The Atlantic Out Loud
Professionally narrated articles from The Atlantic—just for subscribers.
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Aug 11, 2020 • 30min
The End of Denial - Ibram X. Kendi - September 2020
Donald Trump has revealed the depths of the country’s prejudice—and has inadvertently forced a reckoning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 11, 2020 • 58min
When China Sees All - Ross Andersen - September 2020
Xi Jinping is using artificial intelligence to enhance his government’s totalitarian control—and he’s exporting this technology to regimes around the globe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 11, 2020 • 24min
What Is MasterClass Actually Selling? - Carina Chocano - September 2020
The ads are everywhere. You can learn to serve like Serena Williams or write like Margaret Atwood. But what MasterClass really delivers is something altogether different. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 11, 2020 • 15min
The Mythology of Racial Progress - Jennifer A. Richeson - September 2020
Whether it’s happening or not Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 11, 2020 • 10min
David Copperfield's Wild Ride - James Parker - September 2020
Armando Iannucci’s adaptation of Dickens’s novel is mad, loving, and brilliant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 11, 2020 • 19min
Looking for Frederick Douglass - Clint Smith - September 2020
How a visit to his birthplace helped me understand this moment of rage, reckoning, and possibility Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 11, 2020 • 2min
The Black Yearbook - Adam Harris - September 2020
Photos from the University of Texas at Austin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 11, 2020 • 16min
What to Do About William Faulkner - The Atlantic - September 2020
A white man of the Jim Crow South, he couldn’t escape the burden of race, yet derived creative force from it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 11, 2020 • 17min
Lying as an Art Form - Merve Emre - September 2020
Her latest novel frames lying as a creative act. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 11, 2020 • 15min
A KGB Man to the End - Anne Applebaum - September 2020
The origins of Putin’s worldview—and the rise of Russia’s new ruling class Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
