The Atlantic Out Loud
Professionally narrated articles from The Atlantic—just for subscribers.
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Sep 15, 2020 • 21min
A New Theory of Western Civilization - Judith Shulevitz - October 2020
Could a marriage policy first pursued by the Catholic Church a millennium and a half ago explain what made the industrialized world so powerful—and so peculiar? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 15, 2020 • 16min
Claudia Rankine’s Quest for Racial Dialogue - Ismail Muhammad - October 2020
Is her focus on the personal out of step with the racial politics of our moment? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 15, 2020 • 3min
Ode to Small Talk - James Parker - October 2020
How about this weather? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 11, 2020 • 57min
Anatomy of an American Failure - Ed Yong - September 2020
A virus has brought the world’s most powerful country to its knees. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 11, 2020 • 30min
The End of Denial - Ibram X. Kendi - September 2020
Donald Trump has revealed the depths of the country’s prejudice—and has inadvertently forced a reckoning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 11, 2020 • 58min
When China Sees All - Ross Andersen - September 2020
Xi Jinping is using artificial intelligence to enhance his government’s totalitarian control—and he’s exporting this technology to regimes around the globe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 11, 2020 • 24min
What Is MasterClass Actually Selling? - Carina Chocano - September 2020
The ads are everywhere. You can learn to serve like Serena Williams or write like Margaret Atwood. But what MasterClass really delivers is something altogether different. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 11, 2020 • 15min
The Mythology of Racial Progress - Jennifer A. Richeson - September 2020
Whether it’s happening or not Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 11, 2020 • 2min
The Black Yearbook - Adam Harris - September 2020
Photos from the University of Texas at Austin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 11, 2020 • 10min
David Copperfield's Wild Ride - James Parker - September 2020
Armando Iannucci’s adaptation of Dickens’s novel is mad, loving, and brilliant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
