The Atlantic Out Loud
Professionally narrated articles from The Atlantic—just for subscribers.
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Jan 7, 2020 • 41min
20,000 Feet Under the Sea - Wil S. Hylton - January/February 2020
It’s underwater—and the consequences are unimaginable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 7, 2020 • 23min
Retreat, Christian Soldiers - Emma Green - January/February 2020
Feeling out of step with the mores of contemporary life, members of a conservative-Catholic group have built a thriving community in rural Kansas. Could their flight from mainstream society be a harbinger for the nation? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 7, 2020 • 31min
When Museums Have Ugly Pasts - Adam Hochschild - January/February 2020
Textbooks can be revised, but historic sites, monuments, and collections that memorialize ugly pasts aren’t so easily changed. Lessons from the struggle to update the Royal Museum for Central Africa, outside Brussels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 7, 2020 • 17min
Where's My Flying Car? - Derek Thompson - January/February 2020
The toxicity of the web is peanuts compared with Big Tech’s failure to remake the physical world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 7, 2020 • 14min
The Patron Saint of Complicated Women - Abby Aguirre - January/February 2020
The making of Bombshell and the eerie similarities between Roger Ailes and Harvey Weinstein Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 7, 2020 • 11min
The Myth of Free Shipping - Amanda Mull - January/February 2020
How retailers hide the costs of delivery—and why we’re such suckers for their ploys Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 7, 2020 • 14min
Before Zuckerberg, Gutenberg - Cullen Murphy - January/February 2020
It’s easy to forget how unforeseeable the “unforeseeable” really is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 7, 2020 • 10min
How Flamenco Went Pop - James Parker - January/February 2020
The Spanish star Rosalía has made the harrowing music of Andalusia into a global phenomenon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 7, 2020 • 17min
Cool It, Krugman - Sebastian Mallaby - January/February 2020
The self-sabotaging rage of the New York Times columnist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 7, 2020 • 16min
The Woman Who Made Modern Journalism - Liza Mundy - January/February 2020
Ida Tarbell championed reportorial methods and investigative goals that are as potent today as ever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
