Slate Conversations
A feed of the up close and the personal, drawn from Working and across the Slate podcast network. Let’s talk.
976
Jia Tolentino
27 min
977
David Frum
29 min
978
Margaret Sullivan
The Washington Post media critic grades a turbulent year of media coverage.
25 min
979
A.O. Scott
The New York Times film critic on watching movies in the post-Weinstein age.
38 min
980
Mark Lilla (Re-air)
The author of The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics has a recipe to save Democrats.
39 min
981
Bill Kristol
The conservative writer and editor examines his own past, and where the Republican Party went awry.
34 min
982
Stephen Kotkin
The Stalin biographer on the secret to understanding the mind of an autocrat.
32 min
983
Lawrence O'Donnell
The MSNBC host and author on how the 1968 election changed American politics forever.
33 min
984
Laura Kipnis
The author and essayist on the importance of teaching women to fight back.
29 min
985
Jelani Cobb
The New Yorker writer on why Trumpism will survive Trump.
16 min
986
Rebecca Traister
The journalist on sexual misconduct stories, and the coming backlash to them.
30 min
987
Ta-Nehisi Coates
The author tries to make sense of Trump’s America, and his place in it.
37 min
988
Ron Chernow
The author of ‘Alexander Hamilton’ and ‘Grant’ on what biographies teach us about powerful men.
28 min
989
Jennifer Egan
The author of ‘Manhattan Beach’ on what technology is doing to our brains and why she hates memoirs.
30 min
990
Gabriel Sherman
The biographer of Roger Ailes on how Fox News has changed, and why Rupert Murdoch “loathes” Trump
33 min
991
Jodi Kantor
The New York Times reporter goes behind-the- scenes of her Harvey Weinstein stories.
22 min
992
Masha Gessen
The Russia expert on how Putin’s regime operates, and what people don’t understand about autocrats.
34 min
993
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
994
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
995
Ayobami Adebayo
The author of 'Stay With Me' on using fiction to fight gender norms.
26 min
996
Amna Nawaz
The ABC News anchor reveals her reporting on white nationalists, and what can be learned from talking to extremists.
23 min
997
Claire Messud
The author of 'The Burning Girl' on how Elena Ferrante opened up more space for writing novels about women.
26 min
998
Mark Lilla
The author of The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics has a recipe to save Democrats.
40 min
999
Orhan Pamuk
The author of ‘The Red-Haired Woman’ on writing and living through Turkish history.
26 min
1000
Glenn Greenwald
Gleen Greenwald on why Trump is less unprecedented in American history than we’d like to believe.
49 min