The Atlantic
A Former Google Employee Says the Company Has Transformed
- Title
- A Former Google Employee Says the Company Has Transformed
- Runtime
- 1:22
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
- Description
- Google now seems to be “guided by wealth and power, which is the exact opposite of where they said they wanted to go,” Claire Stapleton, a former Google employee, tells Charlie Warzel.
- Title
- Behind the Curtain at Google
- Runtime
- 49:37
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
- Description
- Silicon Valley has long been a place of tech innovation and optimism. When Claire Stapleton moved there to work in communications at Google in 2007, she was bright eyed and optimistic about the company’s mission. She describes the executives as acting like “benevolent kings” back then. But over the course of the next decade, Google grew and changed. It arguably succeeded in its mission of organizing the world’s information, and it has grown an enormously profitable ads business. But it’s also had to face tough questions about data privacy and government contracts, and courts have declared parts of its business a monopoly. In this episode of “Galaxy Brain,” Charlie Warzel talks to Stapleton about her journey at Google—from the early days of ball pits and gourmet food to the growing disillusionment that eventually led to her leading an employee walkout in 2018, and leaving the following year. Her new memoir, Don’t Be Evil, chronicles her time inside the company.
<...
- Title
- The Town That Wants a Data Center Next Door
- Runtime
- 39:01
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
- Description
- Opposition to data-center construction is the bipartisan issue of the moment—70 percent of Americans are against construction in their communities. Recently, New York passed the country’s first statewide data-center-construction moratorium. Maine was supposed to have been the first.
For this week’s episode of Radio Atlantic, the reporter Ethan Brooks traveled to Maine to understand why one tiny town killed what would have been America’s first data-center moratorium.
- - -
Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news to fascinating explorations of our world. Atlantic subscribers also get access to exclusive subscriber audio in Apple Podcasts. Subscribe today at TheAtlantic.com/Listener (https://theatlantic.com/listener) .
...
- Title
- The No-Limits President Hits His Limits
- Runtime
- 1:07
- Date posted
- 4 days ago
- Description
- Donald Trump once claimed that there were no limits to his power. But, Jonathan Lemire observes, recent months have delivered a reckoning for the president, who may soon run up against his biggest fear: irrelevance.
📸: Getty Images
- Title
- The Fight That Could Decide 2028 | The David Frum Show
- Runtime
- 58:43
- Date posted
- 4 days ago
- Description
- In this week’s episode of “The David Frum Show,” The Atlantic’s David Frum opens with his reaction to President Trump’s latest round of tariffs and explains why he believes they are weakening America’s economy and its alliances.
Then, David is joined by his Atlantic colleague Jonathan Chait for a wide-ranging discussion on the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, whether presidents should be funny, the growing attacks on Barack Obama’s legacy, and the battle in Michigan between moderates and the progressive left that could shape the Democratic Party’s future.
Finally, David closes the show with a discussion of Eric Cline’s “1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed” and the Bronze Age collapse.
Sign up for David Frum’s newsletter alert to find out when a new story is published: https://www.theatlantic.com/author/david-frum/?follow=true&utm_campaign=frum-yt
Subscribe to “The David Frum Show” on Apple Podc...
- Title
- How Pre-Internet Nostalgia Is Changing With Al
- Runtime
- 1:38
- Date posted
- 4 days ago
- Description
- “The AI challenge has really sparked this conversation of ‘What does it mean to be human?’” The psychologist Clay Routledge speaks with Julie Beck about how the rise of AI could be increasing nostalgia for a pre-digital era.
- Title
- Why Democratic Senate Candidates May Decline Chuck Schumer's Help
- Runtime
- 0:50
- Date posted
- 5 days ago
- Description
- Democratic candidates, like Troy Jackson, may no longer want Chuck Schumer’s help—instead, there's another big endorsement they're seeking, Russell Berman tells Adam Harris.
- Title
- The Power of Pre-Internet Nostalgia
- Runtime
- 37:20
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
- Description
- Back in the ’90s, before everyone had smartphones, were things just … better? Tech-focused nostalgia has become a potent cultural force in recent years, driving sales of “dumbphones,” iPods, CDs, and other retro technology. According to a 2023 survey (https://theharrispoll.com/articles/millennials-lead-american-optimism-for-the-future/) , 67 percent of Americans wish they could go back to a time “before everyone was ‘plugged in.’” The psychologist behind that survey, Clay Routledge, has found that this sort of nostalgia is more than just a yearning to go backwards. “We can often feel overwhelmed in the moment and in the challenges we face today. It's hard to see past them. Nostalgia can help us step outside of that moment,” Routledge explains. Nostalgia can actually teach us how we want to live now, and in the future.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices (htt...
- Title
- Michigan and the Future of the Democratic Party
- Runtime
- 22:26
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
- Description
- Nationwide attention and endorsements are flooding into Michigan as voters get ready to pick their Senate candidates Aug. 4. Why is everybody from President Trump to Bernie Sanders so interested? The path to win the Senate runs straight through this purple state, and that has Democrats battling over whether the progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed or the more centrist U.S. Representative Haley Stevens is the right candidate to put forward. Host Adam Harris talks to Atlantic writer Russell Berman about why Michigan matters and what the outcome of this race could mean for the future of the Democratic Party and the Senate at large.
Subscribe to the “Radio Atlantic” podcast on Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/radio-atlantic/id1258635512
Subscribe to the “Radio Atlantic” podcast on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/4vlgAVfHGyzoHYVmY67yFL
Follow The Atlantic on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theatlantic/?hl=...
- Title
- Pete Hegseth, You Call That a Pull-Up?
- Runtime
- 2:11
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
- Description
- Pete Hegseth loves to demonstrate his physical fitness—but according to military experts, he needs to work on his form, Tom Bartlett reports.
Watch two veterans demonstrate how to do a proper pull-up, and visit the link to read more: https://theatln.tc/wP8uB1fP
- Title
- Is AI the End of Cheap Tech?
- Runtime
- 38:35
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
- Description
- Electronics are getting more expensive—and the culprit has a lot to do with generative AI. Amid all the talk of AI taking over people’s jobs, automating people’s workflows, and doing people’s homework, we’re learning that actually scaling this technology is a lot harder, and more expensive, than it seems. On this week’s episode, “Galaxy Brain” host Charlie Warzel talks to his Atlantic colleagues Hana Kiros and Alex Reisner about why AI is such an engineering disaster, and how this memory shortage is impacting everything from MRI machines to smart fridges to kids’ access to technology in schools.
This episode of "Galaxy Brain" was produced by Renee Klahr and engineered by Miguel Carrascal. Our theme is by Rob Smierciak. Hadley Robinson is our senior supervising producer. Claudine Ebeid is the executive producer of Atlantic audio, and Andrea Valdez is our managing editor.
Subscribe to the “Galaxy Brain” newsletter: https://www.theatlantic.c...
- Title
- The Reading Crisis in the "Postliterate" Age
- Runtime
- 1:40
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
- Description
- When humans first began to read, about 6,000 years ago, it changed society—“I think that we’re living through a civilization shift on that scale,” Rose Horowitch argues. She speaks with Hanna Rosin about the “postliterate” crisis Americans now face:
- Title
- Is the Age of Reading Over?
- Runtime
- 30:16
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
- Description
- People may be reading now more than ever (emails, texts, social-media posts). But fewer and fewer people are reading actual books. The Atlantic’s staff writer Rose Horowitch, who wrote the August cover story, “The End of Reading Is Here (https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/08/reading-crisis-postliterate-age/687618/) ,” explains what might be lost in a “postliterate” age—and it’s a lot more than books.
- - -
Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news to fascinating explorations of our world. Atlantic subscribers also get access to exclusive subscriber audio in Apple Podcasts. Subscribe today at TheAtlantic.com/Listener (https://theatlantic.com/listener) .
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices (https://podc...
- Title
- How Tariffs Might Change the Price of Food
- Runtime
- 1:12
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
- Description
- Contrary to what Trump officials have claimed, “if and when the tariffs are implemented, they will raise the price of food” for consumers, the economist Vincent Smith tells David Frum. They discuss the economic impacts of Trump’s tariffs on the American food supply:
- Title
- Why Are Groceries So Expensive? | The David Frum Show
- Runtime
- 51:37
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
- Description
- On this week’s episode of “The David Frum Show,” The Atlantic’s David Frum opens with his thoughts questioning whether the Trump administration has any plan at all to meet the challenge of debt and deficits.
Then, David is joined by Vincent Smith, director of agricultural policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute and professor emeritus of economics at Montana State University. Frum and Smith discuss the high price of groceries, Trump’s lack of a plan to address it, and whether any relief is coming to Americans.
Finally, David ends the episode with a discussion of Edith Hamilton’s “Mythology.”
Sign up for David Frum’s newsletter alert to find out when a new story is published: https://www.theatlantic.com/author/david-frum/?follow=true&utm_campaign=frum-yt
Subscribe to “The David Frum Show” on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-david-frum-show/id1305908387
Subscribe to...
- Title
- The Canoeist Accused of Destroying the Reflecting Pool
- Runtime
- 1:33
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
- Description
- David Hearn finds the government’s charges against him “unsettling,” he told The Atlantic’s Matt Viser. Viser reports from Hearn’s court appearance this morning on how the Olympic canoeist found himself at the center of the Reflecting Pool saga.
📸: Getty Images
- Title
- What We Know About the Recent ICE Killings
- Runtime
- 20:30
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
- Description
- The fatal shootings of two men in Texas and Maine by immigration officers have put the Department of Homeland Security back under renewed scrutiny.
Hanna Rosin, the host, is joined by the Atlantic staff writer Nick Miroff to discuss the recent killings and what role traffic stops played in them.
Subscribe to the Radio Atlantic podcast on Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/radio-atlantic/id1258635512
Subscribe to the Radio Atlantic podcast on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/4vlgAVfHGyzoHYVmY67yFL
Follow The Atlantic on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theatlantic/?hl=en
Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news to fascinating explorations of our world. Atlantic subscribers also get access to exclusive subscriber audio in Apple Podcasts. Subscr...
- Title
- How the Internet May Have Changed World Cup Fandom
- Runtime
- 0:46
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
- Description
- “The internet itself has changed the way we fan,” the soccer podcaster Roger Bennett tells Charlie Warzel. They discuss the “beauty and vibe and wonder” of the social-media posts created by World Cup fans:
- Title
- Why Have Some Young People Lost Faith in the U.S. Economic System?
- Runtime
- 0:58
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
- Description
- Some young people don’t believe that the federal budget accurately reflects their priorities—and their concerns may be valid, Maya MacGuineas tells David Frum: “They are starting, en masse, to resent the huge commitments that we have created for them.”
- Title
- Trump Just Did More Damage to American Elections Than China
- Runtime
- 1:45
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
- Description
- “In a prime-time speech, Donald Trump tried to cast doubt on the reliability and safety of the American election system,” Tom Nichols says. “Unfortunately, the claims he was making weren’t backed up by the documents.”
- Title
- How the World Cup Has Been an “Antidote” for the U.S.
- Runtime
- 1:38
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
- Description
- “It’s been fascinating to watch global football discover America in the most beautiful, really enriching, I think, important way,” the soccer podcaster Roger Bennett tells Charlie Warzel. They discuss how the World Cup has provided an “antidote” for the U.S. right now:
- Title
- Atlantic Reads: The Small Stuff With Ian Bogost
- Runtime
- 30:20
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
- Description
- The Atlantic contributing writer Ian Bogost sat down with the Atlantic senior editor Chris Suellentrop to discuss Bogost’s new book, "The Small Stuff: How to Lead a More Gratifying Life." Bogost argues that machines, technology, and other modern conveniences have contributed to a growing sense of societal disconnection and dissatisfaction. Bogost and Suellentrop’s candid conversation explores how to identify and appreciate the small, often overlooked joys in doing everyday tasks.
- Title
- The Election Deniers Are in Charge Now
- Runtime
- 1:29
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
- Description
- What does an election look like when the deniers are in charge? For Radio Atlantic, Hanna Rosin went to Georgia, where three of the five seats on the board of elections are now occupied by 2020-election skeptics, to find out:
https://theatln.tc/Yrc1CGZf
Subscribe to The Atlantic on YouTube: http://bit.ly/subAtlanticYT
- Title
- The World Cup’s Biggest Story Wasn’t on the Field | Roger Bennett
- Runtime
- 30:18
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
- Description
- Why does the World Cup endure in an age of fractured attention? Is FreddyLA7 a real person? Charlie Warzel speaks with Men in Blazers founder Roger Bennett to chart how the World Cup has become far more than a sporting event and how this year’s tournament marks a turning point for soccer in the United States. They talk about how social media is transforming fandom into an endless thread of storytelling—amplifying goals, celebrations, memes, local rituals, and fan “bits” around the world. On the eve of the final, Bennett breaks down what the World Cup has taught us about national pride, collective memory, and the internet in 2026.
This episode of Galaxy Brain was produced by Renee Klahr and engineered by Miguel Carrascal. Our theme is by Rob Smierciak. Hadley Robinson is our senior supervising producer. Claudine Ebeid is the executive producer of Atlantic audio, and Andrea Valdez is our managing editor.
Subscribe to the “Galaxy Brain” newsletter: ht...
- Title
- Welcome to our live show!
- Runtime
- 30:14
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
- Description
- Thanks for joining our exclusive live broadcast. Feel free to share your questions and interact with other participants in the chat.
- Title
- The Election Deniers Are in Charge Now
- Runtime
- 49:54
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
- Description
- Today’s episode is a dispatch from Georgia, where election skeptics run elections. Lately, the president has gone into an election frenzy, trying to spread the idea that elections are rife with fraud. He seems to be laying the groundwork for the argument that if Republicans lose the midterms, it can be only because someone cheated. The place to truly advance the idea that elections can’t be trusted, however, is in the states, where officials have authority over the building blocks of elections. We travel to Georgia, a once-red state quickly turning purple, where election skeptics are not just inside the building; they have taken over several floors, settled in, and put their feet up on the table, and now they are trying to change all of the locks.
Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking...
- Title
- Who Really Controls the Strait of Hormuz?
- Runtime
- 1:14
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
- Description
- As the Iran war has gone on, the U.S. has repeatedly tried to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Will Gottsegen reports. But who actually has the ultimate authority over the channel?
📸: Getty Images
- Title
- How Could the U.S. Disengage From the Iran Conflict?
- Runtime
- 1:06
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
- Description
- “There is no clear military solution” to the conflict with Iran, Nancy Youssef argues. She discusses the government’s response to the war with Tom Nichols and Adam Harris. Watch Radio Atlantic:
- Title
- Is Social Security Broke? | The David Frum Show
- Runtime
- 54:18
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
- Description
- On this week’s episode of “The David Frum Show,” The Atlantic’s David Frum opens with his reaction to the recent ICE shooting in Maine.
Then, David is joined by Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, to discuss the future of Social Security, the mounting national debt, and the political dysfunction preventing Washington from confronting America’s fiscal challenges.
Finally, in honor of Bastille Day, David ends the episode with a discussion of Hilary Mantel’s novel “A Place of Greater Safety” and the lessons one can learn from the terror of the French Revolution.
Sign up for David Frum’s newsletter alert to find out when a new story is published: https://www.theatlantic.com/author/david-frum/?follow=true&utm_campaign=frum-yt
Subscribe to “The David Frum Show” on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-david-frum-show/id1305908387
Subscribe to ...
- Title
- Welcome to our live show!
- Runtime
- 0:00
- Date posted
- 20 days ago
- Description
- Thanks for joining our exclusive live broadcast. Feel free to share your questions and interact with other participants in the chat.
- Title
- The Hidden Cost of Optimization Culture
- Runtime
- 1:07
- Date posted
- 20 days ago
- Description
- Optimization culture has led people to believe that only outcomes matter, “so anything that isn’t focused on a future goal feels like it’s not worth doing”—but not every experience fits that idea, Ian Bogost tells Charlie Warzel.
- Title
- What's Different About the Government's Response to Alex Pretti and Renee Good Killings
- Runtime
- 1:23
- Date posted
- 20 days ago
- Description
- The investigations into the deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good are an inversion of how the federal government would usually treat cases involving killings by law-enforcement officers, Quinta Jurecic argues.
- Title
- The War Trump Can’t Control
- Runtime
- 21:17
- Date posted
- 20 days ago
- Description
- Though President Trump has said he would not enter any “forever wars,” America seems to find itself headed toward one. With the latest cease-fire “over,” is there a way out of the conflict with Iran?
Host Adam Harris is joined by Tom Nichols and Nancy Youssef, who cover the military and diplomacy for The Atlantic, to discuss the conflict that is beginning to feel more like a permanent condition.
Subscribe to the Radio Atlantic podcast on Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/radio-atlantic/id1258635512
Subscribe to the Radio Atlantic podcast on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/4vlgAVfHGyzoHYVmY67yFL
Follow The Atlantic on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theatlantic/?hl=en
Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news to fascinating explorations of ...
- Title
- How to Feel More Connected to the World Around Us
- Runtime
- 1:26
- Date posted
- 22 days ago
- Description
- Surfacing the “small stuff” that you tend to overlook in your everyday life is important—“what you’re losing, if you don’t, is the experience of living in the moment,” Ian Bogost tells Charlie Warzel.
- Title
- Ordinary Extraordinary
- Runtime
- 0:31
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
- Description
- You don’t have to change your habits or reinvent yourself to live a richer life. Ian Bogost’s eight-week Ordinary Extraordinary newsletter course teaches you how to find joy in the experiences you’re already having.
Sign up on our website.
- Title
- Platner Just Made Things Harder for Democrats
- Runtime
- 1:46
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
- Description
- The implosion of Graham Platner’s Senate candidacy “has Democrats nationwide throwing up their hands in exasperation,” Elaine Godfrey and Russell Berman reported this week—and, Godfrey says, it created some new problems for the Democratic Party in Maine to face.
https://theatln.tc/lyMvu8pn
Subscribe to The Atlantic on YouTube: http://bit.ly/subAtlanticYT
- Title
- The Hidden Cost of Optimizing Everything
- Runtime
- 42:01
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
- Description
- Modern life is built to make things easier, faster, and more efficient. But what if, in smoothing away life’s everyday frictions, we’ve also lost something essential? This week on “Galaxy Brain,” Charlie Warzel talks with The Atlantic’s Ian Bogost about his new book, “The Small Stuff,” and why the tiny rituals, sensory pleasures, and routine interactions we tend to overlook may be the very things that make us feel connected—to one another, to the world around us, and to ourselves.
This episode of "Galaxy Brain" was produced by Renee Klahr and engineered by Miguel Carrascal. Our theme is by Rob Smierciak. Hadley Robinson is our senior supervising producer. Claudine Ebeid is the executive producer of Atlantic audio, and Andrea Valdez is our managing editor.
Subscribe to the “Galaxy Brain” newsletter: https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/sign-up/galaxy-brain/?utm_source=podcast-warzel
Subscribe to the “Galaxy Brain” podcast...
- Title
- Just Have People Over!
- Runtime
- 1:18
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
- Description
- “We often make having people over more effort than it really needs to be.”
One solution to American’s isolated lives: have people over, Julie Beck argues. She shares three steps to making inviting people into your home less of a hassle than it may seem:
https://theatln.tc/lg6qttc5
Subscribe to The Atlantic on YouTube: http://bit.ly/subAtlanticYT
- Title
- Another Fatal ICE Shooting
- Runtime
- 34:53
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
- Description
- This week saw the first fatal ICE shooting since Minnesota (https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/07/driving-ice-dhs-shooting/687850/) . In Houston, an ICE officer shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.
It’s been six months since the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, and the federal government hasn’t properly investigated either one (https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/07/alex-pretti-renee-good-accountability/687792/) . And it has stood in the way of state agents trying to find out what happened—failing, for example, to give state investigators access to Good’s car. The face of this federal response is Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general who is facing a Senate confirmation hearing next week.
For a system that assumes the federal government keeps state and local law enforcement from committing civil-rights abuses, what happens when the roles are reversed? How far can states such as Minnesota go?
- Title
- Is the Left Driving Women Away? | The David Frum Show
- Runtime
- 49:19
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
- Description
- In this episode of “The David Frum Show,” The Atlantic’s David Frum discusses the recent allegations toward Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner. David warns Democrats that if they don't exercise caution with candidate selection, they risk losing winnable races in the 2026 midterm elections.
Then, David is joined by Shannon Watts, the founder of Moms Demand Action, to discuss the increasing hostility toward women manifesting itself in the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. David and Shannon discuss misogyny on the left and right wings of American politics, increasing voter rancor to the perceived “establishment,” and the possibility of a “tea party” movement brewing on the left.
Finally, David discusses “Killing Baby Hitler” by Michael Tomasky and the dangers of “alternative history” as an intellectual exercise.
Sign up for David Frum’s newsletter alert to find out when a new story is published: https://www.th...
- Title
- How the World Cup Is Unifying Americans
- Runtime
- 0:58
- Date posted
- 26 days ago
- Description
- America’s 250th birthday didn’t provide the sweeping sense of national unity that some had hoped for—instead, a different event has become a surprising source of patriotism, Jonathan Lemire writes.
Read more: https://theatln.tc/PWMefxIx
- Title
- How Efforts Against Diversity in the Military Could Hurt Black Americans
- Runtime
- 1:08
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
- Description
- As a result of the Trump administration’s efforts to strip diversity from the military ranks, some Black Americans may lose “one of the most effective means of achieving a different level of socioeconomic status,” Clint Smith tells Adam Harris. Smith discusses his article, “Being Black in Pete Hegseth’s Military,” on Radio Atlantic:
- Title
- Introducing How To Touch Grass
- Runtime
- 1:55
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
- Description
- A common piece of advice for those who are chronically online is to “go touch grass.” This upcoming season of How To, co-hosts Natalie Brennan and Julie Beck will look more closely at the often-fraught, always-changing relationship people have with technology. They’ll explore how people can be more intentional with their devices, rebuild their attention span, and find a way to thrive in this fast-paced, image-driven culture.
Episodes will feature personal experimentation and conversations with experts in anxiety, education, and new technology.
The first episode of How to Touch Grass publishes Monday, July 27, and new episodes are released every Monday for five weeks. Subscribe now.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices)
- Title
- The Ramifications of Hegseth’s Anti-DEI Purge
- Runtime
- 25:26
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
- Description
- The military has historically been a powerful force for integration in America—even as its top ranks have been slow to reflect the racial makeup of the country.
Host Adam Harris speaks with the Atlantic staff writer Clint Smith, who wrote in the July issue of the magazine about what it means that the gradual, visible racial progress in the military is being degraded as Black officers are pushed out.
Subscribe to the “Radio Atlantic” podcast on Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/radio-atlantic/id1258635512
Subscribe to the “Radio Atlantic” podcast on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/4vlgAVfHGyzoHYVmY67yFL
Follow The Atlantic on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theatlantic/?hl=en
Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news to fascinating explor...
- Title
- The Screwworm Problem Will Get Worse Before it Can Get Better
- Runtime
- 1:53
- Date posted
- 28 days ago
- Description
- Screwworms—the flesh-eating parasites that are threatening cattle and wildlife, and could even infect the unlucky human—are back in the U.S.
Sarah Zhang reports on the struggles that ranchers and government officials are facing in their efforts to curb the spread of screwworms—and the desperate need for a technological breakthrough. “Now that screwworms are here, they’re really not going away anytime soon,” Zhang writes.
📸: Dinar Bud; Bloomberg / Contributor, Bloomberg; Bettmann / Contributor, Bettmann; United Archives / Contributor, Hulton Archive; dikobraziy; PeterHermesFurian; Lidya Elfa Sari.
- Title
- How Elon Musk May Be Politically Shaping Social Media
- Runtime
- 1:30
- Date posted
- 28 days ago
- Description
- “The story has become even stranger with the growing integration of Grok”: The technology writer Ben Tarnoff and the historian Quinn Slobodian, authors of “Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed,” discuss how X’s owner may influence social media:
- Title
- I Went to the Great American State Fair and I May Never Sleep Again
- Runtime
- 1:14
- Date posted
- 30 days ago
- Description
- With the help of a very strong energy drink, Alexandra Petri takes you inside the Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C., where a “freedom wheel,” a hologram Abraham Lincoln, and … potatoes helped commemorate America’s 250th birthday.
Read more from Petri’s surreal day on the National Mall:
https://theatln.tc/aZEMkkXT
Subscribe to The Atlantic on YouTube: http://bit.ly/subAtlanticYT
- Title
- The Elon Musk Myth: Genius, Fraud, or Something Else
- Runtime
- 46:44
- Date posted
- 30 days ago
- Description
- Elon Musk isn’t just the world’s richest man—he’s one of the most influential people alive. His companies have transformed industries, his wealth has shattered records, and his politics now shape governments and public debate. But how did he become this powerful? And is his dominance really inevitable?
This week on “Galaxy Brain,” Charlie Warzel talks with historian Quinn Slobodian and technology writer Ben Tarnoff, authors of “Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed,” about the ideas driving Musk’s rise. They unpack the mythology of the billionaire genius, the ideology behind his politics, and whether the world’s most powerful CEO is stronger—or more vulnerable—than he appears.
This episode of “Galaxy Brain" was produced by Renee Klahr and engineered by Miguel Carrascal. Our theme is by Rob Smierciak. Hadley Robinson is our senior supervising producer. Claudine Ebeid is the executive producer of Atlantic audio, and Andrea Valdez is our ma...
- Title
- TAF25: Annette Gordon-Reed on the American Revolution
- Runtime
- 0:54
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- In a conversation at last year’s Atlantic Festival, Jeffrey Goldberg asked the historian Annette Gordon-Reed if the American Revolution had worked.
The Founders “understood that republics are fragile and you have to work at it,” she said. Revisit the full conversation: http://bit.ly/46AaAoO
- Title
- American History as Rorschach Test
- Runtime
- 38:08
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- The Florida Department of Education recently announced an alternative to the Advanced Placement history course that it described in a press release as “free from ideological bias or indoctrination.” For its new curriculum, Florida recommends one textbook: Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story, by Wilfred McClay. As American patriotism plummets, McClay partly blames history class, which he thinks isn’t teaching students a “love of country.”
Ahead of July 4 and America’s 250th, Hanna talks with McClay about whether teaching should background or foreground the sins of a country—and what might be lost or gained.
---
Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news to fascinating explorations of our world. Atlantic subscribers also get access to exc...
