The Atlantic Out Loud
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Oct 16, 2018 • 16min
Was Gary Hart Set Up? - James Fallows - November 2018
What are we to make of the deathbed confession of the political operative Lee Atwater, newly revealed, that he staged the events that brought down Gary Hart in 1987? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 16, 2018 • 5min
Apps That Answer Your Prayers - Sigal Samuel - November 2018
Like Uber, but for God Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 16, 2018 • 15min
Private Inequity - Frank Partnoy - November 2018
The number of publicly traded companies is falling. Is the little guy getting shut out of the most lucrative investments? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 16, 2018 • 10min
The Eternal Sunshine of Paul McCartney - James Parker - November 2018
Now 76, with a new album, the pop legend may have made more people happy than any other artist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 16, 2018 • 15min
Barbara Kingsolver’s Liberal Pabulum - Merve Emre - November 2018
Tackling the Trump era, she brings us the American-family novel as Sunday talk show—all sound bite, no depth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 16, 2018 • 16min
The Personal Cost of Black Success - Christopher J. Lebron - November 2018
Two men chronicle their rise into the meritocratic elite, exposing pernicious myths and brutal realities along the way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 16, 2018 • 16min
Women Are Angry. Now What? - Laura Kipnis - November 2018
Rebecca Traister invokes fury to unify women in a battle against men, but being mad can prove divisive, too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 18, 2018 • 1h 13min
A Warning From Europe - Anne Applebaum - October 2018
Polarization. Conspiracy theories. Attacks on the free press. An obsession with loyalty. Recentevents in the United States follow a pattern Europeans know all too well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 18, 2018 • 20min
Losing the Democratic Habit -- Yoni Appelbaum -- October 2018
Americans once learned self-governance by practicing it constantly—in lodge halls, neighborhood associations, and labor unions. As participation in these institutions has dwindled, so has public faith in democracy. To restore it, we must return democratic practices to everyday life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 18, 2018 • 17min
The Threat of Tribalism -- Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld -- October 2018
The Constitution once united a diverse country under a banner of ideas. But partisanship hasturned Americans against one another—and against the principles enshrined in our foundingdocument. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
