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.
1
What Does a Robot With a Soul Sound Like?
The Wild Robot sound designer breaks it down.
18 min
2
The Five Eyes Have Noticed
The intelligence community watches as Trump shakes up the world order.
32 min
3
Americans Are Stuck. Who's to Blame?
Yoni Appelbaum on his new book, Stuck: How the Privileged and the Propertied Broke the Engine of American Opportunity
32 min
4
The Strange, Lonely Childhood of Neko Case
The musician peels back the mystery of her life—and lyrics—in The Harder I Fight the More I Love You.
31 min
5
Purge Now, Pay Later
Trump's government takedown may eventually hurt him.
32 min
6
The War for Your Attention
Chris Hayes explains how bad it’s really gotten.
34 min
7
The Chaos of Blanket Pardons
Trump tries revising history on day one.
15 min
8
January 6 and the Case for Oblivion
The difference between forgetting the past and choosing not to remember it
31 min
9
Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Coalition Starts to Frac...
The nativist right and Silicon Valley are already at war.
32 min
10
Me, My Future, and I
I had a conversation with an 80-year-old version of myself. I didn’t like her.
21 min
11
The Books We Read in High School (Part 2)
Atlantic staffers and readers share.
21 min
12
The Books We Read in High School (Part 1)
Books for life, not just college admission
23 min
13
“We Live Here Now” and Trump’s Retelling of Jan...
Sharing our podcast series about January 6 as Donald Trump teases pardons for Capitol rioters
30 min
14
How Fragile Is Our Vaccine Infrastructure?
Anti-vaxxers in government could do real damage
38 min
15
Why Are You Still Cooking With That?
Black plastic spatulas, nonstick pans, and other Thanksgiving cooking worries
29 min
16
Trump's Vision to Remake the Military
Revenge is just the start of it.
26 min
17
Democrats’ Immigration Problem
A warning from Representative Ritchie Torres of New York
19 min
18
Are We Living in a Different America?
A post-election conversation with staff writers Anne Applebaum and McKay Coppins.
33 min
19
Does America Want Chaos?
Donald Trump has lost all discipline. Will that affect the outcome of the election?
30 min
20
Is Journalism Ready for a Second Trump Administ...
A conversation with The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg
33 min
21
Trump and the January 6 Memory Hole
When is it better to forget? A conversation with Congressman Jamie Raskin.
22 min
22
Autocracy Is in the Details
Learn to spot the signs.
25 min
23
It Could All Come Down to North Carolina
The state has voted for a Democratic president once since the 1970s. Is it finally the year?
31 min
24
The Fight to Be the Most “Pro-family”
So many wives and daughters in campaign ads
31 min
25
The Modern Political Assassin
“The anger comes first. The shopping for the cause comes next.”
28 min