The Atlantic Out Loud
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Dec 6, 2023 • 7min
The Plight of the Eldest Daughter
Women are expected to be nurturers. Firstborns are expected to be exemplars. Being both is exhausting. By Sarah Sloat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 3, 2023 • 26min
My North Star for the Future of AI
The most powerful companies in the world are shaping what artificial intelligence will become—but they’ll never get it right without the ethos and values of university scientists. By Fei-Fei Li. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 29, 2023 • 8min
Plastic Has Changed Sea Turtles Forever
Even if plastic pollution stopped tomorrow, turtles would be dealing with the repercussions for centuries—at least. By Katherine J. Wu.Want to share unlimited access to The Atlantic with your loved ones? Give a gift today at theatlantic.com/podgift. For a limited time, select new subscriptions will come with the bold Atlantic tote bag as a free holiday bonus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 26, 2023 • 18min
Do You Have Free Will?
A new book by Robert Sapolsky argues that we’re not in control of or responsible for the decisions we make. By Kieran Setiya. Want to share unlimited access to The Atlantic with your loved ones? Give a gift today at theatlantic.com/podgift. For a limited time, select new subscriptions will come with the bold Atlantic tote bag as a free holiday bonus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 22, 2023 • 12min
These Teens Got Therapy. Then They Got Worse.
The kids are not all right, and frustratingly, we don’t really know how to help them. By Olga Khazan. Want to share unlimited access to The Atlantic with your loved ones? Give a gift today at theatlantic.com/podgift. For a limited time, select new subscriptions will come with the bold Atlantic tote bag as a free holiday bonus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 21, 2023 • 35min
The Men Who Started the War
John Brown and the Secret Six—the abolitionists who funded the raid on Harpers Ferry—confronted a question as old as America: When is violence justified? By Drew Gilpin Faust. From The Atlantic's December 2023 issue. Want to share unlimited access to The Atlantic with your loved ones? Give a gift today at theatlantic.com/podgift. For a limited time, select new subscriptions will come with the bold Atlantic tote bag as a free holiday bonus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 20, 2023 • 23min
The Black Roots of American Education
How Reconstruction created American public education. By Adam Harris. From The Atlantic's December 2023 issue.Want to share unlimited access to The Atlantic with your loved ones? Give a gift today at theatlantic.com/podgift. For a limited time, select new subscriptions will come with the bold Atlantic tote bag as a free holiday bonus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 19, 2023 • 32min
The Years of Jubilee
In 1871, the Fisk University singers embarked on a tour that introduced white Americans to a Black sound that would reshape the nation. By Vann Newkirk II. From The Atlantic's December 2023 issue.Want to share unlimited access to The Atlantic with your loved ones? Give a gift today at theatlantic.com/podgift. For a limited time, select new subscriptions will come with the bold Atlantic tote bag as a free holiday bonus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 18, 2023 • 22min
A Traitor to the Traitors
James Longstreet became a champion of Reconstruction. Why? By Eric Foner. From The Atlantic's December 2023 issue. Want to share unlimited access to The Atlantic with your loved ones? Give a gift today at theatlantic.com/podgift. For a limited time, select new subscriptions will come with the bold Atlantic tote bag as a free holiday bonus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 17, 2023 • 23min
The Revolution Never Ended
The federal government abandoned Reconstruction in 1877, but Black people didn’t give up on the moment’s promise. By Peniel E. Joseph. From The Atlantic's December 2023 issue. Want to share unlimited access to The Atlantic with your loved ones? Give a gift today at theatlantic.com/podgift. For a limited time, select new subscriptions will come with the bold Atlantic tote bag as a free holiday bonus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
