The Atlantic Out Loud
Professionally narrated articles from The Atlantic—just for subscribers.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Sep 20, 2022 • 4min
Ode to Being Read To - James Parker - October 2022
Bedtime stories aren’t just for children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 20, 2022 • 18min
John Roberts’s Long Game - Linda Greenhouse - October 2022
Is this the end of the Voting Rights Act? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 20, 2022 • 36min
Ian McEwan’s Counterlife - Adam Begley - October 2022
The author reflects on a charmed life—and all that could have gone wrong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 20, 2022 • 21min
Redshirt the Boys - Richard Reeves - October 2022
Why boys should start school a year later than girls Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 16, 2022 • 2min
Is She a Fluke? A Token? A Trailblazer? - Amy Weiss-Meyer - September 2022
When women enter the frame Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 16, 2022 • 10min
The Unlovable, Irresistible John Donne - James Parker - September 2022
The Elizabethan poet and divine was a mystic in bed and a mystic in the pulpit.an poet and divine was a mystic in bed and a mystic in the pulpit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 16, 2022 • 24min
Mohsin Hamid’s Empty Parable - Namwali Serpell - September 2022
The author’s novel about race transformation fails to take an old idea to new places. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 16, 2022 • 3h 14min
‘We Need to Take Away Children’ - Caitlin Dickerson - September 2022
The secret history of the U.S. government’s family-separation policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 16, 2022 • 16min
Let Brooklyn Be Loud - Xochitl Gonzalez - September 2022
The sound of gentrification is silence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 16, 2022 • 45min
The Wedding Present - Cynthia Ozick - September 2022
As a young woman, I had a friendly correspondence with a German soldier right after World War II. I’ve been thinking about the silence at the core of our exchange ever since. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
