The Atlantic Out Loud
Professionally narrated articles from The Atlantic—just for subscribers.
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May 18, 2021 • 16min
A Simple Approach to Ending Extreme Poverty - H. Luke Shaefer and Kathryn J. Edin - June 2021
Buried deep in the latest pandemic stimulus package is a transformative idea for helping families. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 18, 2021 • 14min
The Story Behind Stacey Abrams’s Fiction Career - Ayana Mathis - June 2021
How she became a novelist, what politics and writing have in common, and why, at the end of every good story, someone’s got to die Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 18, 2021 • 15min
Burn All the Leggings - Amanda Mull - June 2021
What do you wear to the reopening of society? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 18, 2021 • 14min
Elvis Reenters the Building - Tim Alberta - June 2021
In rural Ohio, a performer bookends a year of struggle and survival. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 18, 2021 • 2min
The ‘Blurred Existence’ of Motherhood - Tabitha Soren - June 2021
What it’s like to care for a newborn, in photos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 18, 2021 • 10min
The Dharma of Working Out - James Parker - June 2021
In her new memoir, Alison Bechdel runs, climbs, bikes, skis, spins, and Soloflexes her way toward transcendence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 18, 2021 • 21min
The Opportunists - Mark Greif - June 2021
In Louis Menand’s monumental new study of Cold War culture, success owes less to vision and purpose than to self-promotion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 18, 2021 • 14min
Women Refusing to Be Like Other Women - Claire Dederer - June 2021
New novels by Rachel Cusk and Jhumpa Lahiri explore the liberating power of isolation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 18, 2021 • 14min
The Bleak Prescience of Richard Wright - Imani Perry - June 2021
A previously unpublished novel invites a reassessment of a writer criticized for his doctrinaire pessimism about race in America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 18, 2021 • 3min
An Ode to My Flip Phone - James Parker - June 2021
Why can’t I quit you? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
