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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How To!: Put Your Town on the Map
Erika Nelson on the magic of the roadside attraction.
30 min
852
How To!: How To Make a Huge Decision In 60 Minu...
Decision coach, Nell McShane Wulfhart, on how to quit waffling and start deciding.
32 min
853
A Word: Bleeding Heart on the Bayou
Interview With the Vampire actor Jacob Anderson sinks his teeth into an iconic role.
21 min
854
What Next: Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, the Master o...
How lessons from New York bathhouses reached the White House.
21 min
855
The Waves: Writer and Activist Virginia Eubanks...
The condition directly affects more women than men—and caregivers for people with PTSD do not get enough support themselves.
29 min
856
What Next: Sister Helen Prejean on Oklahoma's E...
Sister Helen Prejean is imploring both church and state to be “pro-life” even for the guilty.
22 min
857
The Waves: Culture Journalists on How The Strea...
The mess at HBO is a sign of worse things to come for marginalized voices in TV and movies
33 min
858
How To!: Swiss Ambassador Jacques Pitteloud's E...
Swiss Ambassador Jacques Pitteloud’s environmental diplomacy began with his own grass.
30 min
859
Amicus: Judge Victoria Pratt’s “The Power of Di...
Amicus goes to municipal court to find a fairer way to deliver justice
56 min
860
How To!: Utah Gov. Spencer Cox on Civility in P...
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and Vermont State Sen. Becca Balint on staying above the fray.
36 min
861
Nate Cohn
42 min
862
Slow Burn Live
21 min
863
Zeynep Tufekci
37 min
864
Lynsey Addario
35 min
865
Coral Davenport
29 min
866
Nate Silver
35 min
867
Jason Zengerle
31 min
868
Jonathan Haidt
34 min
869
Shane Bauer
31 min
870
Dara Lind
35 min
871
Re-Air: Maggie Haberman
30 min
872
Anand Giridharadas
34 min
873
Michelle Goldberg
32 min
874
David Kirkpatrick
31 min
875
Martha Nussbaum
30 min