Radio Atlantic
The Atlantic has long been known as an ideas-driven magazine. Now we’re bringing that same ethos to audio. Like the magazine, the show will “road test” the big ideas that both drive the news and shape our culture. Through conversations—and sometimes sharp debates—with the most insightful thinkers and writers on topics of the day, Radio Atlantic will complicate overly simplistic views. It will cut through the noise with clarifying, personal narratives. It will, hopefully, help listeners make up their own mind about certain ideas.
The national conversation right now can be chaotic, reckless, and stuck. Radio Atlantic aims to bring some order to our thinking—and encourage listeners to be purposeful about how they unstick their mind.
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What Are Public Schools For?
Back-to-school season means the revival laments about America's failing public education system. But what is it failing to do?
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Will America's Institutions Survive President T...
In his short time as commander in chief, he's broken countless norms. Has he broken the executive branch?
55 min
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A Memo to the Huddled Masses
Immigrants flock to the U.S. in pursuit of the American Dream. But is it time for the wake-up call?
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News Update: The Questions After Harvey
If history is any guide, the biggest challenges caused by the disaster in Houston will come into focus after the nation's attention turns elsewhere.
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What Game of Thrones Has Taught Us About Politics
Lessons from the hit HBO series, and from other recent pop culture and fiction
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Are Smartphones Harming Our Kids?
Ten years after the arrival of the iPhone, are mobile devices taking a toll on our children's mental health?
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Ta-Nehisi Coates and Yoni Appelbaum on Charlott...
Did the president's response to fatal violence touched off by white supremacists mark a major breakpoint in American politics?
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Kurt Andersen on How America Lost Its Mind
Magical thinking and "alternative facts" have a long, proud history in these United States.
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News Update: Mark Bowden on North Korea
Given new revelations about North Korea's nuclear capabilities—and newly harsh rhetoric from President Trump—Jeffrey Goldberg and Matt Thompson talk with Mark Bowden, author of The Atlantic's July/August cover story on how to deal with North Korea.
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Ask Not What Your Robots Can Do For You
Our increasingly smart machines aren't just changing the workforce, they're changing us. Alexis Madrigal and our hosts explore how.
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One Nation Under God?
How tolerant and pluralistic is America when it comes to religious expression?
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'Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory'
The past, present, and future of the American idea, and the world premiere of Jon Batiste's "Battle Hymn of the Republic."
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