The Atlantic Out Loud
Professionally narrated articles from The Atlantic—just for subscribers.
Latest episodes
Oct 11, 2023 • 18min
The Smartest Man Who Ever Lived, by Adam Kirsch—November 2023
A novelist transforms the physicist John von Neumann into a scientific demon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 8, 2023 • 1h 19min
Jenisha From Kentucky, by Jenisha Watts—October 2023
My childhood in a crack house Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 4, 2023 • 10min
So Much for Biden the Bridge President by Mark Leibovich
He ran as a short-term fix but has become a long-term proposition. By Mark Leibovich. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 1, 2023 • 1h 16min
The Patriot by Jeffrey Goldberg
How General Mark Milley protected the Constitution from Donald Trump. By Jeffrey Goldberg. From the November 2023 issue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 27, 2023 • 19min
Nixon Between the Lines by Andrew Ferguson
Alone in his study, ballpoint pen in hand, the president revealed himself in the margins of his books. From the October 2023 issue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 24, 2023 • 41min
The Man Who Became Uncle Tom, by Clint Smith — October 2023
Harriet Beecher Stowe said that Josiah Henson’s life had inspired her most famous character. But Henson longed to be recognized by his own name, and for his own achievements. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 20, 2023 • 44min
The Prime Minister and the Moonies, by Robert F. Worth — October 2023
The bizarre story behind the assassination of Shinzo Abe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 10, 2023 • 21min
Life After “I Do,” by Ann Hulbert—October 2023
George Eliot’s subversive vision of marriage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 6, 2023 • 38min
The Joy and the Funk and the Mire by Spencer Kornhaber—October 2023
The critic dream hampton thinks hip-hop is broken. But she can’t stop trying to fix it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 3, 2023 • 19min
Trump on Trial by Quinta Jurecic — October 2023
The drama now unfolding will make for perhaps the most surreal presidential-election cycle in American history. How will it end? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
