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Are We Ready for the Next Pandemic?
Episode 53
“Humanity is now in the midst of its fastest-ever period of change,” writes Ed Yong in the July/August issue of The Atlantic. Urbanization and globalization mean pathogens can spread and become drug-…
Published on 7 years, 5 months ago
The View from the Border
Episode 52
Outrage over families separated at the border has reached a fever pitch. Social media is awash with images of undocumented migrants held in cages, sounds of children crying for their parents, and vir…
Published on 7 years, 6 months ago
Being Black in America Can Be Hazardous to Your Health
Episode 51
Nationwide, black Americans live three years less than white Americans. In places with a history of segregation, that life-expectancy gap can be as much as twenty years. Staff writer Olga Khazan join…
Published on 7 years, 6 months ago
The North Korea Summit
Episode 50
Two of the world’s most volatile heads of state—Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump—have moved in the span of a year from trading insults to trading fawning letters. Now, they're days away from the first me…
Published on 7 years, 6 months ago
A White House Troll ‘Owning the Libs’
Episode 49
A new generation of political activists have grown up more interested in provoking outrage from their fellow citizens than in winning them over. Among the most influential exemplars of the genre is S…
Published on 7 years, 7 months ago
Is the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Past Solving?
Episode 48
The decades-old dispute between Israelis and Palestinians seems to be at a new low these days. Two American-born writers – an Israeli author and a Muslim journalist – join editor-in-chief Jeffrey Gol…
Published on 7 years, 7 months ago
Happy Mueller-versary
Episode 47
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation has been the focus of headlines and cable news for a full year now. Despite his seemingly leak-proof team, speculation and anxiety swirl around the inqu…
Published on 7 years, 7 months ago
Introducing Crazy/Genius: Why Can't Facebook Tell the Truth?
Episode 46
This week's Radio Atlantic brings you the first episode of our new show Crazy/Genius, hosted by Atlantic staff writer (and past Radio Atlantic guest) Derek Thompson. In this episode, two guests debat…
Published on 7 years, 7 months ago
Is Politics Ruining Pop Culture?
Episode 45
Some Americans who grew up identifying with Roseanne have found themselves alienated by Roseanne Barr’s outspoken devotion to President Trump. Many of Kanye West’s fans revolted after he tweeted out …
Published on 7 years, 7 months ago
Is the Presidency Broken?
Episode 44
“We are a president-obsessed nation, so much so that we undermine the very idea of our constitutional democracy,” writes John Dickerson in his May cover story in The Atlantic. “No one man—or woman—ca…
Published on 7 years, 8 months ago