Slate Conversations
A feed of the up close and the personal, drawn from Working and across the Slate podcast network. Let’s talk.
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Care & Feeding | I Need Them To Stop. Right Now
How Do I Get My Kid To Stop When It Matters?
31 min
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ICYMI | Astronomer Updates, Jessie Murph, and D...
What’s going on with Astronomer? Why is the internet mad at singer Jessie Murph? And what’s up with this fake TikTok cult?
40 min
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How To! | Gossip for Good
Normal Gossip’s Rachelle Hampton spills the tea on … spilling the tea.
43 min
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Death, Sex & Money | The Real-Life Willy Wonka ...
N.D. Austin is an “experience designer” who creates custom-made rituals, for celebrities and the rest of us.
51 min
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Care & Feeding | Making Space for Messy Feelings
Slate’s parenting podcast on why emotional honesty beats toxic positivity.
27 min
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ICYMI | Calico Critters Are Beefing Thanks To T...
Fans are enraged by a lawsuit targeting the popular satirical account SlyvanianDrama.
39 min
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Care & Feeding | Preparing Kids for the Worst (...
35 min
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ICYMI | The Astronomer CEO Coldplay Cheating Sc...
We break down how an office affair, Chris Martin, and the internet created one of 2025’s best monocultural moments of the year.
40 min
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How To! | Be an Ethical Hater
Slate’s Scaachi Koul on talking trash for the betterment of humankind.
37 min
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Death, Sex & Money | The Elvis Impersonator Tha...
Brendan Paul co-owns the Graceland Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, which claims to be the site of the world's first Elvis-themed wedding.
31 min
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Death, Sex & Money | The Elvis Impersonator Tha...
Brendan Paul co-owns the Graceland Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, which claims to be the site of the world's first Elvis-themed wedding.
31 min
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Care & Feeding | My Only Child Wants a Sibling...
Slate’s parenting podcast on sibling envy, solitude, and seeking connection.
29 min
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ICYMI: The Internet History of Jojo Siwa
The chronically online former children’s entertainer is rebranding (again)
58 min
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Care & Feeding | Is My Kid Ready for Middle Sch...
Slate’s parenting podcast on surviving the transition to middle school—together.
36 min
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ICYMI | “Gen-Z Stare” and the Log-In Epidemic
Why tech companies force us to log in, download apps, and give our data to access our own services.
46 min
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How To! | Get Sweet, Sweet Revenge
Our guide to becoming an antihero begins with the art of getting even.
37 min
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Death, Sex & Money | The Honeymoon That Ended i...
Silvia Camila was returning from her honeymoon when ICE detained her—leaving her new husband, a Trump supporter, to fight for her release.
49 min
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Care & Feeding | When Your Kids Can’t Eat the...
Slate’s parenting podcast on how one sibling’s restrictive diet might be shaping another’s.
31 min
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ICYMI | Love Island’s Toxic Relationship With S...
How Love Island USA can learn from the UK franchise’s mistakes.
38 min
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Care & Feeding | When Your Teen Thinks They're ...
38 min
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ICYMI | Encore: Is ChatGPT Your Therapist?
Dazed’s Laura Pitcher on the daily users of ChatGPT who confided in the chatbot as their friend, life organizer, and sometimes, therapist.
36 min
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How To! | Stop Giving 110%
Oliver Burkeman on making hard decisions about important things.
38 min
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Death, Sex & Money | What Military Service Duri...
Storyteller Ray Christian, who joined the Army right after the Vietnam War, reflects on why he enlisted and why he didn’t leave for 20 years.
50 min
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Care & Feeding | Becoming a Parent Is a Process
Slate’s parenting podcast on the early years.
38 min
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ICYMI | Not Even Lawsuits Can Stop AI
Two recent rulings spell bad news for creatives.
40 min