The Atlantic Out Loud
Professionally narrated articles from The Atlantic—just for subscribers.
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Nov 22, 2022 • 32min
Bono's Great Adventure by David Brooks — December 2022
Bono's life has been an attempt to reconcile the competing demands of radical faith and rock and roll. Read more from our December 2022 issue.Give the gift of The Atlantic today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 19, 2022 • 12min
Tidewater Renaissance -- Mychal Denzel Smith -- December 2022
Missy Elliott. Timbaland. Allen Iverson. What was it about the Tidewater region in 2002? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 19, 2022 • 16min
The Petulant King -- Caitlin Flanagan -- December 2022
Charles III can’t keep the myth of monarchy alive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 19, 2022 • 1h 17min
Monuments to the Unthinkable -- Clint Smith -- December 2022
America still can’t figure out how to memorialize the sins of our history. What can we learn from Germany? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 19, 2022 • 44min
What Is a Cat’s Life Worth? -- Sarah Zhang -- December 2022
For $15,000, you can get your pet a new kidney. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 18, 2022 • 27min
When J. Edgar Hoover Was a National Hero -- Jack Goldsmith -- December 2022
Before his abuses of power were exposed, he was celebrated as a scourge of Nazis, Communists, and subversives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 18, 2022 • 42min
Taiwan Prepares to Be Invaded -- Ben Rhodes -- December 2022
If China wants to do something drastic, President Tsai Ing-wen told me, “Xi has to weigh the costs. He has to think twice.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 18, 2022 • 40min
The Dark Vision of Taylor Sheridan -- Sridhar Pappu -- December 2022
Inside Paramount’s Yellowstone juggernaut Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 18, 2022 • 16min
The Trap -- Jack Hamilton -- November 2022
What it takes to make it in hip-hop’s new capital Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 18, 2022 • 10min
The American Idea -- Jeffrey Goldberg -- November 2022
On the 165th anniversary of The Atlantic’s founding Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
