Slate Conversations

Nov 01 2024 680 ep. 40 mins 3.9k

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Dear Prudence | My Wife Won’t Stop Correcting My Grammar. Help!

Nov 01 2024 43 mins

Guest Prudie Ashley C. Ford is joined by entertainment writer and comedian H. Alan Scott. Together, they answer letters from a sibling who’s trying to understand a boundary, a parent worried about how their spouse speaks to them in front of their child, and someone feeling deep regret about a lost friendship. Want more Dear Prudence? Subscribe to Slate Plus to immediately unlock

A Word | Star Man: Merlin’s Tour of the Universe

Nov 01 2024 42 mins

Neil deGrasse Tyson’s life-long love of science led him to astrophysics and a career as the nation’s premiere voice on making science accessible for all. On today’s episode of A Word, he joins host Jason Johnson for a conversation about the new edition of his book, Merlin’s Tour of the Universe, Revised and Updated for the Twenty-First Century: A Traveler’s Guide to Blue

Care & Feeding: Is It Creepy To Photograph Other Kids’ Costumes?

Oct 31 2024 58 mins

On this episode: Lucy, Zak and Elizabeth answer a listener's question about something that happened last Halloween… when an older gentleman might’ve taken a photo of her young kid. We’ll talk about whether it’s as creepy as it sounds — and also, why Elizabeth is over Halloween. We’ll also circle up for a round of triumphs and fails — including an update on Lucy’s

Well, Now: Weed’s Growing (and Alarming) Side Effects

Oct 30 2024 38 mins

Nearly half of states – 24 and Washington, D.C – have legalized recreational marijuana. As more people report regularly using it, physicians are seeing patients with alarming side effects related to their cannabis use. On this week’s episode of Well, Now Kavita and Maya sit down with internist and pediatrician Dr. Brittany Tayler to better understand these conditions and who

Outward: Building Movements with Gender Liberation March Organizers Raquel Willis and Eliel Cruz

Oct 30 2024 44 mins

On September 14th 2024, thousands of people joined the Gender Liberation March in Washington D.C. to join the call to protect reproductive health, bodily autonomy, and comprehensive healthcare access. In this episode, Jules Gill-Peterson sits down with lead organizers Raquel Willis and Eliel Cruz to talk about the march and movement building during an election year. Raquel and Elie

How To!: Face Your Fear of Dying (Encore)

Oct 29 2024 34 mins

Katie is terrified of dying. As the youngest in a big family, she can’t stop thinking about the fact that all her loved ones may die before she does. Katie is a comedy writer who knows how to get laughs, but her obsession with death is real, and getting in the way of living. In this episode of How To!, we bring on Rachel Menzies, a psychologist and researcher at the University of

Death, Sex & Money: The Making and Unmaking of a Productivity Perfectionist

Oct 29 2024 51 mins

This week, author and podcaster Kendra Adachi explains how she took perfectionism and strict time-management way too far and was forced to radically change her ways. Her new book is called The Plan: How to Manage Your Time Like a Lazy Genius, and it aims to be what most time-management books aren’t: flexible, kind, and applicable to people with busy schedules and loved ones to ca

Care & Feeding: Revisiting Modern Puberty, Explained

Oct 28 2024 33 mins

We’re always getting questions about puberty. And even if we’re not dealing with a question explicitly about puberty, it seems like this topic always finds a way to come up anyway… like in last Thursday’s episode, for example. And puberty is always in the news – just this year, the NIH published research about precocious puberty caused by chemicals in personal care produ

Dear Prudence: My Husband Wants More Sympathy Than I Can Give. Help!

Oct 25 2024 53 mins

Guest Prudie Kristen Meinzer is joined by Care and Feeding co-host Lucy Lopez. Together, they answer letters from a wife whose husband is always looking for sympathy, someone who regrets the way they treated colleagues when pursuing a career promotion, and a person who can not move on after being dumped. Want more Dear Prudence? Subscribe to Slate Plus to immediately unlock weekly

Care & Feeding: My Son Can’t Read The Room

Oct 24 2024 42 mins

On this episode: Jamilah, Zak, and Elizabeth tackle a letter from a Care and Feeding reader who is trying to explain code-switching to a six-year-old. This kid doesn’t seem to understand how or why to speak differently to his peers than to adults… but how can you convey that without giving him the wrong message? We’ll also, of course, circle up for a round of triumphs and fa