Slate Conversations
A feed of the up close and the personal, drawn from Working and across the Slate podcast network. Let’s talk.
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How To!: Be a Family (and Still Be You)
Dr. Lucy Blake on connecting with loved ones who couldn’t be more different
37 min
202
Hear Me Out: Schools Do Too Much (Often Badly)
We’re expecting them to care and feed and educate.
40 min
203
Death, Sex & Money: Life and Death Inside the P...
Crystal Hefner talks about her decade living with Hugh Hefner, how money worked in their made-for-TV marriage, and the complicated pain of losing him.
47 min
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Care & Feeding: My Son Is Ruining Our Summer
Slate’s parenting podcast on constant complaints.
43 min
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Working: The Founder of a Life-Changing Writers...
Author and poet Judith Barrington talks about Flight of the Mind, a workshop she ran for 17 years.
36 min
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Slate Money: Nate Silver and the Secret World o...
Author and statistician Nate Silver joins the Money squad to discuss Silicon Valley psychology, AI doomsday, and the promise and peril of risking it all.
50 min
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Dear Prudence: My Husband and I Divorced Amicab...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by Rod and Karen Morrow, co-hosts of the pop-culture and politics podcast The Black Guy Who Tips.
39 min
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Care & Feeding: My Kid’s a (Really) Sore Loser
Slate’s parenting podcast on sportsmanship.
44 min
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Well, Now: Food Is More Than Fuel
In Eat & Flourish, award-winning food journalist Mary Beth Albright shows how food supports our emotional well-being.
50 min
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How To!: Do Housework (and Not Hate It)
Dale Aucoin on making those dreaded chores a little easier.
34 min
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Death, Sex & Money: Miranda July’s Perimenopaus...
The bestselling author and filmmaker suggests new ways to talk about and think about menopause.
51 min
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Hear Me Out: Fact-Checks Make Audiences Suspicious
Debunking stuff might be eroding trust, not enhancing it.
31 min
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Care & Feeding: Is My Kid Ruining Hikes On Purp...
Slate’s parenting podcast on having the energy for everything but.
31 min
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Working: How a TV Writer Keeps the Ideas Coming
Mike Gauyo has written for popular shows like Insecure and Ginny and Georgia. Now he’s hustling to create and pitch the next exciting thing.
41 min
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ICYMI: Should I Stop Sharing My Location? Why D...
We ask internet culture writer Steffi Cao how to navigate your best (and worst) behaviors online
36 min
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Dear Prudence: Politics Is Ruining My Family. H...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by the hosts of Defector Media’s The Distraction podcast, David Roth and Drew Magary.
30 min
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Care & Feeding: Why Is My Friend Body Shaming T...
Slate’s parenting podcast on eating the fries.
38 min
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Well, Now: No, Netflix Isn’t Forcing You to Go ...
The ‘twin study’ joins decades of research indicating a plant-based diet is healthier long term. But that doesn’t mean you have to quit meat cold tofurkey.
43 min
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How To!: Put a Toxic Job Behind You
Rudhir Krishtel on rethinking what makes us happy at work.
36 min
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Death, Sex & Money: A Former Debt Collector's U...
For 15 years, it was Angela’s job to hound people for unpaid bills. But after she fell into debt, the tables turned.
31 min
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Hear Me Out: The Olympics Are a Tool of Oppression
We shouldn’t ignore the path of destruction left in host nations.
37 min
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Money Talks: Can the Rich Really Lose It All?
Author Taffy Brodesser-Akner discusses the real-world inspiration for her fictional riches-to-rags story.
34 min
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Care & Feeding: I’m Struggling to Love My Daughter
Slate’s parenting podcast on feeling mismatched.
37 min
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Working: How a Stand Up Comedian’s Sense of Hum...
Comic and Daily Show writer Dina Hashem explains why it’s getting harder and harder to make herself laugh.
46 min
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A Word: “Momala” and “Papa Bear”
The Second Gentleman speaks up for his wife, and out against Donald Trump.
24 min