The Atlantic Out Loud
Professionally narrated articles from The Atlantic—just for subscribers.
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Nov 30, 2021 • 4min
An Ode to Barbecue Potato Chips - James Parker - December 2021
Void of nutritional value, divorced from the intense culinary process that is actual barbecuing, irresistible Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 30, 2021 • 5min
Birthday - Kathleen Rooney - December 2021
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Nov 30, 2021 • 1min
Pear - Erica Funkhouser - December 2021
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Oct 19, 2021 • 51min
A Secretive Hedge Fund Is Gutting Newsrooms - McKay Coppins - November 2021
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Oct 19, 2021 • 48min
A Peer-Reviewed Portrait of Suffering - Daniel Engber - November 2021
James and Lindsay Sulzer have spent their careers developing technologies to help people recover from disease or injury. Their daughter’s freak accident changed their work—and lives—forever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 19, 2021 • 40min
Slackers of the World, Unite! - Ellen Cushing - November 2021
Why employees love the software, and bosses don’t Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 19, 2021 • 30min
W. G. Sebald Ransacked Jewish Lives for His Fictions - Judith Shulevitz - November 2021
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Oct 19, 2021 • 53min
‘I Don’t Know That I Would Even Call It Meth Anymore’ - Sam Quinones - November 2021
Different chemically than it was a decade ago, the drug is creating a wave of severe mental illness and worsening America’s homelessness problem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 19, 2021 • 15min
The Largest Autocracy on Earth - Adrienne LaFrance - November 2021
Facebook is acting like a hostile foreign power; it’s time we treated it that way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 19, 2021 • 20min
The Nasty Logistics of Returning Your Too-Small Pants - Amanda Mull - November 2021
What happens to the stuff you order online after you send it back? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
