The Atlantic Interview
Building on a 160-year-history of interviews with the world’s most consequential figures, the podcast brings the power of the Atlantic interview to the audio platform—and continues the publisher’s push to bring its journalism to more people in more ways. Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic editor in chief talks with some of the most pivotal voices shaping politics, technology, art, media, business, and culture.
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The Atlantic Interview: Caitlin Dickerson
How the Trump administration came to separate migrant children from their families
39 min
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The Atlantic Interview: Barack Obama on Disinfo...
Jeffrey Goldberg interviews Barack Obama about Ukraine, disinformation, and the state of democracy.
65 min
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The Atlantic Interview: Yossi Klein Halevi
An Israeli author writes a letter to his Palestinian neighbors.
33 min
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The Atlantic Interview: Pete Souza
The White House photographer brings us up-close and personal to the Obama presidency.
33 min
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The Atlantic Interview: Madeleine Albright
The former Secretary of State warns about a rise of fascism.
39 min
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The Atlantic Interview: Michele Norris
The former host of NPR’s All Things Considered talks about the state of race in America.
36 min
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The Atlantic Interview: Mitch Landrieu
A white southern mayor confronts the history in his city.
32 min
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The Atlantic Interview: Ta-Nehisi Coates
On being a black writer in America, facing down people who doubt your message and your right to say it
46 min
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The Atlantic Interview: Amy Klobuchar
A senator tries to write a gun law that everyone wants
23 min
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The Atlantic Interview: Caitlin Flanagan
If both men and women seem unhappy in the age of #MeToo, maybe there's a better way to create a just society.
34 min
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The Atlantic Interview: Bill Gates
What does the era of "America First" portend for Bill Gates's optimism and commitment to foreign aid?
27 min
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The Atlantic Interview: Steve Coll
17 years after the United States first went into Afghanistan, what will we call a win?
34 min
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The Atlantic Interview: Mollie Hemingway
A somewhat reluctant defender of President Trump discusses where he's been effective, and what that means for American politics.
35 min
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The Atlantic Interview: Mike Solomonov
The best chef in America opens up about his recovery from drug addiction
35 min
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The Atlantic Interview: Tracy Chou
A Silicon Valley engineer focused on uplifting women and underrepresented minorities in the tech industry
29 min
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The Atlantic Interview: Robert Siegel
The host of All Things Considered stops by on the first day of his retirement
39 min
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The Atlantic Interview: Maggie Haberman
A once-in-a-generation White House correspondent takes us into the world of President Donald Trump.
31 min
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The Atlantic Interview: Jonah Goldberg
Conservative writer Jonah Goldberg wrestles with Trump's Republican Party
27 min
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The Atlantic Interview: Richard Plepler
HBO's chairman and CEO on making great TV in a high-stakes, competitive market
32 min
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The Atlantic Interview: Nikole Hannah-Jones
Jeffrey Goldberg and Nikole Hannah-Jones talk about equality in education
32 min
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The Atlantic Interview: Eric Garcetti
Jeffrey Goldberg talks with Mayor Eric Garcetti about what people misunderstand about Los Angeles, whether a mayor could win the presidency, and where he goes to find the best tacos.
22 min
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The Atlantic Interview: Masha Gessen
Jeffrey Goldberg talks with author Masha Gessen about what Vladimir Putin wants and what Donald Trump’s election means, and how Americans should think about the 2016 Russian interference.
22 min
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The Atlantic Interview: Jake Tapper
Jeffrey Goldberg talks with the CNN anchor about learning from mistakes in journalism, watching the media destroy someone you know, and what President Trump is getting right.
31 min
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The Atlantic Interview: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi...
Jeffrey Goldberg talks with the novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie about race, identity, what she does when people call her "Chimichanga" by mistake.
37 min
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Trailer
Coming on Wednesday!
2 min