The Experiment Podcast: The Unwritten Rules of Black TV
The short, uneven history of Black representation on television—from Julia to The Cosby Show to today’s “renaissance”
The Experiment Podcast: Mourning Bobby McIlvaine
Grief, conspiracy theories, and a family’s search for meaning in the two decades since 9/11
The Experiment Podcast: A Uyghur Teen’s Life After Escaping Genocide
The Uyghur refugee Aséna Tahir Izgil escaped the genocide of her people in China. Now she’s trying to be a teenager in America.
The Experiment Podcast: Is It Ethical to Watch Gymnastics Anymore?
USA Gymnastics has been undergoing a reckoning over widespread abuse. The Atlantic staff writer Emma Green asks the former gymnast Rachael Denhollander whether the sport can shake off that grim legacy.
The Experiment Podcast: The Part of the Alamo Story Texans Forgot
How did a history book set off a fierce battle over Texas’s founding legend? The Texan writer Bryan Burrough set out to debunk his state’s myth of the Alamo, only to find himself clashing with other Texans still trying to protect it.
The Experiment Podcast: The NCAA Sold Fans a Multibillion-Dollar Story. It May Finally Be Coming Apart.
Why have some student athletes gone hungry while their schools have earned millions? The Atlantic staff writer and former college athlete Adam Harris explains.
The Experiment Podcast: Who Is Protected by Hate-Crime Laws?
After 50 years of hate-crime legislation in the U.S., hate-motivated violence is once again on the rise. So where did we go wrong?
The Experiment Podcast: Americans Kept Getting Seeds in the Mail From China Last Year. We Finally Know Why.
Last summer, unsolicited home deliveries sent Americans into a panic. The writer Chris Heath has discovered an explanation that many, including the USDA, don’t believe.
Podcast: America Has a Drinking Problem
Alcohol has been humanity’s social lubricant since 10,000 B.C., but its use as a coping mechanism is distinctly American.
Podcast: Getting Down and Moving On With Dr. Ruth
After the pandemic, how do we learn to get close to one another again? We ask the renowned sex therapist Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer.
Podcast: Doing Drugs as a Human Right
The Columbia professor Carl Hart believes that villainizing drug use interferes with our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Podcast: Is It Over?
Our pandemic podcast is ending, though the pandemic hasn’t ended around the world.
Podcast: Breakthrough Infections and Lonely Puppies
Things are starting to look up, at least in the U.S., but we’re looking ahead at potential future worries.
Podcast: It’s Time to Tango
Lots of your questions about the future after COVID-19 get answered, and one listener gives us a little history lesson.
Podcast: Female Pleasure in the Age of the Enlightened Male
On an intimate journey for her own sexual pleasure, Katharine Smyth found herself navigating a female-orgasm industrial complex long defined by myths about women’s bodies.
Podcast: Dealing With Post-pandemic Trauma
The Atlantic staff writer Ed Yong talks with James Hamblin and Maeve Higgins about the ways, large and small, in which we’ve all suffered.
Podcast: The Political Gains and Lost Faith of Evangelical Identity
Lecrae, a major Christian rapper, found his religion in a culture where evangelicalism and politics were tightly tied. When he realized he couldn’t live with that anymore, the consequences were devastating.
Podcast: Share the Vaccine ‘Recipe’
What difference could it make worldwide if the U.S. waived patents for vaccines?
Podcast: ‘Evangelical’ Is Not a Religious Identity. It’s a Political One.
White evangelicals have succeeded in becoming the most powerful voting bloc in America, one church mailing list at a time. But is the cost of victory too high?
Podcast: Long-COVID Questions Answered
A long-COVID patient and an immunologist help us understand the mysterious condition.