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About Radio Atlantic

The Atlantic has long been known as an ideas-driven magazine. Now we’re bringing that same ethos to audio. Like the magazine, the show will “road test” the big ideas that both drive the news and shape our culture. Through conversations—and sometimes sharp debates—with the most insightful thinkers and writers on topics of the day, Radio Atlantic will complicate overly simplistic views. It will cut through the noise with clarifying, personal narratives. It will, hopefully, help listeners make up their own mind about certain ideas.

The national conversation right now can be chaotic, reckless, and stuck. Radio Atlantic aims to bring some order to our thinking—and encourage listeners to be purposeful about how they unstick their mind.

Maybe You Should Quit Therapy

A psychiatrist wonders if treatment should be forever.

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What If Your Best Friend Is Your Soulmate?

A new book explores deeply platonic friendships.

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The Rise of Techno-Authoritarianism

The intellectual origins of the movement that self-described “techno-optimists” are advancing is dark—and deeply familiar.

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The ‘Coward of Broward’ Re-Examined

The Parkland school shooting 2018 had two criminal trials: the man who committed the crime, and the man accused of not doing enough to stop it.

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Fatigue Can Wreck You (Redux)

Fatigue is often a symptom of long COVID. It’s also deeply misunderstood. (Episode originally aired August 2023.)

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The Last Days of the Barcode

The invention that shaped our consumer appetites

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Nikki Haley Could Surprise Us

Political reporters Elaine Godfrey and Mark Leibovich preview the first votes of 2024.

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Why a Good Economy Feels Like a Bad One

Senior editor Gilad Edelman explains how the economy is playing tricks on your mind.

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