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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 wit…
9 months, 4 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 c…
10 months 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 h…
10 months, 1 week 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 revers…
10 months, 2 weeks 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 elsewher…
10 months, 3 weeks 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 Tr…
11 months 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 Dona…
11 months 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 b…
11 months, 1 week 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…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
The Mind Readers
Episode 116
How far would a parent go to understand their child? How much might a parent believe?
A popular new podcast claims that some nonspeaking kids with aut…
11 months, 3 weeks ago