Podcast Episodes

Why Is Trump So Into Crypto?

Episode 126

In the past few years, Donald Trump has changed his mind about cryptocurrency. He’s gone from believing it was “based on thin air” to wanting the U.S. to become the “crypto capital of the world.” Atl…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Trump Is Enjoying Himself

Episode 125

Why would President Donald Trump invite The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, whom Trump has attacked as a “total sleazebag,” to meet with him in the Oval Office? We talk with Goldberg ab…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Elon Musk's Luck Runs Out

Episode 124

For a while, it seemed as if DOGE Elon and Tesla Elon could exist in the same space-time continuum. One of them carried out Donald Trump’s ruthless cost-cutting mission while the other pitched cars t…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Sarah McBride Is Used to the Hate

Episode 123

Sarah McBride made models of the White House when she was 6. Her childhood dream, as a Delawarean, was to meet Joe Biden.

Then last November, one of her ambitions came true when was elected to the Hou…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Tariffs Are Paused. Uncertainty Isn't.

Episode 122

The stock market has been tanking since President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs a week ago. Then Wednesday mid-afternoon—after Trump reversed course on global tariffs—the market experienced…

Published on 5 months ago

Why Trump Wants to Control Universities

Episode 121

If the Trump administration’s actions and rhetoric against universities sound vaguely familiar, that may be because they’ve already happened elsewhere. Over the years, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Classified, or Not Classified?

Episode 120

The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, and staff writer Shane Harris published more details from a Signal chat between President Donald Trump’s top advisers that included sensitive details…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Our Editor Their War Plans

Episode 119

The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, received a connection request on Signal from a “Michael Waltz,” which is the name of President Donald Trump’s national security adviser. Two days lat…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

The Bird-Flu Tipping Point

Episode 118

It’s been five years since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. But there may be another potential pandemic on the horizon: bird flu. Against the backdrop of growing anti-vaccination sentiment, exh…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Water Is Not Political

Episode 117

How has the cease-fire changed water access in Gaza? And what does it mean when the people in charge of keeping the water flowing are displaced? Host Hanna Rosin talks with Claudine Ebeid, The Atlant…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago