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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Biden: The Candidate for the Trump Moment
Looking back on the 2020 race—and ahead to where our politics goes next. Also: an announcement about the podcast.
36 min
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John Bresnahan Helps Us Understand What The Hel...
A veteran congressional reporter shares his firsthand experience of the pro-Trump mob storming the Capitol.
23 min
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Jim Clyburn
The House majority whip from South Carolina gave Joe Biden the key endorsement of his candidacy. What does the civil rights veteran want to see from his party in 2021?
18 min
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Gabe Sterling
A Georgia election official calls out his fellow Republicans.
23 min
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Ed Yong
Has the pandemic defeated America, or has our politics?
31 min
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Abigail Spanberger
The Virginia Congresswoman shares her concerns over President Trump’s post-election actions and what she considers the lessons of 2020 for her fellow Democrats.
34 min
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Brian Stelter
Between the pandemic and President Trump, election night this year will be unlike any other. Is television news ready for the chaos Tuesday could bring?
26 min
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Tony Schwartz
The man who wrote The Art of the Deal reflects on Donald Trump, his presidency, and what the coming weeks could bring.
29 min
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Hillary Clinton
The former Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic nominee discusses President Trump, the pandemic, and election disinformation.
38 min
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Barton Gellman
What if Trump refuses to concede?
22 min
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Howie Hawkins
The Green Party’s presidential nominee and co-founder discusses his candidacy and concerns among Democrats about his party acting as a spoiler in 2020.
24 min
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Mandela Barnes
Elected at 31, Wisconsin’s Lieutenant Governor is a young Black progressive and the face of a new Democratic party in the Midwest. With the nation’s attention on the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Barnes joins Isaac Dovere to discuss President Trump, the Milwaukee Bucks, and what he thinks Democrats need to do to win in November.
29 min
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Chad Mayes
Once the head of the GOP in the largest state in the country, now running as an independent, California Assembly Member Chad Mayes has a warning for Republicans.
27 min
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Susan Rice
Is the former U.N. Ambassador about to become the first Black woman on a national ticket?
36 min
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Donna Shalala
America’s longest-serving Secretary of Health & Human Services discusses what the federal government should be doing, becoming a congresswoman at age 77, and naming her new rescue dog “Fauci.”
26 min
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Doug Jones
The Alabama senator discusses the coronavirus outbreak in the South, new efforts to grapple with its Confederate legacy, and his hopes that this time of crisis leads to systemic change.
29 min
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Carly Fiorina
The 2016 Republican presidential candidate announces her intention to vote for Joe Biden, and the concerns about the country that led to her decision.
29 min
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Jumaane Williams
The second-highest elected official in New York City is a progressive activist who’s worked to change policing for years. He thinks this moment could be different, if Americans are willing to have an honest conversation.
22 min
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Nan Whaley
The mayor of Dayton, Ohio, on how badly America's cities need a bailout—and how painful the impact could be if they don't get one.
27 min
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Bill Cassidy
Senator (and doctor) Bill Cassidy discusses the coronavirus response, vaccines, and how states like his own Louisiana are going to reopen.
25 min
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Phil Murphy
The governor of one of the hardest-hit states discusses the coronavirus response, how he thinks about reopening New Jersey, and his conversations with President Trump.
22 min
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Andrew Yang
The former presidential candidate discusses universal basic income, coronavirus-linked bigotry against Asian Americans, and how the pandemic has accelerated the automation trends he's long worried about.
29 min
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Stacey Abrams
Georgia politician and voting rights activist Stacey Abrams discusses elections in a pandemic, vice presidential aspirations, and Star Trek.
31 min
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Voter Suppression By Pandemic
Sherrilyn Ifill of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund discusses Wisconsin’s election debacle and how the coronavirus has become a new tool of voter suppression.
27 min
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‘The Woman From Michigan’
Governor Gretchen Whitmer joins to discuss Michigan’s coronavirus response and her relationship with President Trump.
18 min