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
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
2
The Meaning of 'Melania'
23 min
3
How Jeff Bezos Broke The Washington Post
28 min
4
Tim Walz Fears a Fort Sumter Moment in Minneapolis
22 min
5
Another Death in Minneapolis
27 min
6
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
7
Do ICE Officers Have 'Immunity'?
29 min
8
'Aren't We Supposed to Be the Good Guys Here?'
Senator Mark Kelly says that taking Greenland “would probably be the biggest mistake any president has made in the history of this country.”
23 min
9
Is the U.S. Running Venezuela or Not?
Trump's post-Maduro plans are murky.
29 min
10
No Easy Fix | An Update on Evan
A coda to our series No Easy Fix
21 min
11
Netflix vs. Paramount
Whoever wins... we lose?
23 min
12
ISIS Never Really Went Away
25 min
13
He's Undocumented. She's Not.
A young couple decide whether to stay in the U.S.—or leave.
36 min
14
Is This the End of Kids on Social Media?
28 min
15
How Alison Roman Does Thanksgiving
31 min
16
When Border Patrol Comes to Town
38 min
17
What If AI Is a Bubble?
America's economic fate looks tied to AI—for better or worse.
25 min
18
Will 2026 Be a Fair Fight?
24 min
19
Strike First, Explain Never
22 min
20
18 Minutes From Nuclear Annihilation
A House of Dynamite screenwriter Noah Oppenheim and staff writer Tom Nichols explain why the threat of nukes is as frightening as ever.
32 min
21
If the Voting Rights Act Falls
32 min
22
Saudi Arabia Gets the Last Laugh
The Riyadh Comedy Festival is just one part of a much bigger plan.
26 min
23
Weaponizing the Justice Department
The president wants his enemies prosecuted. How far can he go?
38 min
24
An American Education | 2. Testing Teachers for...
A vision of public schools by conservatives, for conservatives. The second episode in a two-part series.
38 min
25
Live from The Atlantic Festival: ‘2026 Is the B...
39 min