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
151
ICYMI | Is Partiful Cancelled?
How Gen-Z’s favorite event invite app got into hot water and why there just isn’t a good online invitation option anymore.
33 min
152
ICYMI | The Content Creators Crashing the Diddy...
And why they’re beating legacy media at their own game.
43 min
153
How To! | Draw Outside the Lines
Wendy MacNaughton on picking up a pencil—and letting go of perfectionism.
34 min
154
Death, Sex & Money | How Much Can Your Love Lif...
We followed eight listeners as they dated over the course of a single summer.
32 min
155
Care & Feeding | This Is Your Last Parenting Book
Slate’s parenting podcast on giving them wings and roots.
51 min
156
ICYMI: It’s International Bestselling Author Qu...
Why the prolific street lit author keeps going viral
38 min
157
Amicus | Tanks On DC’s Streets And A US Senator...
Yup, seems pretty bad.
47 min
158
Care & Feeding | C&F 101: Love and Baby Skin
Slate’s parenting podcast on the very early days.
51 min
159
ICYMI: When CEOs Post About Workers Who “Coast”
From Barstool Sports to Man Repeller, how founders are posting through backlash and turning it into marketing for their Glassdoor-bombed brands.
28 min
160
Death, Sex & Money | Money Advice For This Weir...
A witch, an economist, and a finance coach weigh in on tariffs, market fluctuations, and whether it’s a good time to buy a cat.
67 min
161
Care & Feeding | Your City Could Be Better For ...
Slate’s parenting podcast on the concrete jungle.
35 min
162
ICYMI: TikTok’s “Relationship Experts” Must Be ...
TheWizardLiz’s breakup proves you can’t “hack” love.
31 min
163
Dear Prudence | I Need My Best Friend to Give M...
60 min
164
Care & Feeding | Planners and Calendars and Lis...
Slate’s parenting podcast on planners who plan.
60 min
165
ICYMI: Sad Beige Lawsuits and an Influencer’s “...
31 min
166
Death, Sex & Money | How a Matchmaking Job Insp...
Celine Song’s new movie, Materialists, stars Dakota Johnson as a matchmaker – a job Celine had in her twenties.
39 min
167
Care & Feeding | My Toddler’s Officially Overwe...
Slate’s parenting podcast on healthy bodies.
28 min
168
ICYMI: Will MomTok Actually Change Mormonism?
43 min
169
Dear Prudence | Are My Friends Becoming Doomsda...
Jenée Desmond Harris is joined by Dr. Seema Yasmin.
36 min
170
Care & Feeding | My Parents Spend Less On My St...
Slate’s parenting podcast on blood and water.
41 min
171
How To! | Repair Your Stuff
Phoebe Schenker on turning trash into treasure.
30 min
172
Death, Sex & Money | Betraying a Friendship to ...
He was a reporter breaking an NFL sexting story. She was the unwilling source.
58 min
173
Dear Prudence | Politics Is Ruining My Family. ...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by the hosts of Defector Media’s The Distraction podcast, David Roth and Drew Magary.
30 min
174
Care & Feeding | It’s Twins and I’m Panicking
Slate’s parenting podcast on double trouble.
61 min
175
ICYMI: Pope Leo XIV is the Taylor Swift of Cath...
32 min