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Crazy/Genius
Big questions and provocative conclusions about technology and culture, hosted by The Atlantic’s Derek Thompson.
Season 2 Episode 6Tech Was Supposed to Be Society’s Great Equalizer. What Happened?
In a special bonus episode, computer scientist and data journalist Meredith Broussard explains how “technochauvinism” derailed the dream of the digital revolution. -
Radio Atlantic
Weekly conversations with leading journalists and thinkers to make sense of the history happening all around us
Episode 75How to Fix Social Media
Social media platforms once promised to connect the world. Today’s digital communities, though, often feel like forces for disunity. Anger and discord in 2018 seemed only amplified by the social media institutions that now dictate our conversations. Executive editor Matt Thompson sits down with staff writer Alexis Madrigal to find out how we got to this point and whether we can do anything to solve it. -
The Atlantic Interview
A weekly conversation between editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg and the figures shaping society
Episode 23Introducing Crazy/Genius: Should We Break Up Amazon?
Today, we bring you the second episode of our new show Crazy/Genius, hosted by Atlantic staff writer Derek Thompson. In this episode, Derek asks if Amazon – which may soon be the first trillion-dollar company in the history of the world – has become a dangerous monopoly threatening the U.S. economy.