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May 10, 2023 • 20min
The Pornography Paradox by Laura Kipnis — May 2023
Reformers fear that ever more outré sites are warping users’ desires. But transgression has always been part of the appeal. Story by Laura Kipnis.Read more from our May 2023 issue.Give the gift of The Atlantic today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 7, 2023 • 1h 12min
Is Holocaust Education Making Anti-Semitism Worse? by Dara Horn — May 2023
Using dead Jews as symbols isn’t helping living ones.Read more from our May 2023 issue.Give the gift of The Atlantic today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 3, 2023 • 24min
The Ice-Cream Conspiracy by David Merritt Johns — May 2023
Studies show a mysterious health benefit to ice cream. Scientists don’t want to talk about it. Story by by David Merritt Johns.Read more from our May 2023 issue.Give the gift of The Atlantic today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 30, 2023 • 47min
How Freedom-Loving Florida Fell for Ron DeSantis by Helen Lewis — May 2023
A journey through Ron DeSantis’s magic kingdom. Story by Helen Lewis. Read more from our May 2023 issue.Give the gift of The Atlantic today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 26, 2023 • 44min
Arnold Schwarzenegger's Last Act by Mark Leibovich — April 2023
What happens when the Terminator turns 75. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 14, 2023 • 16min
The Puzzling Gap Between How Old You Are and How Old You Think You Are by Jennifer Senior — April 2023
There are good reasons you always feel 20 percent younger than your actual age.Read more from our April 2022 issue.Give the gift of The Atlantic today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 14, 2023 • 60min
The New Anarchy by Adrienne LaFrance — April 2023
America faces a type of extremist violence it does not know how to stop.Read more from our April 2022 issue.Give the gift of The Atlantic today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 21, 2023 • 25min
The Miraculous Salman Rushdie -- Judith Shulevitz -- March 2023
His enchanting new novel is a triumph. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 21, 2023 • 27min
Fiction: The Third Law of Magic -- Ben Okri -- March 2023
A short story Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 21, 2023 • 23min
Struck on One Side -- Emil Sands -- March 2023
On living with cerebral palsy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
