Podcast Episodes

Rupert Murdoch Gets His Succession Finale

Episode 146

He was, after all, the eldest boy. The family drama that inspired HBO’s Succession ended this week with a settlement that ensures Rupert Murdoch’s conservative media conglomerate will pass to his old…

Published on 7 hours ago

Welcome to the Vaccine Free-for-All

Episode 145

As Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. works to dismantle the national vaccine infrastructure, states have started going their own way. Governors in California, Washington State…

Published on 1 week ago

A Blueprint for Military Takeovers

Episode 144

President Donald Trump recently deployed the National Guard to Washington, D.C., and has talked about federalizing the Guard in other cities across the country. In this episode of Radio Atlantic we t…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Peace in Ukraine Is Not a Real-Estate Deal

Episode 143

There was so much symbolism in President Donald Trump’s two most recent international summits—in Alaska last week with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and then at the White House this week with Ukr…

Published on 3 weeks ago

No Easy Fix | 3. A Golden Opportunity

Episode 142

In July, President Donald Trump issued an executive order calling for an expansion of involuntary commitment—forcing people into treatment facilities—in response to the homelessness crisis. San Franc…

Published on 4 weeks ago

No Easy Fix | 2. Tolerance

Episode 141

At the onset of the AIDS crisis in the early 1980s, U.S. cities began trying new ways to stop the spread of infection among drug users. Ideas that were first seen as radical, such as needle exchanges…

Published on 1 month ago

No Easy Fix | 1. Vanishing Point

Episode 140

For the past five years, American cities have tried—and often failed—to meaningfully address worsening homelessness and addiction. 

In San Francisco, a city that has become emblematic of these crises…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

A New Kind of Family Separation

Episode 139

The Trump administration is again going after undocumented minors—but their approach is different than it was during his first presidency. 

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Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Epstein Conspiracy, or Epstein Conspiracy Theory?

Episode 138

Donald Trump and his Department of Justice kicked the conspiracy-theory beehive last week when they rescinded previous promises to make public the government’s secret files on Jeffrey Epstein, the bi…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Should You Be Having More Babies?

Episode 137

In the United States and many other Western countries, the decision to have children or not is sometimes framed as a political affiliation: You’re either in league with conservative pronatalists, or …

Published on 2 months ago