How To! podcast

How To!

You’ve got questions. Together, we get answers. We all need advice, but sometimes it’s hard to know where to turn. Each week, Courtney Martin and Carvell Wallace bring a listener on to the show to solve their toughest problems with the help of world-class experts. It’s free therapy, and you’re invited.

You’ve got questions. Together, we get answers. We all need advice, but sometimes it’s hard to know where to turn. Each week, Courtney Martin and Carvell Wallace bring a listener on to the show to solve their toughest problems with the help of world-class experts. It’s free therapy, and you’re invited.

 

#315

How To Get a Great Haircut

Are you stuck in a hair rut? On this episode of How To!, Courtney Martin brings on [Alana ... more

Yesterday

42 MINS

42:58

Yesterday


#314

How To Parent With a Disability

At least 10 percent of parents in the U.S. are disabled, but Andrea can’t seem to find par... more

06 May 2025

50 MINS

50:21

06 May 2025


#313

Living at Odds | 4. A Quiet Fight for LGBTQ Rights

Our series Living at Odds concludes with a special episode of Slate’s [Death, Sex & Money]... more

29 Apr 2025

57 MINS

57:15

29 Apr 2025


#312

Living at Odds | 3. Making Amends for Ancestors

In the third installment of our series Living at Odds, How To!’s Courtney Martin examines ... more

22 Apr 2025

44 MINS

44:50

22 Apr 2025


#311

Living at Odds | 2. An Education in Opposition

In the second installment of our series Living at Odds, former How To! host Amanda Ripley ... more

15 Apr 2025

45 MINS

45:16

15 Apr 2025


#310

Living at Odds | 1. Two Partisans, One Corner

Living at Odds is a new How To! series about what’s holding us together when so much threa... more

08 Apr 2025

46 MINS

46:19

08 Apr 2025


#309

How To Replace Your Tesla

Tesla owners are dumping their vehicles in protest of CEO Elon Musk—and driving down resal... more

01 Apr 2025

42 MINS

42:25

01 Apr 2025


#308

How To Write Your Memoir

To some, the act of writing a memoir might seem daunting, invasive, or navel-gazing. But e... more

25 Mar 2025

48 MINS

48:59

25 Mar 2025


#307

How To Discover Music You’ll Love

Music streaming services like Spotify offer huge libraries of songs and albums—with recomm... more

18 Mar 2025

50 MINS

50:38

18 Mar 2025


#306

Supercommunicators | 3. How to Have the Hardest Conversations

The final installment of our series explores the conversations that most of us dread, like... more

12 Mar 2025

30 MINS

30:40

12 Mar 2025


#305

How To Lose Your ‘Virginity’ at 43

For most of her life, Elizabeth was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day S... more

11 Mar 2025

48 MINS

48:23

11 Mar 2025


#304

How To Interview Someone

Interviews are a time-honored way to elicit intimate insights from public figures and peop... more

04 Mar 2025

52 MINS

52:00

04 Mar 2025


#303

Supercommunicators | 2. How to Communicate Without Words

Why is it that we can tell someone “I’m totally fine!” and they instantly know we’re not? ... more

01 Mar 2025

28 MINS

28:37

01 Mar 2025


#302

How To Protect Your Parents From Fraud

May’s father nearly lost $4,000 to an online scam. How can she protect him from future fra... more

25 Feb 2025

45 MINS

45:26

25 Feb 2025


#301

Supercommunicators | 1. How to Talk to Anyone

Why are some people able to talk with just about anyone—about almost anything? One answer ... more

22 Feb 2025

32 MINS

32:22

22 Feb 2025