The Atlantic Magazine in Audio

Nov 19 2024 792 ep. 24 mins 5.8k
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Listen to professionally narrated audio from each issue—just for subscribers, from The Atlantic.

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Teaching Lucy

Nov 19 2024 38 mins  
Lucy Calkins was an education superstar. Now she’s cast as the reason a generation of students struggles to read. Can she reclaim her good name? By Helen Lewis From the December 2024 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

Richard Price’s Radical, Retrograde Novel

Nov 16 2024 14 mins  
In Lazarus Man, he rejects the tropes of contemporary literature. By Tyler Austin Harper From the December 2024 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 Dark Origins of Impressionism

Nov 13 2024 25 mins  
The National Gallery’s “Paris 1874” explores the movement’s dark origins. By Susan Tallman From the December 2024 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 Magic Mountain Saved My Life

Nov 09 2024 22 mins  
When I was young and adrift, Thomas Mann’s novel gave me a sense of purpose. Today, its vision is startlingly relevant. By George Packer From the December 2024 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 choice

How to Build a Palestinian State

Nov 06 2024 19 mins  
There’s still a path to lasting peace. But we’ll need a new set of leaders. By Samer Sinijlawi From the December 2024 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 Weirdest Hit in History

Nov 04 2024 16 mins  
The oratorio is a feat of sustained inspiration arguably unsurpassed in the canon of Western classical music. By Jan Swafford From the December 2024 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 to fascinating explorations of our world. Sub

Catching the Carjackers

Oct 23 2024 41 mins  
On the street with an elite police unit as it combats a crime wave By Jamie Thompson From the November 2024 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 to fascinating explorations of our world. Subscribe today at TheAtlantic.com/podsub. L

The Most Remote Place in the World

Oct 19 2024 35 mins  
It’s the farthest place in the world from land. A lot seems to be going on there. By Cullen Murphy From the November 2024 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 to fascinating explorations of our world. Subscribe today at TheAt

Is Forgiveness Possible?

Oct 18 2024 52 mins  
Thirty years after the genocide in Rwanda, survivors and perpetrators live side by side. By Clint Smith From the November 2024 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 to fascinating explorations of our world. Subscribe today

The Right-Wing Plan to Make Everyone an Informant

Oct 18 2024 37 mins  
In Texas and elsewhere, new laws and policies have encouraged neighbors to report neighbors to the government. By Adam Serwer From the November 2024 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 to fascinating explorations of our w