The author tries to make sense of Trump’s America, and his place in it.
37 min
844
Ron Chernow
The author of ‘Alexander Hamilton’ and ‘Grant’ on what biographies teach us about powerful men.
28 min
845
Jennifer Egan
The author of ‘Manhattan Beach’ on what technology is doing to our brains and why she hates memoirs.
30 min
846
Gabriel Sherman
The biographer of Roger Ailes on how Fox News has changed, and why Rupert Murdoch “loathes” Trump
33 min
847
Jodi Kantor
The New York Times reporter goes behind-the- scenes of her Harvey Weinstein stories.
22 min
848
Masha Gessen
The Russia expert on how Putin’s regime operates, and what people don’t understand about autocrats.
34 min
849
David Remnick (Part 2)
The editor of ‘The New Yorker’ on what ails the NFL and whether the New Yorker could go web-only.
42 min
850
David Remnick (Part 1)
The editor of ‘The New Yorker’ on Hillary hatred and the problem with Obama cashing in on Wall Street.
28 min