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
When Both Parties Try to Out-Macho Each Other
The Modern Politics of Masculinity
23 min
2
Is the GOP Starting to Defy Trump?
Republicans aren't automatically falling in line anymore.
25 min
3
Is Cuba Next?
34 min
4
Higher Education’s Identity Crisis
Universities tried to be all things to all people. That model may not be working anymore.
29 min
5
The Gerrymandering Wars
Election maps post-Callais
33 min
6
The Tragedy of the Tradwife
29 min
7
The 'Great Man' Presidency
Is Donald Trump reading Hegel?
29 min
8
Kash Patel's FBI
31 min
9
If Hungary Can Do It
Viktor Orbán offered a model for antidemocratic rule, one admired by Donald Trump and other world leaders. What does his stunning loss after 16 years in power mean?
26 min
10
Trump Is Wishcasting Victory in Iran
29 min
11
The Manosphere Feels Betrayed
23 min
12
The Department of Homeland Security Theater
ICE at airports. TSA lines out the door. And a new boss at DHS amid its funding shutdown.
26 min
13
Trump Is Kicking the Economy While It’s Down
27 min
14
A Year as a Degenerate Sports Gambler
McKay Coppins on his experiment with sports gambling—and why it's a losing game for nearly everyone
30 min
15
A War Begun on Instinct
27 min
16
After Khamenei, What Now?
28 min
17
What Can the Texas Primary Tell Us About Democr...
Our reporter Elaine Godfrey on getting kicked out of a Jasmine Crockett rally
14 min
18
Why Pick a Fight With Iran Now?
President Trump has yet to give a good rationale.
28 min
19
Black History Month Is Different This Year
The efforts to whitewash history call for a new approach to memorializing Black history.
25 min
20
Iran Wants Him Arrested. He's Going Back Anyway.
After Jafar Panahi is done promoting his Oscar-nominated film, It Was Just an Accident, he plans to return to his home country—despite the threat of a prison sentence.
27 min
21
The Meaning of 'Melania'
23 min
22
How Jeff Bezos Broke The Washington Post
28 min
23
Tim Walz Fears a Fort Sumter Moment in Minneapolis
22 min
24
Another Death in Minneapolis
27 min
25
The Discarded
In his first full year back in office, Donald Trump presided over the destruction of America’s civil service, purging roughly 300,000 workers.
28 min