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Inside the Meltdown at CNN by Tim Alberta 14.06.2023 1:34:12

CEO Chris Licht felt he was on a mission to restore the network’s reputation for serious journalism. How did it all go wrong? Give the gift of The Atlantic today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who Was Cleopatra’s Daughter? by Mary Beard—June 2023 11.06.2023 16:39

The perils of searching for feminist heroes in antiquity Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Tom Hanks Became Tom Hanks by Chris Heath 07.06.2023 41:21

The actor—and now novelist—reflects on how he got here, and the other lives he might have lived instead. Story by Chris Heath. Read more from our June 2023 issue. Give the gift of The Atlantic today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Call of the Wild by James Parker — June 2023 04.06.2023 10:26

The enduring appeal of watching human beings attempt to master the Alaskan backcountry. Story by James Parker. Read more from our June 2023 issue. Give the gift of The Atlantic today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Canadian Way of Death by David Brooks — June 2023 31.05.2023 37:53

What happens when a society takes individualism to its logical conclusion? Story by David Brooks. Read more from our June 2023 issue. Give the gift of The Atlantic today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Burned by Ariel Sabar — June 2023 28.05.2023 52:11

How a small-town auto mechanic peddling a solar-energy breakthrough swindled Wall Street investors, Warren Buffett, and the U.S. Treasury out of $1 billion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Never Give Artificial Intelligence the Nuclear Codes by Ross Andersen — June 2023 24.05.2023 21:39

The temptation to automate command and control will be great. The danger is greater. Read more from our June 2023 issue. Give the gift of The Atlantic today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Counteroffensive by Anne Applebaum and Jeffrey Goldberg — June 2023 21.05.2023 42:44

The future of the democratic world will be determined by whether the Ukrainian military can break a stalemate with Russia and drive the country backwards—perhaps even out of Crimea for good. Story by Anne Applebaum and Jeffrey Goldberg. Read more from our June 2023 issue. Give the gift of The Atlantic today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How to Look at a Vermeer by Susan Tallman — May 2023 17.05.2023 35:59

The artist left behind few clues about his life or intentions, but the paintings themselves teach the viewer new ways to see. Story by Susan Tallman. Read more from our May 2023 issue. Give the gift of The Atlantic today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s Okay to Like Good Art by Bad People by Judith Shulevitz — May 2023 14.05.2023 24:37

Art transcends the artist. Story by Judith Shulevitz. Read more from our May 2023 issue. Give the gift of The Atlantic today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Pornography Paradox by Laura Kipnis — May 2023 10.05.2023 20:24

Reformers fear that ever more outré sites are warping users’ desires. But transgression has always been part of the appeal. Story by Laura Kipnis. Read more from our May 2023 issue. Give the gift of The Atlantic today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is Holocaust Education Making Anti-Semitism Worse? by Dara Horn — May 2023 07.05.2023 1:11:46

Using dead Jews as symbols isn’t helping living ones. Read more from our May 2023 issue. Give the gift of The Atlantic today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ice-Cream Conspiracy by David Merritt Johns — May 2023 03.05.2023 23:52

Studies show a mysterious health benefit to ice cream. Scientists don’t want to talk about it. Story by by David Merritt Johns. Read more from our May 2023 issue. Give the gift of The Atlantic today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Freedom-Loving Florida Fell for Ron DeSantis by Helen Lewis — May 2023 30.04.2023 47:01

A journey through Ron DeSantis’s magic kingdom. Story by Helen Lewis. Read more from our May 2023 issue. Give the gift of The Atlantic today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Arnold Schwarzenegger's Last Act by Mark Leibovich — April 2023 26.04.2023 43:33

What happens when the Terminator turns 75. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The New Anarchy by Adrienne LaFrance — April 2023 14.03.2023 59:56

America faces a type of extremist violence it does not know how to stop. Read more from our April 2022 issue. Give the gift of The Atlantic today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Puzzling Gap Between How Old You Are and How Old You Think You Are by Jennifer Senior — April 2023 14.03.2023 16:19

There are good reasons you always feel 20 percent younger than your actual age. Read more from our April 2022 issue. Give the gift of The Atlantic today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did George Washington Burn New York? -- Daniel Immerwahr -- March 2023 21.02.2023 17:53

Americans disparaged the British as arsonists. But the rebels fought with fire too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fiction: The Third Law of Magic -- Ben Okri -- March 2023 21.02.2023 27:25

A short story Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Struck on One Side -- Emil Sands -- March 2023 21.02.2023 22:53

On living with cerebral palsy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Miraculous Salman Rushdie -- Judith Shulevitz -- March 2023 21.02.2023 24:55

His enchanting new novel is a triumph. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A New Way to Read 'Gatsby' -- Alonzo Vereen -- March 2023 21.02.2023 15:16

F. Scott Fitzgerald never explicitly states Jay Gatsby’s race. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Masterpiece No One Wanted to Save -- George Packer -- March 2023 21.02.2023 20:25

Censored and then forgotten, Anatoly Kuznetsov’s "Babi Yar," about the Nazi occupation of Kyiv, is again painfully relevant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Flight -- Rae Armantrout -- March 2023 21.02.2023 1:41

A poem Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ode to Swearing -- James Parker -- March 2023 14.02.2023 4:37

"Swearing is an art, like everything else. You can overdo it, you can underdo it, and you can do it just right." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices