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.

News
Society & Culture
Politics
1
David Letterman on the Threats to Late-Night Hosts
20 min
2
An American Education | 1. Is Oklahoma Breaking...
“Woke”-teacher screenings. Trying to get Bibles in schools. A two-part series on how one state is remaking American education.
42 min
3
Rupert Murdoch Gets His Succession Finale
And his conservative media empire gets its new leader.
30 min
4
Welcome to the Vaccine Free-for-All
States are making their own rules
27 min
5
A Blueprint for Military Takeovers
How the president could normalize military presence in American cities.
33 min
6
Peace in Ukraine Is Not a Real-Estate Deal
31 min
7
No Easy Fix | 3. A Golden Opportunity
35 min
8
No Easy Fix | 2. Tolerance
32 min
9
No Easy Fix | 1. Vanishing Point
What does it take to make a city’s most visible failure disappear?
31 min
10
A New Kind of Family Separation
25 min
11
Epstein Conspiracy, or Epstein Conspiracy Theory?
Julie K Brown broke the Epstein story seven years ago. She saw this latest twist coming.
26 min
12
Should You Be Having More Babies?
Dean Spears, a co-author of After the Spike, makes the case for more people.
29 min
13
The Patriotic Punk
Jeffrey Goldberg interviews Ken Casey of the Dropkick Murphys
26 min
14
Who Could Rule Iran Next?
It could get better. Or much worse.
26 min
15
Change Your Personality
28 min
16
The Real Problem With Trump's Parade
The military may start to see itself differently.
17 min
17
Elon and the Genius Trap
33 min
18
Mossad’s Former Chief Calls the War in Gaza ‘Us...
26 min
19
Why Pilots Don't Get Therapy
27 min
20
What RFK Jr. Doesn’t Understand About Autism
Starting with the numbers.
22 min
21
Trump and the Crown Prince
22 min
22
The Art of the Doll
Can tariffs change our consumer habits?
29 min
23
Why Is Trump So Into Crypto?
33 min
24
Trump Is Enjoying Himself
37 min
25
Elon Musk's Luck Runs Out
Why he didn't see this coming
27 min