Slate Conversations

Mar 10 2025 784 ep. 41 mins 3.9k
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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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Care & Feeding | I’m Dating A Single Mom

Mar 10 2025 33 mins  
On this episode: Jamilah, Zak and Elizabeth answer a question from someone who’s not a parent — and not even a stepmom, yet! This member of the Slate Parenting Facebook group is dating a single mom and wondering how to make meeting the kids and joining the family as seamless as possible. We’ll help her out and then check in and share what’s on our minds this week. Then, if

Dear Prudence | Was I The Problem In My Marriage? Help!

Mar 07 2025 36 mins  
Guest Prudie Kristen Meinzer is joined by Real Housewives alumna and Humble Brag podcast host Crystal Kung Minkoff. Together, they answer questions about feeling conflicted over an ex living their best life post-divorce, navigating a friendship after someone breaks the other’s trust, and asking for financial help. Want more Dear Prudence? Subscribe to Slate Plus to immediately un

Care & Feeding | How Do I Build My Village?

Mar 06 2025 35 mins  
On this episode: Elizabeth and Jamilah talk about building a village. Our listener wants to create a community of parents and kids who hang out and trust each other. The question is: how intentional do you have to be, here? And after that discussion, we’ll of course circle up for a round of triumphs and fails. Join us on Facebook and email us at [email protected] to a

Culture Gabfest: Zero Day Makes Robert De Niro a Befuddled President

Mar 05 2025 70 mins  
On this week’s show, no amount of star power can save a “screamingly stupid show.” (Sorry, Robert De Niro et al.) With Sam Adams—Slate Senior Editor and Staff Writer—sitting in for Dana, the team talks about the Netflix political thriller series Zero Day. Then they remember the career of Gene Hackman and end with their thoughts about this Atlantic article on navigating o

How To! | Interview Someone

Mar 04 2025 52 mins  
Interviews are a time-honored way to elicit intimate insights from public figures and people in power. But at a moment when so much history is being denied or even deleted, interviewing family members and elders can be an important way to document their lives—and understand more about ourselves. On this episode of How To!, Carvell Wallace brings on Sam Fragoso, host of the podcas

Death, Sex & Money | From Uncertainty to Total Chaos, Your Stories About the New Trump Term

Mar 04 2025 55 mins  
Since the inauguration in January, we’ve been getting emails and voice recordings from people whose lives have been thrust into uncertainty due to changes made by the Trump administration. Many federal workers and people who rely on federal money have lost their jobs. Others feel vulnerable and uncertain. This week, we’ll hear from a range of people who’ve been affected, fro

Care & Feeding | Summer Break Skills (and Chills)

Mar 03 2025 39 mins  
On this episode: Lucy, Zak and Elizabeth think about summer break. There’s a budding conversation in the Slate Parenting Facebook group about the life skills we should have kids work on over the summer – think shoe-tying, kitchen stuff, and riding a bike. We’ll share some of the Facebook Group’s ideas, and some stuff we’re going to work on. We’ll also check in and shar

Supercommunicators | 2. How to Communicate Without Words

Mar 01 2025 28 mins  
Why is it that we can tell someone “I’m totally fine!” and they instantly know we’re not? Gestures, facial expressions, tone of voice, and other subtle nonverbal cues play a huge role in how we connect with one another. In this episode, host Charles Duhigg explores how we communicate without words, including a deep dive into the visual and tonal cues embedded in one of th

Dear Prudence | My Mom’s Self-Centered. Am I, Too? Help!

Feb 28 2025 38 mins  
Guest Prudie Kristen Meinzer is joined by writer and YouTube essayist Princess Weekes. Together, they answer questions about reconciling with a daughter after a huge fight, navigating toxic inlaws and making boundaries with selfish parents. Want more Dear Prudence? Subscribe to Slate Plus to immediately unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across a

Culture Gabfest: The Oscars Go Streaming

Feb 26 2025 72 mins  
On this week’s show, we preview the Oscars and Trump’s demolition throughout renowned institutions of art. Isaac Butler — author of The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act and host of the new Criterion Channel series, The Craft of Acting — sits in for Stephen Metcalf. First, the hosts discuss I’m Still Here and the continued addition of non-English speaking f