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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Lawrence O'Donnell
The MSNBC host and author on how the 1968 election changed American politics forever.
33 min
852
Laura Kipnis
The author and essayist on the importance of teaching women to fight back.
29 min
853
Jelani Cobb
The New Yorker writer on why Trumpism will survive Trump.
16 min
854
Rebecca Traister
The journalist on sexual misconduct stories, and the coming backlash to them.
30 min
855
Ta-Nehisi Coates
The author tries to make sense of Trump’s America, and his place in it.
37 min
856
Ron Chernow
The author of ‘Alexander Hamilton’ and ‘Grant’ on what biographies teach us about powerful men.
28 min
857
Jennifer Egan
The author of ‘Manhattan Beach’ on what technology is doing to our brains and why she hates memoirs.
30 min
858
Gabriel Sherman
The biographer of Roger Ailes on how Fox News has changed, and why Rupert Murdoch “loathes” Trump
33 min
859
Jodi Kantor
The New York Times reporter goes behind-the- scenes of her Harvey Weinstein stories.
22 min
860
Masha Gessen
The Russia expert on how Putin’s regime operates, and what people don’t understand about autocrats.
34 min
861
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
862
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
863
Ayobami Adebayo
The author of 'Stay With Me' on using fiction to fight gender norms.
26 min
864
Amna Nawaz
The ABC News anchor reveals her reporting on white nationalists, and what can be learned from talking to extremists.
23 min
865
Claire Messud
The author of 'The Burning Girl' on how Elena Ferrante opened up more space for writing novels about women.
26 min
866
Mark Lilla
The author of The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics has a recipe to save Democrats.
40 min
867
Orhan Pamuk
The author of ‘The Red-Haired Woman’ on writing and living through Turkish history.
26 min
868
Glenn Greenwald
Gleen Greenwald on why Trump is less unprecedented in American history than we’d like to believe.
49 min
869
Robert Wright
The author of Why Buddhism is True thinks mindfulness can be a weapon against Trumpism.
27 min
870
Olivia Nuzzi
New York’s Washington correspondent on how White House staffers really view Donald Trump.
25 min
871
Zoë Heller
The novelist and essayist on criticizing Hillary Clinton and becoming friends with writers you savage.
27 min
872
Lydia Polgreen
The HuffPost Editor-in-chief on the problems with media snark, and the challenge of covering Trump.
29 min
873
Matthew Heineman
The director of ‘City of Ghosts’ on filming the heroes combating ISIS, and investigating drug cartels.
21 min
874
Maggie Haberman
Maggie Haberman on covering Trump, The New York Times’ Clinton coverage, and why this White House leaks to the press.
31 min
875
Ben Rhodes
The Obama foreign policy adviser on evaluating Obama’s eight years in office and understanding Trump’s pettiness.
59 min