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The Atlantic's Audio ArticlesWhat Happened to Jake Millison? - The Atlantic - Rachel MonroeWhat Happened to Jake Millison? - The Atlantic - Rachel Monroe by TheAtlantic
2020-03-1238 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesHeidi Cruz Didn’t Plan for This - The Atlantic - Elaina PlottShe had her whole future mapped out when she met Ted Cruz, starting with her dream job in Washington. This is the story of what came after.
2018-10-1831 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesNewt Gingrich Says You're Welcome - The Atlantic - McKay CoppinsHe turned politics into a vicious blood sport, broke Congress, and paved the way for Trump's rise. Now he's reveling in his achievements.
2018-10-1556 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesThe Martyr and the Pope - The Atlantic - Paul ElieWhat the canonization of Óscar Romero says about the Catholic Church and its embattled leader
2018-10-1225 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesThe Pentagon Wants to Weaponize the Brain. What Could Go Wrong?- The Atlantic - Michael Joseph GrossThe Pentagon’s R&D arm, DARPA, gave us drones and the internet. Now the agency has a new mission: to fold computers into the brain and nervous system—or maybe vice versa. Silicon Valley is eating all of this up.
2018-10-1039 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesRaised by Youtube -- The Atlantic -- Alexis MadrigalA boisterous new age of global children’s entertainment has arrived —and it’s not at all what we adults were expecting.
2018-10-0936 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesAlexa, How Will You Change Us? - The Atlantic - Judith ShulevitzThe voice revolution has only just begun. Today, Alexa is a humble servant. Very soon, she could be much more--a teacher, a therapist, a confidant, an informant.
2018-10-0946 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesKnausgaard Devours Himself - The Atlantic - Ruth FranklinThe iconoclastic author, whose six-volume My Struggle is now complete in English, has lost his faith in radical self-exposure. What happened?
2018-10-0629 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesA House Still Divided -- The Atlantic -- Ibram X. KendiIn 1858, Abraham Lincoln warned that America could not remain “half slave and half free.” Today, the country remains divided by racism—and the threat is as existential as it was before the civil war.
2018-09-1313 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesLosing the Democratic Habit -- The Atlantic -- Yoni AppelbaumAmericans once learned self-governance by practicing it constantly—in lodge halls, neighborhood associations, and labor unions. As participation in these institutions has dwindled, so has public faith in democracy. To restore it, we must return democratic practices to everyday life.
2018-09-1319 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesThe Threat of Tribalism -- The Atlantic -- Amy Chua and Jed RubenfeldThe Constitution once united a diverse country under a banner of ideas. But partisanship has turned Americans against one another—and against the principles enshrined in our founding document.
2018-09-1316 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesBuilding an Autocracy - The Atlantic - David FrumBuilding an Autocracy - The Atlantic - David Frum by TheAtlantic
2018-09-1317 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesMadison vs The Mob - The Atlantic - Jeff RosenMadison vs The Mob - The Atlantic - Jeff Rosen by TheAtlantic
2018-09-1221 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesAmerica's Courts Can't Ignore the World - The Atlantic - Stephen BreyerAmerica's Courts Can't Ignore the World - The Atlantic - Stephen Breyer by TheAtlantic
2018-09-1244 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesA Warning From Europe - The Atlantic - Anne ApplebaumA Warning From Europe - The Atlantic - Anne Applebaum by TheAtlantic
2018-09-071h 12The Atlantic's Audio ArticlesThe Bullet in My Arm - The Atlantic - Elaina PlottI grew up in a gun-loving town in Alabama. My grandfather’s store sells firearms. But only after I was shot did I begin to understand America’s complicated relationship with guns.
2018-09-0623 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesHow Poetry Came to Matter Again - The Atlantic - Jesse LichtensteinA young generation of artists is winning prizes, acclaim, and legions of readers while exploring identity in new ways.
2018-08-1233 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesWhat Really Killed the Dinosaurs? - The Atlantic - Bianca BoskerWhat Really Killed the Dinosaurs? - The Atlantic - Bianca Bosker by TheAtlantic
2018-08-1259 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesHow ICE Went Rogue - The Atlantic - Franklin FoerA long-running inferiority complex, vast statutory power, a chilling new directive from the top—inside America’s unfolding immigration tragedy.
2018-08-061h 08The Atlantic's Audio ArticlesYour Lying Mind - The Atlantic - Ben YagodaScience suggests we’re hardwired to delude ourselves. Can we do anything about it?
2018-08-0438 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesMay It Please the Court - The Atlantic - Lara BazelonIn more than a decade of arguing cases in court, I’ve witnessed the stubborn cultural biases female attorneys must navigate to simply do their jobs.
2018-07-3035 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesThe Atlantic - 'His Brother’s Keeper' -Luke MullinsAudio version of "His Brother's Keeper". In America’s deadliest big city, the task of announcing each new murder falls to police spokesman T. J. Smith. One year ago, he confronted a killing like no other. Original story: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/07/baltimore-murder-rate-hits-home/563600/
2018-07-0347 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesThe End of Civil Rights - The Atlantic - Vann R. NewkirkAcross immigration, policing, criminal justice, and voting rights, the attorney general is pushing an agenda that could erase many of the legal gains of modern America's defining movement.
2018-06-2530 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesYour Child Says She's Trans. She Wants Hormones and Surgery. She's 13. - The Atlantic - Jesse SingalAfter a dark history in which transgender kids were routinely ignored, “repaired,” or persecuted, a new protocol of social and physical transition has emerged. For teens who experience persistent gender dysphoria, this protocol can provide profound relief from suffering. For some kids, however, gender dysphoria is temporary. And the effects of transitioning can be permanent.
2018-06-211h 24The Atlantic's Audio ArticlesThe Raid - The Atlantic - William LangwiescheHere’s one way to fight ISIS: Send one of the most advanced and expensive military aircraft in the U.S. arsenal from a base in Missouri to drop GPS-guided 500-pound bombs on a group of 70 ragtag fighters sleeping in the Libyan desert. (Spoiler alert: They
died.)"
2018-06-2138 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesFinding the Formula for Team Chemistry - The Atlantic - Ben RowenThe search for the elixir that turns good teams into great ones.
2018-06-1821 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesWhen The Next Plague Hits - The Atlantic - Ed YongThe epidemics of the early 21st century revealed a world unprepared, even as the risk of pandemics continues to multiply. Much worse is coming. Is Donald Trump ready?
2018-06-1459 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesBeing Black in America Can Be Hazardous to Your Health - The Atlantic - Olga KhazanIn Baltimore and other segregated cities, the life-expectancy gap between African Americans and whites is as much as 20 years. One young woman’s struggle shows why.
2018-06-1145 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesTrump’s Right-Hand Troll - The Atlantic - McKay CoppinsStephen Miller once tormented liberals at Duke. Now the president’s speechwriter and immigration enforcer is deploying the art of provocation from the White House.
2018-06-0150 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesThe Birth of a New American Aristocracy - The Atlantic - Matthew StewartThe gilded future of the top 10 percent—and the end of opportunity for everyone else.
2018-05-161h 30The Atlantic's Audio ArticlesThe Revolution Will Be Televised - The Atlantic - Sophie GilbertThe longtime producer has two shows about women’s pain and rage debuting this summer—and the timing couldn’t be better.
2018-05-1523 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesChasing the Pearl of Lao Tzu - The Atlantic - Michael LaPointeChasing the Pearl of Lao Tzu - The Atlantic - Michael LaPointe by TheAtlantic
2018-05-1452 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesA Muslim Among the Settlers - The Atlantic - Wajahat AliA Muslim Among the Settlers - The Atlantic - Wajahat Ali by TheAtlantic
2018-05-101h 04The Atlantic's Audio ArticlesReinventing America - The Atlantic - James FallowsNotes from a journey through a country that’s steadily becoming a better version of itself, outside the baleful gaze of the national media.
2018-04-2343 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesThe Man Who Brought Down Lance Armstrong - The Atlantic - Matt HartFloyd Landis, a former teammate of the cyclist’s, just won more than $1 million in a legal case against Armstrong. Here are his thoughts on the suit, cycling, and his onetime rival.
2018-04-2016 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesLeft Behind - The Atlantic - Phil KlayAmerican service members are willing to sacrifice their lives for one another and for their country. In return, they ask only for a mission that is moral and achievable. After nearly 17 years of war, with plenty of patriotic displays but little public debate about why we’re fighting, morale is perilously low.
2018-04-1352 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesThe Persistent Crime of Nazi-Looted Art - The Atlantic - Sophie GilbertThe discovery of more than 1,500 artworks in a flat in Munich serves as an inconvenient reminder of one of the unresolved wrongs of the Third Reich.
2018-03-3030 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesWhy Earth's History Appears So Miraculous - The Atlantic - Peter BrannenThe strange, cosmic reason our evolutionary path will look ever luckier the longer we survive.
2018-03-3032 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesThe Refugee Detectives - The Atlantic - Graeme WoodWho can stay and who must go? Inside Germany’s high-stakes effort to sort people fleeing death from opportunists and pretenders.
2018-03-2340 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesHow to Kill a Revolution - The Atlantic - Vann R. NewkirkThe assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. wasn’t the transformational tragedy of a successful movement, as children are taught. It was the premature end of a movement that had only just begun.
2018-03-1419 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesThe Last Temptation - Michael Gerson - The AtlanticA prominent evangelical writer explains how his movement lost its way and fell hard for Donald Trump.
2018-03-1452 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesSomething Mysterious Is Killing Captive Gorillas - The Atlantic - Krista LangloisFor a decade, zookeepers have known that something strange was stopping the giant animals’ hearts—now they’re beginning to trace the culprit to their guts.
2018-03-1225 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesThe Controversy Behind Chicago's Diploma Mandate - The Atlantic - Alia WongMayor Rahm Emanuel wants to set students up for success after graduation. But at public schools, even the best ideas often have unintended consequences.
Text edition here: https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/09/the-controversy-behind-chicagos-diploma-mandate/539562/?utm_source=soundcloud
2017-09-1436 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesJohn F. Kennedy, November 4, 1963From "How the Vietnam War Broke the American Presidency," by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. Edited audio courtesy of the Vietnam Film Project/Florentine Films, PBS, and the Miller Center (https://millercenter.org/). Read the full article here: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/10/how-americans-lost-faith-in-the-presidency/537897/.
2017-09-1201 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesLyndon B. Johnson and McGeorge Bundy, May 1964From "How the Vietnam War Broke the American Presidency," by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. Edited audio courtesy of the Vietnam Film Project/Florentine Films, PBS, and the Miller Center (https://millercenter.org/). Read the full article here: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/10/how-americans-lost-faith-in-the-presidency/537897/.
2017-09-1200 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesGuilty Until Proven Innocent - The Atlantic - Megan Rose and ProPublicaWhen DNA evidence exonerated two men convicted in a 1987 murder, one took his chances on a retrial to overturn his conviction. The other accepted a special deal from prosecutors and left prison immediately—as a convicted murderer.
Read text edition here: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/1857/11/what-does-an-innocent-man-have-to-do-to-go-free-plead-guilty/539001/
2017-09-0744 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesAn Appeal to Congress for Impartial Suffrage - The Atlantic - Frederick DouglassAn Appeal to Congress for Impartial Suffrage - The Atlantic - Frederick Douglass by TheAtlantic
2017-08-2920 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesRichard Nixon and Henry Kissinger, May 29, 1971From "How the Vietnam War Broke the American Presidency," by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. Edited audio courtesy of the Vietnam Film Project/Florentine Films, PBS, and the Miller Center (https://millercenter.org/). Read the full article here: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/10/how-americans-lost-faith-in-the-presidency/537897/.
2017-08-1800 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesWhat My Students Taught Me - The Atlantic - Ashley Lamb-Sinclair & Connor CummingsWhat My Students Taught Me - The Atlantic - Ashley Lamb-Sinclair & Connor Cummings by TheAtlantic
2017-08-1716 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesWhat My Students Taught Me - The Atlantic - Ingrid Chung & Kayshaun BrownWhat My Students Taught Me - The Atlantic - Ingrid Chung & Kayshaun Brown by TheAtlantic
2017-08-0314 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesAll the Brown Girls on TV - The Atlantic - Mallika RaoHBO’s latest web-series acquisition eschews Brooklyn entitlement for a queer, multiracial, multiethnic arts landscape in Chicago. Welcome to Fatimah Asghar and Sam Bailey’s world.
Text edition here: https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/1857/11/all-the-brown-girls-on-tv/530184/
2017-07-1030 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesWhat My Students Taught Me: Chris Zajac and Tracy Kidder - The AtlanticWhat My Students Taught Me: Chris Zajac and Tracy Kidder - The Atlantic by TheAtlantic
2017-07-0615 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesHow to Beat Asthma - The Atlantic - Vann R. Newkirk IIThe common lung disease debilitates millions of Americans and costs the country billions of dollars, but some very new—and very old—methods are emerging in fighting it.
Read text version here: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/1857/11/how-to-beat-asthma/532542/
2017-07-0523 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesFixing the 5 Percent - The Atlantic - Karen Weintraub and Rachel Zimmerman“Super-users” with complex medical needs make up a small fraction of U.S. patients, but they account for half of the nation’s overall health-care spending. Now, innovative efforts are providing better care at lower costs.
Read text edition here: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/06/fixing-the-5-percent/532077/
2017-06-2923 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesWhat My Students Taught Me: Ann Neary and Monique BeckfordWhat My Students Taught Me: Ann Neary and Monique Beckford by TheAtlantic
2017-06-2214 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesTherapy for Everybody - The Atlantic - Olga KhazanIn Appalachia, a primary-care clinic offers quick bursts of psychotherapy on the spot.
Read text version here: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/1857/11/therapy-for-everybody/531120/
2017-06-2222 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesYayoi Kusama's Existential Circus - The Atlantic - Sarah BoxerIs the current participatory-art craze about seeking profound experiences—or posting selfies?
Read text version here: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/07/yayoi-kusamas-existential-circus/528669/
2017-06-2033 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesSleuthing for New Antibiotics - The Atlantic - Maryn McKennaAdam Roberts is searching the world's dirtiest places for new antibiotics, in the hopes of staving off the growing threat of drug resistance.
Read text version here: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/07/could-the-answer-to-our-most-urgent-health-crisis-be-found-on-a-toilet-seat/528687/
2017-06-2022 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesWhat's Wrong With the Democrats - The Atlantic - Franklin FoerBarack Obama's victories obscured failure at every other political level. The party's choices have been disastrous. If Democrats care about winning, they need to learn how to appeal to the white working class.
Read text edition here: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/07/whats-wrong-with-the-democrats/528696/
2017-06-2056 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesThe Democrats' Immigration Mistake - The Atlantic - Peter BeinartIn the past decade, liberals have emphasized diversity over unity, and avoided inconvenient truths about immigration. It's time to address Americans' yearning for social cohesion.
Read text version here: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/07/the-democrats-immigration-mistake/528678/
2017-06-2023 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesThe Worst Problem on Earth - The Atlantic - Mark BowdenHere's how to deal with North Korea. It's not going to be pretty.
Read text edition here: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/07/the-worst-problem-on-earth/528717/
2017-06-2052 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesThe Smartphone Psychiatrist - The Atlantic - David DobbsFor more than a decade, Tom Insel was the director of the National Institute of Mental Health, which made him one of the most influential psychiatrists in the world. But, frustrated by psychiatry’s inability to effectively help people suffering from mental illness, he began to question some of the basic premises of his field. So he left for Silicon Valley, where he’s trying to use smartphones to reduce the world’s mental anguish.
Read text version here: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/07/the-smartphone-psychiatrist/528726/
2017-06-1346 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesWhat My Students Taught Me: Ray Salazar and Salina RichterWhat My Students Taught Me: Ray Salazar and Salina Richter by TheAtlantic
2017-06-0810 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesCan America's Farms Survive the Threat of Deportations? - The Atlantic - Michael FrankIn upstate New York, both workers—and the farmers who employ them—fear more aggressive immigration enforcement.
Read text version here: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/06/can-americas-farms-survive-the-threat-of-deportations/529008/
2017-06-0627 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesCryptocurrency Might be a Path to Authoritarianism - The Atlantic - Ian BogostExtreme libertarians built blockchain to decentralize government and corporate power. It could consolidate their control instead.
Read text edition here: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/05/blockchain-of-command/528543/
2017-06-0123 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesFirst He Became an American—Then He Joined ISIS - The Atlantic - Seamus Hughes and Bennett CliffordWhen the FBI discovered a network of Bosian-Americans giving support to terrorists, they also discovered Abdullah Ramo Pazara, a U.S. citizen and a battalion commander in Syria.
Read text edition here: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/1857/11/first-he-became-an-americanthen-he-joined-isis/527622/
2017-05-2532 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesThe Poisoned Generation - The Atlantic - Vann Newkirk IIThe story of a decades-long lead-poisoning lawsuit in New Orleans illustrates how the toxin destroys black families and communities alike. Read text version here: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/05/the-poisoned-generation/527229/
2017-05-2334 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesSkydiving From the Edge of Space - The Atlantic - Laura ParkerHow Alan Eustace, a Google engineer on the edge of retirement, broke the world record for high-altitude jumping.
Read text edition here: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/06/26-miles-above-earth/524508/
2017-05-1628 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesWhen Your Child Is A Psychopath - The Atlantic - Barbara Bradley HagertyThe condition has long been considered untreatable. Experts can spot it in a child as young as 3 or 4. But a new clinical approach offers hope.
Read text version here: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/06/when-your-child-is-a-psychopath/524502/
2017-05-1649 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesMy Family's Slave - The Atlantic - Alex TizonShe lived with us for 56 years. She raised me and my siblings without pay. I was 11, a typical American kid, before I realized who she was.
Read text edition here: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/06/lolas-story/524490/
2017-05-1655 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesJune 2017 Editor's Note - The Atlantic - Jeffrey GoldbergAlex Tizon struggled to write about Lola, the woman who helped raise him. He was 11 before he realized she was his family’s slave.
Read text edition here: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/06/a-reporters-story/524538/
2017-05-1604 minThe Atlantic's Audio Articles'America's Deaf Team' Tackles Identity Politics - The Atlantic - Matthew DavisIn order to survive, Gallaudet University has to blend a diverse student body from very different backgrounds: deaf culture and hearing culture. Can football players show the school how?
Full text edition here: https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/05/americas-deaf-team-tackles-identity-politics/525945/
2017-05-1044 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesIs This How Discrimination Ends? - The Atlantic - Jessica NordellTrainings and workshops geared toward eliminating people’s hidden prejudices are all the rage—but most don’t work. Now the psychologist who made the case for "implicit bias" wants to cure it.
Read text version here: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/1857/11/unconscious-bias-discrimination-end/525405/
2017-05-0730 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesThe Mississippi College Students Who Tried to Join ISIS - The Atlantic - Emma GreenIn three short months, Jaelyn Young and Muhammad Dakhlalla found themselves at the center of America’s debate over radicalization.
Read the text version here: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/05/mississippi-young-dakhlalla/524751/
2017-05-0246 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesHere Comes the Neighborhood - The Atlantic - Sam RosenThe controversial cityhood movement recently created an unlikely political alliance and redrew the lines of metro Atlanta. Meet the city’s newest neighbors.
Read text edition here: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/04/here-comes-the-neighborhood/523884/
2017-04-2643 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesThe Saga of North Carolina’s Contaminated Water - The Atlantic - Alana SemuelsThe state’s GOP leadership tried to make the state more business-friendly. Now residents are saying their water isn’t safe to drink.
Read text version here: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/04/north-carolina-a-preview-of-life-under-a-trump-weakened-epa/521211/
2017-04-1950 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesHow to Trick People Into Saving Money - The Atlantic - Rob WalkerInside Walmart’s curious, possibly ingenious effort to get customers to build up their savings accounts by exploiting the power of lotteries
Read text version here: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/05/how-to-trick-people-into-saving-money/521421/
2017-04-1825 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesHow Online Shopping Makes Suckers of Us All - The Atlantic - Jerry UseemWill you pay more for those shoes before 7 p.m.? Would the price tag be different if you lived in the exurbs? Standard prices and simple discounts are yielding to far more exotic strategies, designed to extract every last dollar from you.
Read text version here: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/05/how-online-shopping-makes-suckers-of-us-all/521448/
2017-04-1833 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesHow Late-Night Comedy Fueled the Rise of Trump - The Atlantic - Caitlin FlanaganHow Late-Night Comedy Alienated Conservatives, Made Liberals Smug, and Fueled the Rise of Trump. Read text version here: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/05/how-late-night-comedy-alienated-conservatives-made-liberals-smug-and-fueled-the-rise-of-trump/521472/
2017-04-1815 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesAlec Baldwin Gets Under Trump's Skin - The Atlantic - Chris JonesComedy and tragedy in an age of political chaos
Read full text here: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/05/alec-baldwin-gets-under-trumps-skin/521433/
2017-04-1847 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesMexico's Revenge - The Atlantic - Franklin FoerBy antagonizing Mexico, Donald Trump has made the classic bully’s error: He has underestimated his victim. On issues ranging from counterterrorism to China, the Mexican response could be devastating.
Read full text here: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/05/mexicos-revenge/521451/
2017-04-1822 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesThe Brilliant Incoherence of Trump’s Foreign Policy - The Atlantic - Stephen SestanovichThe United States periodically debates whether to do more or less abroad. Trump won by straddling the divide and promising both. But he can’t possibly deliver.
Read text version here: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/05/the-brilliant-incoherence-of-trumps-foreign-policy/521430/
2017-04-1230 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesHow Aristotle Created the Computer - The Atlantic - Chris DixonThe philosophers he influenced set the stage for the technological revolution that remade our world. Read the full text version here: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/03/aristotle-computer/518697/
2017-03-2328 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesThis Article Won’t Change Your Mind - The Atlantic - Julie BeckThe facts on why facts alone can’t fight false beliefs. Read text version here: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/03/this-article-wont-change-your-mind/519093/
2017-03-1745 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesWhat Your Therapist Doesn't Know - The Atlantic - Feature Tony RousmaniereBig Data has revolutionized everything from sports to politics to education. It could revolutionize therapy, too—if only therapists would stop ignoring it.
Read the text version here: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/04/what-your-therapist-doesnt-know/517797/
2017-03-1431 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesKellyanne's Alternative Universe - The Atlantic - Molly BallWill the truth ever catch up with Trump’s most skilled spinmeister?
Read the text version here: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/04/kellyannes-alternative-universe/517821/
2017-03-1430 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesWhy Is Silicon Valley So Awful to Women? - The Atlantic - Liza MundyTech companies are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to improve conditions for female employees. Here’s why not much has changed—and what might actually work. Read text version here: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/04/why-is-silicon-valley-so-awful-to-women/517788/
2017-03-1450 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesMaking Athens Great Again - The Atlantic - Essay Rebecca GoldsteinHow does a citizen respond when a democracy that prides itself on being exceptional betrays its highest principles? Plato despaired, but he also pointed the way to renewal. Read the text version here: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/04/making-athens-great-again/517791/
2017-03-1129 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesPleistocene Park - The Atlantic - Ross AndersenIn Siberia, a plan is under way to repopulate the grasslands with ancient grazers, including, in the near future, genetically engineered woolly mammoths. Much more than an experiment in biodiversity, this is a radical scheme to slow one of the most dangerous contributors to global warming—before it’s too late. Read text version here: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/04/pleistocene-park/517779/
2017-03-0959 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesHow Trump Could Build an Autocracy: David Frum and Scott Stossel in ConversationDavid Frum discusses his recent cover story with Scott Stossel at an AtlanticLIVE event at Sixth & I.
More on the live event here: https://www.theatlantic.com/live/events/a-conversation-with-david-frum/2017/
2017-02-211h 20The Atlantic's Audio ArticlesCan Megyn Kelly Escape Her Past - Caitlin Flanagan - The Atlantic March 2017Fox News’s former star has downplayed her full role in an ugly election. Full text published here: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/03/can-megyn-kelly-escape-her-past/513842/
2017-02-0526 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesAmerica’s Great Divergence - Alana Samuels - The AtlanticA growing earnings gap between those with a college education and those without is creating economic and cultural rifts throughout the country. Full text published here: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/01/americas-great-divergence/514784/
2017-02-0326 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesHow to Build an Autocracy - David Frum - The Atlantic March 2017The preconditions are present in the U.S. today. If Congress is quiescent and the public listless, Donald Trump can set the country down a path toward illiberalism, institutional subversion, and endemic graft. Full Text can be found here: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/03/how-to-build-an-autocracy/513872/
2017-01-3156 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesThe Hollywood List Everyone Wants to Be On - Alex Wagner - The Atlantic March 2017Franklin Leonard’s anonymous survey has launched careers, recognized four of the past eight Best Picture winners, and pushed movie studios to think beyond sequels and action flicks. Full text published here: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/03/how-franklin-leonard-created-the-hollywood-list-everyone-wants-to-be-on/513830
2017-01-2531 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesInside LAX's New Anti-Terrorism Intelligence Unit -Geoff Manaugh - The AtlanticIf the airport’s experimental team succeeds, every critical infrastructure site in the world might soon have its own in-house intel operation. Read the text edition here: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/01/threat-center/510644/
2017-01-1038 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesSearching for Lost Knowledge in the Age of Intelligent Machines - Adrienne LaFrance - The AtlanticAs search engines are radically reinvented, computers and people are becoming partners in exploration. With an introduction by author Adrienne LaFrance. Full text published here: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/12/the-search-for-lost-knowledge/506879/
2017-01-1045 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesAn Enemy of the Kremlin Dies in London - The Atlantic - By Jeffrey SternWho killed Alexander Perepilichny? An audio version of the Article that was originally published in the January/February 2017 issue of The Atlantic. See the full text here: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/01/the-poison-flower/508736/
2017-01-0347 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesChina's Great Leap Backwards - James Fallows - The Altantic - Dec 2016The country has become repressive in a way that it has not been since the Cultural Revolution. What does its darkening political climate—and growing belligerence—mean for the United States? Full text of article is here: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/12/chinas-great-leap-backward/505817/
2016-12-2335 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesThe Original Underclass -Alec McGillis and ProPublica - The Atlantic MagazinePoor white Americans’ current crisis shouldn’t have caught the rest of the country as off guard as it has. Text version is published here: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/09/the-original-underclass/492731/
2016-12-2138 minThe Atlantic's Audio ArticlesMy President Was Black - Ta-Nehisi Coates - The Atlantic - JanFeb 2017Listen to an audio version of The Atlantic Magazine's January/February 2017 cover story by Ta-Nehisi Coates -- My President Was Black. See the original full text article here: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/01/my-president-was-black/508793/
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