The Atlantic Out Loud
Professionally narrated articles from The Atlantic—just for subscribers.
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May 18, 2021 • 10min
The Dharma of Working Out - James Parker - June 2021
In her new memoir, Alison Bechdel runs, climbs, bikes, skis, spins, and Soloflexes her way toward transcendence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 18, 2021 • 21min
The Opportunists - Mark Greif - June 2021
In Louis Menand’s monumental new study of Cold War culture, success owes less to vision and purpose than to self-promotion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 18, 2021 • 14min
Women Refusing to Be Like Other Women - Claire Dederer - June 2021
New novels by Rachel Cusk and Jhumpa Lahiri explore the liberating power of isolation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 18, 2021 • 14min
The Bleak Prescience of Richard Wright - Imani Perry - June 2021
A previously unpublished novel invites a reassessment of a writer criticized for his doctrinaire pessimism about race in America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 18, 2021 • 3min
An Ode to My Flip Phone - James Parker - June 2021
Why can’t I quit you? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 18, 2021 • 1min
The Arrow Paradox - Mark Jarman - June 2021
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Apr 20, 2021 • 52min
Return the National Parks to the Tribes - David Treuer - May 2021
The jewels of America’s landscape should belong to America’s original peoples. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 20, 2021 • 52min
A Kidnapping Gone Very Wrong - Brendan I. Koerner - May 2021
In 1974, John Patterson was abducted by the People’s Liberation Army of Mexico—a group no one had heard of before. The kidnappers wanted $500,000, and insisted that Patterson’s wife deliver the ransom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 20, 2021 • 49min
You Won’t Remember the Pandemic the Way You Think You Will - Melissa Fay Greene - May 2021
The stories you hold on to will be colored by your own experience—but also by the experiences of those around you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 20, 2021 • 30min
The Western Rides Again - Jordan Kisner - May 2021
A new cohort of directors, all women, is exploring the death wish that infuses the genre—and proposing visions of repair. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
