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Mar 14, 2023 • 16min
The Puzzling Gap Between How Old You Are and How Old You Think You Are by Jennifer Senior — April 2023
There are good reasons you always feel 20 percent younger than your actual age.Read more from our April 2022 issue.Give the gift of The Atlantic today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 14, 2023 • 60min
The New Anarchy by Adrienne LaFrance — April 2023
America faces a type of extremist violence it does not know how to stop.Read more from our April 2022 issue.Give the gift of The Atlantic today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 21, 2023 • 27min
Fiction: The Third Law of Magic -- Ben Okri -- March 2023
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Feb 21, 2023 • 23min
Struck on One Side -- Emil Sands -- March 2023
On living with cerebral palsy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 21, 2023 • 18min
Did George Washington Burn New York? -- Daniel Immerwahr -- March 2023
Americans disparaged the British as arsonists. But the rebels fought with fire too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 21, 2023 • 25min
The Miraculous Salman Rushdie -- Judith Shulevitz -- March 2023
His enchanting new novel is a triumph. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 21, 2023 • 15min
A New Way to Read 'Gatsby' -- Alonzo Vereen -- March 2023
F. Scott Fitzgerald never explicitly states Jay Gatsby’s race. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 21, 2023 • 2min
In Flight -- Rae Armantrout -- March 2023
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Feb 21, 2023 • 20min
The Masterpiece No One Wanted to Save -- George Packer -- March 2023
Censored and then forgotten, Anatoly Kuznetsov’s "Babi Yar," about the Nazi occupation of Kyiv, is again painfully relevant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 14, 2023 • 5min
Ode to Swearing -- James Parker -- March 2023
"Swearing is an art, like everything else. You can overdo it, you can underdo it, and you can do it just right." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
