The Atlantic
Helping Children Overcome the Mental-Health Crisis | The Atlantic Festival 2024
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- Helping Children Overcome the Mental-Health Crisis | The Atlantic Festival 2024
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- 1:06:43
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The U.S. surgeon general recently labeled today’s youth mental-health crisis “the defining public-health issue of our time.” This forum explores a series of timely conversations tackling the complex realities facing America’s kids. Lisa Damour, a consultant to Pixar’s latest film, Inside Out 2, and Alfiee Breland-Noble, the founder and president of the AAKOMA Project, as well as other renowned educators, thought leaders, and child advocates highlight innovative solutions to help today’s youth overcome societal pressures and reach their greatest potential.
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- Advancing Equity for All in Artificial Intelligence and LLMs | The Atlantic Festival 2024
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- 1:01:06
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- During The Atlantic Festival’s Innovation Hour, we examine how prioritizing equity in AI innovations ensures that AI systems do not perpetuate or exacerbate existing inequalities. Miriam Vogel, President and CEO of EqualAI and Chair of the National AI Advisory Committee, joins Atlantic executive editor Adrienne LaFrance to explore the complexities and opportunities these advancements entail. And Atlantic CEO Nicholas Thompson brings his hit virtual series, “The Most Interesting Thing in Tech,” live to the Innovation Stage.
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- Clean Energy Futures—Rivian’s RJ Scaringe and more | The Atlantic Festival 2024
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- 1:09:03
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The Atlantic Festival celebrates the latest inventions and innovations in science and technology shaping the future of clean energy. To celebrate, Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe talks about the benefits of embracing clean-energy technologies with The Atlantic’s Derek Thompson, followed by the author and co-founder Ayana Elizabeth Johnson with The Atlantic’s Christina Ruffini for a conversation on what our future could look like if we achieved our climate goals.
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- The Most Interesting Thing in Tech - Moving Forward | The Atlantic Festival 2024
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- 2:25
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Hear from The Atlantic CEO Nicholas Thompson as he brings his hit virtual series, “The Most Interesting Thing in Tech,” live to the Innovation Stage.
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- Global Migration With Alejandro Mayorkas and Caitlin Dickerson | The Atlantic Festival 2024
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- 35:23
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- How can America maintain its safety and security? What are the greatest risks we face? U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas sits down with The Atlantic’s Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Caitlin Dickerson to discuss global migration.
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- U.S. Maternal Health Care With Elaine Welteroth | The Atlantic Festival 2024
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- 27:40
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Elaine Welteroth and Uché Blackstock highlight sustainable solutions to close inequities in U.S. maternal health care.
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- The Future of American Conservatism With the Hosts of The Bulwark | The Atlantic Festival 2024
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- 27:43
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Where do the GOP and the American right go from here? The Bulwark’s Tim Miller, Sarah Longwell, and Bill Kristol join Atlantic contributor Evan Smith for a conversation on the future of American conservatism.
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- The Rise of Political Polarization With Senator John Fetterman | The Atlantic Festival 2024
- Runtime
- 31:36
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- We’re weeks away from elections of incredible consequence. How can we unify as a nation as we head into and come out of these crucial votes? Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania discusses navigating the rise of political polarization with Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg.
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- Consolidate Power
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- 31:22
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Donald Trump has vowed to eliminate hundreds of workers across federal agencies if he becomes president again. Consolidating power and placing friends in key roles are textbook autocratic maneuvers, but they also are not new in the United States. This episode revisits the story of Louisiana Governor Huey Long, who sought to take over the apparatus of government in his state, just as illiberal leaders have done in other countries.
This is the third episode of Autocracy in America, a new five-part series about authoritarian tactics already at work in the United States and where to look for them (http://www.theatlantic.com/autocracy) .
Autocracy in America is produced by The Atlantic and made possible with support from the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University (http://www.snfagora.jhu.edu) , an academic and public forum dedicated to strengthening global democracy through powerful ci...
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- Ideas Stage With Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Jamie Dimon, and More | The Atlantic Festival 2024
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- 2:15:19
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Ideas Stage interviews delve into the pressing issues facing our nation. Sessions include:
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson will discuss her inspiring life story and new memoir, Lovely One, with Atlantic staff writer Clint Smith.
Political strategists Karl Rove and David Axelrod will discuss the stakes of the 2024 election cycle with Atlantic staff writer Elaina Plott Calabro.
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer will sit down with Atlantic contributor Jemele Hill to discuss governing during this transformational time and her new book, True Gretch.
Jamie Dimon, the chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, will discuss the domestic and global business environment with Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg.
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- The Future of Global and Domestic Democracy With Hakeem Jeffries | The Atlantic Festival 2024
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- 30:38
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries joins Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg for a conversation about the future of global and domestic democracy at The Atlantic Festival 2024.
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- Kellyanne Conway on the Stakes of the 2024 Presidential Election | The Atlantic Festival 2024
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- 41:27
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- What will this year’s election cycle do to the U.S.? Kellyanne Conway, a political strategist and former senior counselor to President Donald Trump, speaks with Tim Alberta to explore the high stakes of the 2024 presidential election.
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- The Race to Net-Zero Emissions by 2050 With Jennifer M. Granholm | The Atlantic Festival 2024
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- 21:44
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- How can the U.S. and the world meet urgent climate goals? U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm and Atlantic senior editor Vann R. Newkirk II discuss the race to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.
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- Janet Yellen on the State of the U.S. Economy With Ron Brownstein | The Atlantic Festival 2024
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- 26:11
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- U.S. Department of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen takes The Atlantic Festival stage to discuss the state of the U.S. economy, employment, and competition with Atlantic senior editor Ron Brownstein.
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- Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi With The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg | The Atlantic Festival 2024
- Runtime
- 58:34
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi discusses her new book, The Art of Power; her journey from housewife to House speaker; and becoming a master legislator, a key partner to presidents, and one the fiercest defenders of the future of democracy. Watch her fireside chat with The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg.
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- The Science and Breakthroughs Reshaping Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease | The Atlantic Festival 2024
- Runtime
- 57:10
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- As average life expectancy has increased around the world, groundbreaking innovations and research are reshaping the future of aging and the approach to Alzheimer’s disease. Cynthia Kenyon of Calico Life Sciences and Celine Halioua of Loyal, a biotech start-up developing drugs to help dogs live longer and healthier lives, explores the underlying mechanisms of aging, the latest advances in the science of longevity, and how Loyal’s breakthroughs could lead to breakthroughs for people. During this forum, Atlantic CEO Nicholas Thompson presents his hit virtual series, “The Most Interesting Thing in Tech,” live on the Innovation Stage.
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- Pete Buttigieg and Others on the Future of Mobility, Work, and AI | The Atlantic Festival 2024
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- 1:04:39
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Tech is redefining our societal and economic structures. Hear from U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg on how the future of mobility could drastically change the way people and goods move around the world; Wharton’s Ethan Mollick on the impact of AI on the future of work, creativity, and beyond; and more.
Underwritten by Microsoft.
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- Ideas Stage With John Fetterman, Alejandro Mayorkas, and More | The Atlantic Festival 2024
- Runtime
- 2:09:36
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Ideas Stage interviews delve into the pressing issues facing our nation. Sessions include:
Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania will discuss navigating the rise of political polarization with Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg.
The Bulwark’s Tim Miller, Sarah Longwell, and Bill Kristol will join Atlantic contributor Evan Smith to explore the future of American conservatism.
Elaine Welteroth and Uché Blackstock will highlight sustainable solutions to close inequities in U.S. maternal health care.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas will sit down with The Atlantic’s Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Caitlin Dickerson to discuss global migration.
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- Ideas Stage with Hakeem Jeffries, Janet Yellen, Kellyanne Conway, and more | Atlantic Festival 2024
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- 2:04:29
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Ideas Stage interviews delve into the pressing issues facing our nation. Sessions include:
Kellyanne Conway, political strategist and former senior counselor to President Donald Trump, and Tim Alberta exploring the high stakes of the 2024 presidential election
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm and Atlantic senior editor Vann R. Newkirk II discussing the race to reach net-zero emissions by 2050
U.S. Department of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen shares the state of the U.S. economy with Atlantic senior editor Ron Brownstein
Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries with Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg for a conversation about the future of global and domestic democracy
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- A Campaign-Song Nightmare
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- 21:06
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Rachel had a hit song. Then it became inextricably linked with a failed presidential campaign.
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- We’re Allowed to Be Here
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- 26:28
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- There are a few names closely associated with the aftermath of January 6. Donald Trump, of course. The “QAnon Shaman,” for obvious reasons. And Ashli Babbitt. She was the only person shot by a Capitol Police officer that day, after she climbed through a broken glass panel. Almost immediately, rioters who witnessed her shooting recognized its symbolism. Myths began to spring up about her life. Trump began to mention her at rallies, and raised suspicion around the circumstances of her death.
Two years later, this mythologizing crashed into our mundane domestic reality when we, two journalists who are also partners, went on a dog walk and got into a verbal altercation with some neighbors. We soon realized that one of these neighbors was Babbitt’s mother. Her name is Micki Witthoeft, and she moved to Washington, D.C., in an attempt to restore her daughter’s reputation, and to help rewrite the history of January 6.
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- Democracy at a Crossroads | The Atlantic, Clark Atlanta University, and Morehouse College
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- 1:26:30
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Join The Atlantic in partnership with Clark Atlanta University and Morehouse College as we explore ongoing threats to American democracy. Hear from Atlantic journalists as we examine crucial issues shaping the 2024 election cycle, including the future of voting rights, immigration reform, and the next era of climate-change solutions.
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- How (Not) to Change Someone's Mind
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- 49:02
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- When do fact-checks work? And when do they backfire and cause someone to dig in? Yamil Velez (https://polisci.columbia.edu/content/yamil-r-velez) , a political scientist at Columbia University, set up an experiment using chatbots and found that people can change their mind, even on deeply held beliefs. Except under one condition: when the chatbot is rude.
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- Capture the Courts
- Runtime
- 26:55
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- In authoritarian states, the public has no agency and no real access to justice. Renée DiResta, a scholar who researches online information campaigns, struggled to counter false accusations leveled against her after a series of courts accepted them without investigation. As courts become more political, people could begin to assume justice is impossible.
This is the second episode of Autocracy in America, a new five-part series about authoritarian tactics already at work in the United States and where to look for them. (http://www.theatlantic.com/autocracy)
Autocracy in America is produced by The Atlantic and made possible with support from the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University (http://www.snfagora.jhu.edu) , an academic and public forum dedicated to strengthening global democracy through powerful civic engagement and informed, inclusive dialogue.
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- Trump, Triggered
- Runtime
- 30:50
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Kamala Harris expertly manipulated Trump. It won her the debate. Can it win her the White House? Staff writers Elaine Godfrey and Mark Leibovich to explore the potential long term effects of Tuesday's drama.
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- The Wandering Officer
- Runtime
- 41:31
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Police rarely move between jobs and departments. But according to a paper (https://nyulawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/99-NYU-L-Rev-128.pdf) co-authored by the University of Chicago law professor John Rappaport (https://www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/rappaport) , officers aren’t necessarily choosing to stay in the same place—a lot of policies have made it costly for them to switch. And that lack of mobility can have all kinds of ripple effects.
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- Start With a Lie
- Runtime
- 35:19
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- The corruption of democracy begins with the corruption of thought—and with the deliberate undermining of reality. Stephen Richer, an election official in Arizona, and Adam Kinzinger, a former Republican congressman, learned firsthand how easily false stories and conspiracy theories could disorient their colleagues. They talk with hosts Anne Applebaum and Peter Pomerantsev about how conformism and fear made it impossible to do their jobs.
This is the first episode of Autocracy in America, a new five-part series about authoritarian tactics already at work in the United States and where to look for them (http://www.theatlantic.com/autocracy) .
Autocracy in America is produced by The Atlantic and made possible with support from the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University (http://www.snfagora.jhu.edu) , an academic and public forum dedicated to strengthening global democracy through pow...
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- The Neck Fans Are Coming
- Runtime
- 21:33
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- After successive heat waves across the country this summer, people finally found an unexpected source of relief: the neck fan. Consumer-product geniuses made the latest model look like Beats headphones, and suddenly they were on many hot, hot necks. Why did the neck fan take off? Does it actually cool you down or just make you feel cooler?
We talk with Saahil Desai, who notices new and interesting things at the intersection of technology and consumer culture. Desai brings his own beloved neck fan (https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/08/neck-fan-jisulife/679418/) to the studio and answers the question: Of all wearable technology, why did this one manage to break through social norms? And what does this mean for the future of an industry that has promised a lot of innovation but struggled to introduce genuinely new wearables into people’s daily lives?
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- How to Know What's Real: How to Know What’s Really Propaganda
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- 21:57
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Peter Pomerantsev, a contributor at The Atlantic and author of This Is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality, is an expert on the ways information can be manipulated. For this special episode, Megan talks with Peter about the role of propaganda in America and how to watch out for it.
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- Who's Responsible for the Housing Crisis?
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- 1:01:09
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Americans love local government. In a December 2023 Pew Research survey (https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/11/americans-rate-their-federal-state-and-local-governments-less-positively-than-a-few-years-ago/) , 61 percent of respondents had a favorable view of their local government while 77 percent had an unfavorable view of the federal government. But behind this veneer of goodwill is a disturbing truth: Local government is driving a housing crisis that is raising rents, lowering economic mobility and productivity, and negatively impacting wages.
Host Jerusalem Demsas talks to Atlantic deputy executive editor Yoni Appelbaum (https://www.theatlantic.com/author/yoni-appelbaum/) and Yale Law professor David Schleicher (https://law.yale.edu/david-n-schleicher) about how local government is fueling the housing crisis.
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- Title
- Laughing at Trump
- Runtime
- 26:58
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Democrats are lately employing a strategy against Donald Trump that he has been using effectively against his opponents for years: mockery. Where did this strategy come from? Will it remain effective? And can it backfire?
We talk with the Atlantic staff writer David Graham, who was at the Democratic convention and also covers Trump. And we talk with a surprising muse for the politics of mockery: Conservative lawyer and activist George Conway has been using targeted mockery against Trump for years, with unusual success.
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- Introducing: We Live Here Now
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- 2:30
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- We found out that our new neighbors were supporting January 6 insurrectionists. We knocked on their door. We Live Here Now is about what happened next. Hosted by Lauren Ober and Hanna Rosin.
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- How Slaves Used the Law
- Runtime
- 48:56
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- There’s a traditional line of thinking about the history of Black people and the law. It describes how slaves were entirely shut out of the legal system, disenfranchised and bereft of even a modicum of legal know-how or protection.
But research from the UC Berkeley professor Dylan C. Penningroth (https://www.law.berkeley.edu/our-faculty/faculty-profiles/dylan-penningroth/) (in his book Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights (https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324093107) ) upends that narrative by tracing the overlooked history of how Black people used the law in everyday life: through rights of contract, property, marriage, and more—even under slavery and Jim Crow.
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- Scripts | 3. A Special Drug
- Runtime
- 28:13
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- The patients had tried everything. Except ketamine.
This is the third and final part of Scripts, a new three-part miniseries from Radio Atlantic about the pills we take for our brains and the stories we tell ourselves about them. (https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/radio-atlantic/scripts/)
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- Title
- Is Wokeness Dead?
- Runtime
- 45:47
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- The 2010s saw attitudes—on issues such as race, immigration, and gender—shift to the left. Liberals became more liberal. And then a "wokeness" backlash began.
The backlash, though, didn’t just come from conservatives. It came from people all over the political spectrum. Host Jerusalem Demsas talks with the New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg (https://www.nytimes.com/column/michelle-goldberg) about the death of "wokeness" (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/17/opinion/wokeness-is-dying-we-might-miss-it.html) —and whether we might miss it when it’s gone.
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- Title
- Introducing Autocracy in America
- Runtime
- 2:47
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- There are authoritarian tactics already at work in the United States. To root them out, you have to know where to look.
Autocracy in America is produced by The Atlantic and made possible with support from the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University (http://www.snfagora.jhu.edu) , an academic and public forum dedicated to strengthening global democracy through powerful civic engagement and informed, inclusive dialogue.
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- Scripts | 2. The Mandala Effect
- Runtime
- 34:11
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Cooper thought he understood how his psych meds were affecting him. There was a lot he didn’t know.
This is part two of a new three-part miniseries from Radio Atlantic—Scripts—about the pills we take for our brains and the stories we tell ourselves about them. (https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/radio-atlantic/scripts/)
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- Running-Mate Myths with Matt Yglesias
- Runtime
- 51:48
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Is there such a thing as “balancing the ticket”? How much can a vice-presidential nominee influence the election? Host Jerusalem Demsas talks with political commentator and journalist Matt Yglesias (https://x.com/mattyglesias?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) about Kamala Harris’s recent pick of Tim Walz as her running mate and whether that choice could sway undecided voters.
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- Scripts | 1. A Hard Pill to Swallow
- Runtime
- 32:03
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- One medication could help end the opioid crisis. Why are so few people taking it?
This episode is the first in a new three-part miniseries from Radio Atlantic—Scripts—about the pills we take for our brains and the stories we tell ourselves about them.
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- What Do We Really Know About the Maternal-Mortality Crisis?
- Runtime
- 39:31
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- From 1999 and 2019, researchers found that the maternal-mortality rate in the U.S. more than doubled. Over the years, these findings filtered their way through academic journals and the news media to the general public.
But was there something more to this story? How had the U.S. become such a deadly place for pregnant women?
In this episode of Good on Paper, host Jerusalem Demsas talks to Saloni Dattani (https://ourworldindata.org/team/saloni-dattani) , a researcher at Our World in Data. Her work—built on the research of other skeptical scientists—found that the seeming rise in maternal deaths was actually the result of something very simple: a measurement change.
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- One Israeli Hostage’s Unusual Experience in Gaza
- Runtime
- 44:21
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Liat Beinin Atzili was kidnapped on October 7 and spent more than 50 days in a Gazan home, We spoke with her in Washington, where she traveled to talk with President Joe Biden, about grief and about the war.
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- Title
- Why Is Texas Beating California on Wind and Solar?
- Runtime
- 52:29
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- If Democrats care more about climate change than Republicans, then why is Texas the nation’s leader in renewable energy?
Host Jerusalem Demsas talks to Jesse Jenkins (https://x.com/JesseJenkins?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) , an assistant professor at Princeton University, about how the Lone Star State emerged as America’s No. 1 renewable-energy producer, despite its politics—and about the broken bureaucracy that’s preventing more states from going green.
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- Title
- The Devil’s Bargain of Sports Betting
- Runtime
- 32:29
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- After a 2018 Supreme Court decision kicked off a wave of legalization across America, sports gambling has become an integral part of how fans consume sports and how leagues make money. But with high-profile athletes caught up in betting scandals, a windfall welcomed by the sports industry also poses serious risks to it.
Sports journalist and Atlantic contributor Jemele Hill joins guest host Adam Harris to discuss whether leagues can manage the mess of banning athletes who gamble, all while advertising sports betting. And what if any impact the spike in gambling will have on a new generation of fans.
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- Title
- Can Religion Make You Happier?
- Runtime
- 36:09
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- America is in a “loneliness epidemic.” But is turning to religion the answer?
Host Jerusalem Demsas talks to Arthur Brooks (https://www.instagram.com/arthurcbrooks/?hl=en) , a professor at the Harvard Business School who teaches classes on leadership and happiness. He’s also a contributing writer for The Atlantic where he has written that happiness comes, in part, through faith (https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/01/soren-kierkegaard-advice-deeper-living/677081/) .
Brooks argues that the “nones”—people who identify with no religion—are unhappier (at least, on average) than people who believe in a greater power.
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- Title
- Biden Steps Aside. How Might Harris Step Up?
- Runtime
- 34:49
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Joe Biden has announced he’ll no longer seek reelection. With a little over 100 days left until the vote, he’s endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as his replacement.
Staff writer Franklin Foer wrote a book on the Biden administration (https://bookshop.org/p/books/untitled-1146-anonymous/20013749?ean=9781101981146) . And staff writer Elaina Plott Calabro profiled Harris for the magazine (https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/11/kamala-harris-vice-presidency-2024-election-biden-age/675439/) . They come together at this extraordinary moment to share their knowledge of the two politicians and talk about what happens next and what to expect from Harris as the presidential candidate.
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- Title
- Trump’s Wholesale Renovation of the Republican Party
- Runtime
- 30:30
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- The Republican Party is gathered in Wisconsin to renominate Donald Trump for president. The convention follows a near-miss assassination attempt on Trump and the announcement of Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his pick for running mate. All the while, President Biden faces calls from within the Democratic Party for him to step aside.
Staff writer Tim Alberta has chronicled his fair share of GOP campaigns, but this one is unlike any he’s seen. He joins guest host Adam Harris from the RNC convention hall to give an inside view of the party and campaign that are planning for a landslide win in Novembe (https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/07/trump-campain-election-2024-susie-wiles-chris-lacivita/678806/) r.
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- Title
- A Remarkable School-Choice Experiment
- Runtime
- 45:04
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- School choice is usually about providing parents an option outside the traditional public school system. Between 2010 and 2021, public charter school enrollment in the U.S. more than doubled (https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=30) .
But LAUSD did something different. It recognized the growing appetite for choice and wondered whether the normal public school system could help satisfy it. It set up a limited school choice program in 2012, the kind of experiment ripe for an economics paper, and thankfully economist Christopher Campos (https://x.com/cqcampos?lang=en) took notice. Host Jerusalem Demsas talks to Campos about his paper (https://academic.oup.com/qje/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/qje/qjad052/7304429?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false) , revealing that when public high schools were forced to compete for enrollment, achievement gaps narrowed, and college enrollment took off.
- Title
- The Long Simmer of Political Violence in America
- Runtime
- 22:30
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- America is not new to political violence, but the near-assassination of Donald Trump is an attack without comparison in 21st-century politics. How do process it? What happens next? And how true are the claims, as President Joe Biden put it in the immediate aftermath of the shooting, that “this is not who we are?”
For this bonus episode of Radio Atlantic, guest host Adam Harris speaks with staff writer Anne Applebaum and executive editor Adrienne LaFrance. Both have written and reported extensively about political violence in America and abroad.
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- Title
- A Crisis for Democrats
- Runtime
- 30:48
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- After his disastrous debate performance in June, President Biden faced calls from Democratic lawmakers and power brokers to step aside. But with the president firmly committed to staying in, what recourse does the party have? How would the Democratic Party replace the presumptive nominee? Would such an extreme step be possible? And would it ultimately help against Trump?
Guest host Adam Harris is joined by staff writers Mark Leibovich and Elaine Godfrey to discuss.
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- Title
- Are We Talking About Therapy Too Much?
- Runtime
- 48:51
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Does everyone really need therapy?
The destigmatization of mental health problems—and the normalization that many people do struggle with severe mental illnesses—has been one of the great cultural transformations of the 21st century. But has this shift carried unintended consequences?
After all, what if therapy is less like exercise—something everyone should do to be healthy—and more like prescription medication—something you should only really use if you need it? Host Jerusalem Demsas talks to Dr. Lucy Foulkes (https://www.psych.ox.ac.uk/team/lucy-foulkes) , a researcher at the University of Oxford who has become increasingly concerned that raising awareness is not unambiguously good.
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