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!: Let Go of a Friendship
I feel tossed aside. How can I move on?
27 min
102
Care & Feeding: You Know What? Grades Are Bulls...
Slate’s parenting podcast on everything A+ to F.
34 min
103
Working: How TV Host Carla Hall Stays Authentic...
39 min
104
Dear Prudence: My Friend Has a Master’s Degree ...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by comedian Jenny Hagel.
32 min
105
Care & Feeding: Checking Our Voicemails (Romanc...
Slate’s parenting podcast on what you thought of our personal problems.
37 min
106
Hear Me Out: Un-Cancel Woodrow Wilson
It’s time to reassess what a great president looks like.
41 min
107
How To!: Evolve a Friendship
We’re different people now. Can we still be friends?
34 min
108
Working: How to Write Every Day and Stick to It
43 min
109
Dear Prudence: How Do I Get Over Someone I Neve...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by journalist and culture writer Jenna Wortham.
33 min
110
Care & Feeding (After Dark): Couples’ Therapy
Our spouses have entered the group chat.
29 min
111
Well, Now: What We Get Wrong About Love
Kiss the grand romantic gestures goodbye and dig into the research-backed components that make life-long partnerships.
32 min
112
Death, Sex & Money: This Senator Saved My Love ...
Anna revisits her 2014 conversation with Senator Al Simpson and his wife Ann.
27 min
113
Hear Me Out: The Constitution Can’t Save Us
And we should stop pretending like it can.
34 min
114
How To!: Find Friends in Unexpected Places
Part one of our special series on friendship.
40 min
115
Care & Feeding (After Dark): Sex and Parenting
Slate’s parenting podcast on keeping things spicy with kids in the picture.
27 min
116
Working: A Biography With Very High Stakes
45 min
117
Dear Prudence: Is My Work Husband Keeping Me A ...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by entertainment journalist Gia Peppers.
31 min
118
Care & Feeding: My Kid Has Zero Personal Bubble
Slate’s parenting podcast on touchy-feely trouble.
25 min
119
Well, Now: Football’s Pre-NFL Concussion Problem
The NFL has faced controversy about its connection to traumatic brain injuries for years. But how do we protect the majority of football players who don’t make it pro and still face the same risks?
30 min
120
Hear Me Out: Campus Assault Hearings Are A Disa...
Restorative justice might be the solution.
33 min
121
How To!: Be a Mindful Drinker
Rosamund Dean on drinking with intent.
37 min
122
What Next: Inside a Gaza Hospital
An American pediatrician finds herself in desperate demand.
24 min
123
Care & Feeding: My 4th Grader Needs Help Boredo...
Slate’s parenting podcast on downtime and screentime.
21 min
124
Working: Malcolm X’s Story, Told Through Opera
42 min
125
How To!: Plan Your Next Adventure
Brady Binstadt on making your next trip memorable.
32 min