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The Books We Read in High School (Part 2)
Episode 105
Why should a teenager bother to read a book, when there are so many other demands on their time? We hear from Atlantic staffers about the books they …
1 year, 2 months ago
The Books We Read in High School (Part 1)
Episode 104
Recently, professors at elite colleges told Atlantic writer Rose Horowitch that their students don’t read whole books anymore. They blamed cell phone…
1 year, 2 months ago
“We Live Here Now” and Trump’s Retelling of January 6
Episode 103
As Donald Trump returns to the White House, his desire to recast January 6 as a day of “love and peace,” as he called it during his campaign, seems a…
1 year, 2 months ago
How Fragile Is Our Vaccine Infrastructure?
Episode 102
Anti-vaccine sentiment is, more or less, as old as vaccines. When Cotton Mather promoted inoculations against smallpox in the 1720s, someone threw a …
1 year, 2 months ago
Why Are You Still Cooking With That?
Episode 101
We warned you last month to “Throw Out Your Black Plastic Spatula.” In a recent study conducted about consumer products, researchers concluded kitche…
1 year, 2 months ago
Trump's Vision to Remake the Military
Episode 100
With all the noise around Donald Trump’s nominees, it’s easy to lose sight of his administration’s bigger plan: placing people who are unfailingly lo…
1 year, 3 months ago
Democrats’ Immigration Problem
Episode 99
We hash out the “Democrats are too woke” theory with New York Rep. Ritchie Torres, who tweeted the day after the election: “The far left is a gift to…
1 year, 3 months ago
Are We Living in a Different America?
Episode 98
In the last few months of his campaign, Trump was free and open with his dictatorial impulses, as he talked about punishing “enemies from within.” No…
1 year, 3 months ago
Does America Want Chaos?
Episode 97
One thing tomorrow’s election will test is Americans’ appetite for chaos, particularly the kind that Donald Trump has been exhibiting in the last few…
1 year, 3 months ago
Is Journalism Ready for a Second Trump Administration?
Episode 96
On the campaign trail, Donald Trump has mused, a few times, about throwing reporters in jail if they refuse to leak their sources and taking away bro…
1 year, 3 months ago