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The Manifest Destiny of Mike Pence
Episode 23
That Pence is the vice president of the United States is "a loaves-and-fishes miracle," writes McKay Coppins in the latest issue of The Atlantic. It's remarkable enough that "an embattled small-state…
Published on 8 years ago
The Great Recession, One Decade Later
Episode 22
In December 2007, the U.S. marked the beginning of its longest recession since World War II. Now the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an agency born in the ashes of the nation's economic downtur…
Published on 8 years, 1 month ago
John Wayne, Donald Trump, and the American Man
Episode 21
For generations, Hollywood has defined what masculinity means in the U.S., with iconic screen figures such as John Wayne. But Wayne's stoic, taciturn image was the product of a complicated relationsh…
Published on 8 years, 1 month ago
How an American Neo-Nazi Was Made
Episode 20
Andrew Anglin spent his formative years flirting with hippie progressivism, then tried his hand at becoming a tribal hunter-gatherer. But he only achieved notoriety after he founded the Daily Stormer…
Published on 8 years, 1 month ago
The Press and the Election of 2016: One Year Later
Episode 19
It’s a year after Donald Trump's upset election victory. Before and after the 2016 election, President Trump referred to journalists as enemies to himself and to the American people. But his victory …
Published on 8 years, 1 month ago
Khizr Khan on What Patriotism Requires
Episode 18
Since the 2016 election heightened America's deep political divides, the mantle of patriotism has become fodder for a bitter tug-of-war. Is it patriotic to leak a presidential secret? To voice dissen…
Published on 8 years, 1 month ago
Reporting on Open Secrets, with Jodi Kantor and Katie Benner
Episode 17
Allegations of sexual harassment (and more) by powerful men in numerous industries have been leading news reports across America. On-the-record accounts of disturbing behavior are proliferating. Seve…
Published on 8 years, 2 months ago
Why Do Happy People Cheat?
Episode 16
"Infidelity," Esther Perel writes in the October issue of The Atlantic, "happens in bad marriages and in good marriages. It happens even in open relationships where extramarital sex is carefully nego…
Published on 8 years, 2 months ago
Derek Thompson and the Moonshot Factory
Episode 15
Few journalists have gotten a peek inside X, the secretive lab run by Google's parent company Alphabet. Its scientists are researching cold fusion, hover boards, and stratosphere-surfing balloons. De…
Published on 8 years, 2 months ago
The Miseducation of Ta-Nehisi Coates
Episode 14
In his new book, We Were Eight Years in Power, The Atlantic's national correspondent Ta-Nehisi Coates writes about the past eight years of his career—his pursuit of an understanding of America, and h…
Published on 8 years, 2 months ago