Podcast Episodes

Rebuilding the Blue Wall

Episode 103

While in Detroit covering the Democratic debates, Isaac Dovere sits down with Dana Nessel, Michigan’s new Democratic attorney general and the state’s first openly gay statewide officeholder.

Last year…

Published on 6 years, 5 months ago

The Veteran Candidate

Episode 102

Seth Moulton, the Massachusetts congressman and presidential candidate, joins Isaac Dovere this week. Moulton shares his thoughts on Nancy Pelosi, ‘the squad,’ and the direction of the Democratic Par…

Published on 6 years, 5 months ago

How to Cover Racist Tweets

Episode 101

On Sunday, President Trump told four members of Congress to “go back” to the countries “from which they came.”

Journalists have spent the week working through how to discuss what is a textbook racist…

Published on 6 years, 5 months ago

Trump Diplomacy

Episode 100

This week, the British ambassador to the United States resigned after private cables leaked with his frank assessment of the White House and its occupant. Sir Kim Darroch described the administration…

Published on 6 years, 5 months ago

The Other Republican

Episode 99

Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld has experience taking down a Republican president. He began his career in politics as one of the first lawyers hired to investigate Watergate for the House.

Wor…

Published on 6 years, 6 months ago

The Fight for Reparations

Episode 98

On Wednesday—for the first time in a decade—Congress held a hearing on reparations for slavery. It was a crystallizing moment for an issue that has gained prominence since Ta-Nehisi Coates’s 2014 Atl…

Published on 6 years, 6 months ago

The Reelection Battle Begins

Episode 97

The 2020 race is on. Staff writer Edward-Isaac Dovere, who covers Democratic politics, was in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for the unofficial kick-off of the fight to replace Donald Trump. Elaina Plott, who c…

Published on 6 years, 6 months ago

Partisanship at the Supreme Court

Episode 96

In the coming days, the Supreme Court will announce its decisions on two cases that ask the same basic question: how far should partisan politics go?

One will determine whether a citizenship question …

Published on 6 years, 6 months ago

The Abortion Debate’s New Urgency

Episode 95

Recent weeks have seen unprecedented anti-abortion bills pass in states across the country. In Alabama, abortion is now banned under state law, without any exceptions for rape or incest. Georgia, Ohi…

Published on 6 years, 7 months ago

Introducing Crazy/Genius Season 3

Episode 94

Privacy is now the most important idea on the internet—so what exactly is it? And if we care about our privacy, why aren’t we willing to pay to keep it?

This week’s Radio Atlantic is a preview of the …

Published on 6 years, 7 months ago