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Jan 5, 2025 • 32min
Walk on Air Against Your Better Judgment
What Seamus Heaney gave meBy Caitlin FlanaganFrom the January 2025 issue. Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 1, 2025 • 27min
Zamboni
A short storyBy Honor JonesFrom the January 2025 issue. Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 29, 2024 • 12min
I'm a Pizza Sicko
With a bit of practice, you can make restaurant-quality pies in your own yard. And you should.By Saahil DesaiFrom the January 2025 issue. Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 25, 2024 • 13min
Joe Rogan Is the Mainstream Media Now
The newspapers and networks of the 20th century are ceding ground. And the people taking their place aren’t playing by the same rules.By Helen Lewis From the January 2025 issue. Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 22, 2024 • 11min
Marauding Nation
What happens when the nation takes a zero-sum approach to the world?By David FrumFrom the January 2025 issue. Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 18, 2024 • 12min
The Gender War is Here
Donald Trump will return to Washington flanked by an entourage intent on imposing its archaic vision of gender politics on the nation.By Sophie GilbertFrom the January 2025 issue. Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 15, 2024 • 14min
The End of Democratic Delusions
The Trump Reaction and what comes nextBy George PackerFrom the January 2025 issue. Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 11, 2024 • 43min
The Fraudulent Science of Success
A shocking scandal reveals allegations of academic fraud at a prestigious business school. The conversation delves into the manipulation of research data and the pressures driving such misconduct. Hear the risks faced by junior academics who dare to expose fraud, alongside the legal and ethical challenges they encounter. The emotional fallout for researchers disillusioned by integrity issues highlights a critical need for transparency in academia. Throughout, the importance of empathy in addressing these systemic problems takes center stage.
Dec 8, 2024 • 37min
A Boxer on Death Row
Each day for 50 years, the Japanese boxer Iwao Hakamada woke up unsure whether it would be his last.By Robert F. WorthFrom the December 2024 issue. Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 4, 2024 • 15min
Nick Cave Wants to Be Good
On his new album, he searches out salvation in the face of insecurity and irrelevance.By Spencer KornhaberFrom the December 2024 issue. Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
