Slate Conversations
A feed of the up close and the personal, drawn from Working and across the Slate podcast network. Let’s talk.
151
Care & Feeding | What Your Kid’s Skin Really Needs
Slate’s parenting podcast on popping “big pimple”.
48 min
152
Culture Gabfest: Cate Blanchett Is a Sexy Super...
This week, the hosts discuss Black Bag, Deli Boys, and the enduring legacy of Dave Eggers’ memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.
64 min
153
How To! | Discover Music You’ll Love
Derrick Gee on rekindling your love for sonic adventure.
44 min
154
Death, Sex & Money | Life After Blowing It All ...
In 2020, we talked to “Ethan” about cheating on his wife with sex workers. We called him back to see what happened after we stopped recording.
43 min
155
Care & Feeding | Does My Baby Have Separation A...
Slate’s parenting podcast on very secure attachment.
25 min
156
Dear Prudence | I Don’t Like Being My Coworker’...
Guest Prudie Kristen Meinzer is joined by Heather McMahan.
33 min
157
Care & Feeding | Should I Keep My Kid’s Secrets?
Slate’s parenting podcast on “please don’t tell dad.”
31 min
158
Supercommunicators | 3. How to Have the Hardest...
The inside story of how Netflix encouraged employees to talk about the hard stuff.
29 min
159
Culture Gabfest: Meghan Markle Sprinkles Potpou...
This week, the hosts discuss Mickey 17, Netflix’s With Love, Meghan, and the plague of the white homes.
67 min
160
How To! | Lose Your ‘Virginity’ at 43
Nicole Hardy, author of Confessions of a Latter-Day Virgin, on leaning into curiosity and pleasure.
41 min
161
Death, Sex & Money | Call It ‘A Midlife Awakening’
Anna talks to writer Ada Calhoun and comedian Rosebud Baker about some of life’s big transitional moments: motherhood, divorce, and following crushes.
51 min
162
Care & Feeding | I’m Dating A Single Mom
Slate’s parenting podcast on meeting the kids.
27 min
163
Dear Prudence | Was I The Problem In My Marriag...
Guest Prudie Kristen Meinzer is joined by Crystal Kung Minkoff.
30 min
164
Care & Feeding | How Do I Build My Village?
Slate’s parenting podcast on weekly pizza nights.
28 min
165
Culture Gabfest: Zero Day Makes Robert De Niro ...
This week, the hosts discuss Zero Day, remembering Gene Hackman, and how to engage with optimism during times of crisis.
63 min
166
How To! | Interview Someone
Talk Easy’s Sam Fragoso on the art of getting people to open up.
45 min
167
Death, Sex & Money | From Uncertainty to Total ...
Listeners share how big changes at the top are impacting their everyday lives.
48 min
168
Care & Feeding | Summer Break Skills (and Chills)
Slate’s parenting podcast on Elizabeth’s new camp.
33 min
169
Supercommunicators | 2. How to Communicate With...
What we can learn about nonverbal cues from The Big Bang Theory.
27 min
170
Dear Prudence | My Mom’s Self-Centered. Am I, T...
Guest Prudie Kristen Meinzer is joined by Princess Weekes.
32 min
171
Culture Gabfest: The Oscars Go Streaming
This week, the hosts discuss I’m Still Here, Trump’s disruptions at the National Endowment for the Arts and the Kennedy Center, and an exclusive interview with Oscars CEO Bill Kramer.
66 min
172
How To! | Protect Your Parents From Fraud
AARP’s Kathy Stokes on reframing (and de-shaming) the conversation with elders about online scams.
38 min
173
Death, Sex & Money | I Was Ready to Write About...
Comedian Chelsea Devantez talks about a core experience with an abusive ex-partner, and how she managed to tell her story while having to redact some of the details.
55 min
174
Care & Feeding | My House Feels Like Wrestlemania
Slate’s parenting podcast on tapping out.
35 min
175
Supercommunicators | 1. How to Talk to Anyone
The art and practice of asking the right questions.
30 min