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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... Read more

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How to Stop A Civil War

How to Stop A Civil War

The special December issue of The Atlantic focuses on a single theme: “How to Stop a Civil War.” Two contributors to the... Read more

14 Nov 2019

41mins

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The Great Recession, One Decade Later

The Great Recession, One Decade Later

In December 2007, the U.S. marked the beginning of its longest recession since World War II. Now the Consumer Financial ... Read more

1 Dec 2017

46mins

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Is the Presidency Broken?

Is the Presidency Broken?

“We are a president-obsessed nation, so much so that we undermine the very idea of our constitutional democracy,” writes... Read more

27 Apr 2018

51mins

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Ta-Nehisi Coates and Yoni Appelbaum on Charlottesville's Aftermath

Ta-Nehisi Coates and Yoni Appelbaum on Charlottesville's Aftermath

After white supremacists and neo-Nazis rallied in Virginia, resulting in the deaths of three Americans, President Trump'... Read more

17 Aug 2017

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The Miseducation of Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Miseducation of Ta-Nehisi Coates

In his new book, We Were Eight Years in Power, The Atlantic's national correspondent Ta-Nehisi Coates writes about the p... Read more

6 Oct 2017

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Is Democracy Dying?

Is Democracy Dying?

With authoritarianism and populism on the rise around the world, The Atlantic examines the fate of democracy in its Octo... Read more

14 Sep 2018

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Kurt Andersen on How America Lost Its Mind

Kurt Andersen on How America Lost Its Mind

When did the reality-based community start losing to reality show celebrity? Why are "alternative facts" and fake news s... Read more

11 Aug 2017

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Is the President a Russian Asset?

Is the President a Russian Asset?

On Friday, the New York Times published a startling story: In 2017, days after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, the... Read more

17 Jan 2019

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Sanders vs. Warren?

Sanders vs. Warren?

The fourth Democratic debate this week highlighted Elizabeth Warren’s new front-runner status. It also marked the return... Read more

18 Oct 2019

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President Trump’s Post-Mueller Corruption Problem

President Trump’s Post-Mueller Corruption Problem

When elected, most presidents either sell their assets or put them in a blind trust. Isolating a president’s financial i... Read more

23 Mar 2019

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Trumpocracy

Trumpocracy

“Trump gambled that Americans resent each other’s differences more than they cherish their shared democracy. So far that... Read more

6 Apr 2018

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Trump’s Worst Day

Trump’s Worst Day

Matt and Gillian discuss Paul Manafort’s guilty verdict and Michael Cohen’s guilty plea with Franklin Foer and David A. ... Read more

23 Aug 2018

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How Much Longer Can Football Last?

How Much Longer Can Football Last?

Mark Leibovich has a day job covering the reality show of politics as the New York Times Magazine’s Chief National Corre... Read more

7 Sep 2018

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Becoming White in America

Becoming White in America

In her new book Futureface, Alex Wagner writes that “immigration raises into relief some of our most basic existential q... Read more

13 Apr 2018

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The Man Who Couldn't Take It Anymore

The Man Who Couldn't Take It Anymore

In December, Defense Secretary James Mattis resigned in protest after President Trump announced plans to withdraw troops... Read more

29 Aug 2019

36mins

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What Happened to the GOP?

What Happened to the GOP?

Observing antidemocratic ‘power grabs’ by state Republicans, Atlantic staff writer George Packer writes that “the corrup... Read more

20 Dec 2018

41mins

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Is Russia Winning the Impeachment Hearings?

Is Russia Winning the Impeachment Hearings?

During an impeachment hearing this week, President Trump's former top Russia adviser accused Republicans of peddling Rus... Read more

22 Nov 2019

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How to Fix Social Media

How to Fix Social Media

Social media platforms once promised to connect the world. Today’s digital communities, though, often feel like forces f... Read more

10 Jan 2019

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The Syria Disaster, Seven Years In

The Syria Disaster, Seven Years In

Long the crossroads of civilizations, Syria has now spent seven years as the proxy warzone of great powers. With over ha... Read more

20 Apr 2018

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To Impeach Or Not To Impeach?

To Impeach Or Not To Impeach?

Atlantic Ideas Editor Yoni Appelbaum and Vox editor-at-large Ezra Klein have both deeply researched the question of impe... Read more

25 Apr 2019

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