The Atlantic Out Loud
Professionally narrated articles from The Atlantic—just for subscribers.
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Jun 26, 2019 • 5min
Peacekeeping Boy Scouts - Kevin Volkl - July 2019
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Jun 26, 2019 • 6min
Hired Guns - July 2019 - Rene Chun
The twisted logic behind hiring a hit man Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 26, 2019 • 14min
The Worst Patients in the World - David H. Freedman - July 2019
Americans are hypochondriacs, yet we skip our checkups. We demand drugs we don’t need, and fail to take the ones we do. No wonder the U.S. leads the world in health spending. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 26, 2019 • 10min
Mailer on the Moon - James Parker - July 2019
Dispatched by Life magazine to cover the Apollo 11 mission, Norman Mailer saw the lunar landing not as a triumph for mankind but as evidence of our hubris. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 26, 2019 • 16min
The Earth’s Deepest Secrets - Rebecca Giggs - July 2019
Burrow far below the planet’s surface, and even there, humanity has left its imprint. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 25, 2019 • 15min
Building the Next Babe Ruth - Jack Hamilton - July 2019
“Sabermetrics” changed the national pastime. Now another technological revolution is transforming the game, for good or ill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 21, 2019 • 40min
Mireya's Third Crossing - Darcy Cortreau - June 2019
The first time, she was raped. The second, she nearly drowned. In order to live in the United States legally, she had to leave her family and attempt to cross the border once more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 21, 2019 • 45min
An Oral History of Trump’s Bigotry - David A. Graham, Adrienne Green, Cullen Murphy, and Parker Richards - June 2019
His racism and intolerance have always been in evidence; only slowly did he begin to understand how to use them to his advantage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 21, 2019 • 46min
Liberalism’s Last Stand - Franklin Foer - June 2019
As the Hungarian prime minister systematically undermined his own country’s education system, one institution stood defiant: a university in the heart of Budapest, founded by George Soros. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 21, 2019 • 38min
Was Shakespeare a Woman? - Elizabeth Winkler - June 2019
The authorship controversy, almost as old as the works themselves, has yet to surface a compelling alternative to the man buried in Stratford. Perhaps that’s because, until recently, no one was looking in the right place. The case for Emilia Bassano. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
