Hear Me Out

About Hear Me Out

Hear Me Out is Slate's destination for tough, topical discussions with integrity, and without cliches. Join host Celeste Headlee and a guest each week for a smart, fair debate on issues that matter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Slate Podcasts

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

16 Mar 2023

Latest episode

18 Mar 2025

Latest episodes

39 of 81 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   18 Mar 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Supercommunicators | 2. How to Communicate Without Words

   Charles Duhigg interviews industry experts Dustin York, Dave Goetsch, and Jessica Radloff about the power of nonverbal communication in everyday interactions

2. 

   18 Mar 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Supercommunicators | 1. How to Talk to Anyone

   Charles Duhigg interviews Nick Epley and Mandy Len Catron about the power of deep questions in everyday conversations

3. 

   10 Sept 2024TRANSCRIPT

   Podcasting Is Dead

   On today’s episode of Hear Me Out: a fond farewell. This is the last episode of Hear Me Out. And it comes at a volatile, strange time in the world of podcasting. Networks’ priorities have shifted, the money has shifted, and “success” means different things to different people. Nick Hilton of Podot and Future Proof joins us for a discussion about the future of podcasting… whether we’re in it or not. The Hear Me Out team is grateful, endlessly, to every single listener who’s sent us a note. We’re not sure how long the address will work, but if the show mattered to you, we’d love to read your emails: hearmeout@slate.com Podcast production by Maura Currie, who owes many more things than this podcast to Celeste Headlee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inside a recent episode

Supercommunicators | 2. How to Communicate Without Words

Published 18 Mar 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] But it's also things like time. If you're late for a meeting, that's non -verbal communication. That one friend that has the huge office furniture, that's communicating something, right? Even tone and how you speak. That's technically non -verbal communication. So, outside of the words that you choose to say, that's all non -verbal communication. It really affects how people perceive you. Dustin got into thinking about non -verbal communication in a kind of unusual way, while he was working in politics. I worked on the 2008 Obama campaign. And as the first time, I got to see some of that media training in the non -verbal, it's like when to take your blazer off, lighting on the stages of auditoriums, those kind of things, and fell love. […]

Who has been a guest on Hear Me Out

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dustin York
• Dave Goetsch
• Jessica Radloff
• Nick Epley
• Mandy Len Catron

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

139,171

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

3.9 / 5

63 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

9 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 74 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

79

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

89

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