The Atlantic Magazine in Audio

Mar 04 2025 832 ep. 24 mins 5.9k
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Listen to professionally narrated audio from each issue—just for subscribers, from The Atlantic.

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The Internet Can Still Be Good

Mar 04 2025 13 mins  
Reddit’s not perfect, but it may be the best platform on a junky web. By Adrienne LaFrance From the April 2025 issue. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Fear Economy

Mar 01 2025 17 mins  
The president isn’t trying to engineer prosperity for Americans. He’s seeking power for himself. By Jonathan Chait From the April 2025 issue. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a

The Era of Might Makes Right

Feb 28 2025 20 mins  
In the MAGA vision of the national interest, might will make right. By George Packer From the April 2025 issue. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Growing Up Murdoch

Feb 27 2025 74 mins  
James Murdoch on mind games, sibling rivalry, and the war for the family media empire By McKay Coppins From the April 2025 issue. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Moron Factory

Feb 26 2025 23 mins  
A short story By George Saunders From the March 2025 issue. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why the COVID Deniers Won

Feb 25 2025 16 mins  
Lessons from the pandemic and its aftermath By David Frum From the March 2025 issue. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who’s Your Mommy?

Feb 24 2025 25 mins  
I knew that becoming a parent would change me—but I had no idea how. By Olga Khazan From the March 2025 issue. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Warrior’s Anti-War Novel

Feb 23 2025 11 mins  
In All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque reinvented a genre. By George Packer From the March 2025 issue. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stuck In Place

Feb 22 2025 53 mins  
The U.S. was once the world’s most geographically mobile society. Now we’re stuck in place—and that’s a very big problem. By Yoni Appelbaum From the March 2025 issue. 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. Learn more about your

Bridget Jones Never Gets Old

Feb 21 2025 9 mins  
How the beloved British diarist outlasted her critics By Sophie Gilbert From the March 2025 issue. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices