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The Atlantic Out Loud

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Professionally narrated articles from The Atlantic—just for subscribers.

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Jul 11, 2026

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Episodes

Claudia Rankine’s Quest for Racial Dialogue - Ismail Muhammad - October 2020 15.09.2020

Is her focus on the personal out of step with the racial politics of our moment? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ode to Small Talk - James Parker - October 2020 15.09.2020

How about this weather? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anatomy of an American Failure - Ed Yong - September 2020 11.08.2020

A virus has brought the world’s most powerful country to its knees. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The End of Denial - Ibram X. Kendi - September 2020 11.08.2020

Donald Trump has revealed the depths of the country’s prejudice—and has inadvertently forced a reckoning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When China Sees All - Ross Andersen - September 2020 11.08.2020

Xi Jinping is using artificial intelligence to enhance his government’s totalitarian control—and he’s exporting this technology to regimes around the globe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What Is MasterClass Actually Selling? - Carina Chocano - September 2020 11.08.2020

The ads are everywhere. You can learn to serve like Serena Williams or write like Margaret Atwood. But what MasterClass really delivers is something altogether different. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Mythology of Racial Progress - Jennifer A. Richeson - September 2020 11.08.2020

Whether it’s happening or not Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Copperfield's Wild Ride - James Parker - September 2020 11.08.2020

Armando Iannucci’s adaptation of Dickens’s novel is mad, loving, and brilliant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Looking for Frederick Douglass - Clint Smith - September 2020 11.08.2020

How a visit to his birthplace helped me understand this moment of rage, reckoning, and possibility Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Black Yearbook - Adam Harris - September 2020 11.08.2020

Photos from the University of Texas at Austin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What to Do About William Faulkner - The Atlantic - September 2020 11.08.2020

A white man of the Jim Crow South, he couldn’t escape the burden of race, yet derived creative force from it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lying as an Art Form - Merve Emre - September 2020 11.08.2020

Her latest novel frames lying as a creative act. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A KGB Man to the End - Anne Applebaum - September 2020 11.08.2020

The origins of Putin’s worldview—and the rise of Russia’s new ruling class Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ode to Balloons - James Parker - September 2020 11.08.2020

Gravity is overrated. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Collaborators - Anne Applebaum - July/August 2020 23.06.2020

Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Supermarkets Are a Miracle - Bianca Bosker - July/August 2020 23.06.2020

A short history of the stores that—even now—keep us supplied with an abundance of choices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Worst, Worst Case - Frank Partnoy - July/August 2020 23.06.2020

The U.S. financial system could be on the cusp of calamity. This time, we might not be able to save it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can an Unloved Child Learn to Love? - Melissa Fay Greene - July/August 2020 23.06.2020

Here’s what’s become of them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Deep Cut - Andrew Martin - July/August 2020 23.06.2020

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

The Shakespeare of Status Anxiety - Ryan Bradley - July/August 2020 23.06.2020

How Kevin Kwan celebrates and skewers the ultrawealthy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Triumph of the Slob - Amanda Mull - July/August 2020 23.06.2020

Keeping a cluttered house has long been considered a little tacky, a little weak. But now it’s looking very wise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beware the Digital Cure - Franklin Foer - July/August 2020 23.06.2020

The firms are all too eager to help the government manage the coronavirus crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Independence Day - Amy Weiss-Meyer - July/August 2020 23.06.2020

Street scenes from city life Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"How Did I End Up Like This?" - James Parker - July/August 2020 23.06.2020

In the deepest reaches of history, the poet found a voice for the troubled present. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Florida, Man - Lauren Groff - July/August 2020 23.06.2020

Why Florida is the way it is Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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