The Atlantic Out Loud
Professionally narrated articles from The Atlantic—just for subscribers.
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Nov 30, 2021 • 45min
Why Is France So Afraid of God? - Rachel Donadio - December 2021
How the country came to view religion as a threat to national identity Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 30, 2021 • 32min
The Antiquities Cop - Ariel Sabar - December 2021
Inside the Manhattan DA’s Antiquities Trafficking Unit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 30, 2021 • 44min
Can a Boxer Return to the Ring After Killing? - Jacob Stern - December 2021
In 2019, Charles Conwell unintentionally ended Patrick Day’s life with his fists. Now he’s trying to make sense of his life, and boxing itself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 30, 2021 • 13min
The End of Trust - Jerry Useem - December 2021
Suspicion is undermining the American economy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 30, 2021 • 16min
The Package Is the Message - Amanda Mull - December 2021
American consumers can’t resist the lure of a well-designed container. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 30, 2021 • 3min
Snowbirds - Jaquira Díaz - December 2021
Technicolor scenes from a bygone Miami Beach Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 30, 2021 • 13min
The Martial Art I Can’t Live Without - Stephanie Hayes - December 2021
Brazilian jiu-jitsu has been compared to chess, philosophy, even psychoanalysis. But its real appeal is on the mat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 30, 2021 • 58min
The Bad Guys Are Winning - Anne Applebaum - December 2021
If the 20th century was the story of slow, uneven progress toward the victory of liberal democracy over other ideologies—communism, fascism, virulent nationalism—the 21st century is, so far, a story of the reverse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 30, 2021 • 21min
Animals of the Future - Rebecca Giggs - December 2021
Lizards’ feet are morphing, squid are shrinking, rats’ teeth are getting shorter. What’s in store for us? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 30, 2021 • 19min
Emerson Didn’t Practice the Self-Reliance He Preached - Mark Greif - December 2021
How Transcendentalism, the American philosophy that championed the individual, caught on in tight-knit Concord, Massachusetts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
