The Atlantic Out Loud

Exploring the potential chaos and threats of a second term of Donald Trump's presidency, including corruption, criminal trials, and retaliation. The dangers and implications of a criminal President leading the government, such as confirming coup-involved nominees, suppressing protests, and impacting international affairs. The potential consequences of a second Trump presidency, such as erosion of democracy, military intervention, and increased risks.

America survived the first Trump term, though not without sustaining serious damage. A second term, if there is one, will be much worse. By Jeffrey Goldberg.Want to share unlimited access to The Atlantic with your loved ones? Give a gift today at theatlantic.com/podgift. For a limited time, select new subscriptions will come with the bold Atlantic tote bag as a free holiday bonus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Maybe in 2030? By Annie Lowery. Want to share unlimited access to The Atlantic with your loved ones? Give a gift today at theatlantic.com/podgift. For a limited time, select new subscriptions will come with the bold Atlantic tote bag as a free holiday bonus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Women are expected to be nurturers. Firstborns are expected to be exemplars. Being both is exhausting. By Sarah Sloat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The most powerful companies in the world are shaping what artificial intelligence will become—but they’ll never get it right without the ethos and values of university scientists. By Fei-Fei Li. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Even if plastic pollution stopped tomorrow, turtles would be dealing with the repercussions for centuries—at least. By Katherine J. Wu.Want to share unlimited access to The Atlantic with your loved ones? Give a gift today at theatlantic.com/podgift. For a limited time, select new subscriptions will come with the bold Atlantic tote bag as a free holiday bonus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A new book by Robert Sapolsky argues that we’re not in control of or responsible for the decisions we make. By Kieran Setiya. Want to share unlimited access to The Atlantic with your loved ones? Give a gift today at theatlantic.com/podgift. For a limited time, select new subscriptions will come with the bold Atlantic tote bag as a free holiday bonus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The kids are not all right, and frustratingly, we don’t really know how to help them. By Olga Khazan. Want to share unlimited access to The Atlantic with your loved ones? Give a gift today at theatlantic.com/podgift. For a limited time, select new subscriptions will come with the bold Atlantic tote bag as a free holiday bonus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Brown and the Secret Six—the abolitionists who funded the raid on Harpers Ferry—confronted a question as old as America: When is violence justified? By Drew Gilpin Faust. From The Atlantic's December 2023 issue. Want to share unlimited access to The Atlantic with your loved ones? Give a gift today at theatlantic.com/podgift. For a limited time, select new subscriptions will come with the bold Atlantic tote bag as a free holiday bonus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Reconstruction created American public education. By Adam Harris. From The Atlantic's December 2023 issue.Want to share unlimited access to The Atlantic with your loved ones? Give a gift today at theatlantic.com/podgift. For a limited time, select new subscriptions will come with the bold Atlantic tote bag as a free holiday bonus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices