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
176
How To!: Survive a Disaster
Amanda Ripley on preparing yourself and your community for the unthinkable.
38 min
177
Death, Sex & Money: One Man’s Meticulous Quest ...
Author Cody Delistraty talks about how losing his mother inspired him to start researching remedies to move on.
42 min
178
Hear Me Out: Podcasting Is Dead
At least, podcasting as we knew it.
41 min
179
Care & Feeding: Toddlers Can Know Moving Is Sh*tty
Slate’s parenting podcast on big changes.
33 min
180
Dear Prudence | My Wife Thinks I Had an Emotion...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by the host of Slate’s What Next: TBD, Lizzie O’Leary.
36 min
181
Care & Feeding: Gus Walz Moved You, Too
Slate’s parenting podcast on sharing big feelings.
37 min
182
Well, Now: What Drag Queens Can Teach Us About ...
Navigating the healthcare system as a person of trans experience can be tough. Miss Peppermint shares her best practices.
41 min
183
How To!: Cook at Home Like Sohla El-Waylly
Sohla El-Waylly on breaking up with takeout—and falling in love with your kitchen.
40 min
184
Death, Sex & Money: The Weight of Love
Listener stories about body size and relationships.
48 min
185
Money Talks: How to Make the Next Wordle
Gamemaker Zach Gage of Puzzmo shares the secrets of the perfect puzzle.
33 min
186
Hear Me Out: Presidential Pardons Need Reform
But yes, they’re a force for good, too.
34 min
187
Working: An Artist’s Guide to ADHD and Getting ...
Illustrator and podcaster Andy J. Pizza shares the routines and practices that help to direct his creativity.
45 min
188
Dear Prudence | I Found My Happily Married Mom’...
45 min
189
A Word: Prayer, Politics, and Power Shifts
Trump and Harris both want Black church support. Do they know how to find it?
39 min
190
Care & Feeding: Gus Walz Loves His Dad. Here’s ...
Slate’s parenting podcast on the beautiful, the bad, and the ugly.
49 min
191
Well, Now: Eating for Health
How to develop a healthy relationship with food despite society’s push to look a certain way.
38 min
192
Death, Sex & Money: Two Friends, at 35 and 95, ...
When despair for the state of the world got them down, friends Jess Serrante and Joanna Macy found a new way forward.
47 min
193
How To!: Fall Out of Love (Encore)
I fell hard for my best friend—he doesn’t love me back.
30 min
194
Hear Me Out: There’s No Lesser-Evil Candidate
There’s the billionaire class, and then there’s the rest of us.
49 min
195
Care & Feeding: We Need to Stop Losing Library ...
Slate’s parenting podcast on turning the page.
34 min
196
Working: How a Big Band Leader and Composer Wra...
Darcy James Argue, bandleader for the 18-piece jazz band Secret Society, describes the many hats that he has to weave and wear.
47 min
197
Dear Prudence | I’m Dating My Former Professor ...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by comedian and writer Samantha Bee.
29 min
198
Care & Feeding: Parenting Fearlessly, Onstage a...
Slate’s parenting podcast on stepping into the spotlight.
47 min
199
Well, Now: How to Reclaim Your Life After a Hea...
What’s the realistic path to recovery after a stroke, and what new ways can doctors help?
43 min
200
Money Talks: How to Save a Doomed Economy
Economist Paul Collier discusses rebuilding regions and countries that have been left behind.
33 min