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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.

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The Jensen Huang Crisis for AI

2026-11-12 · 37 min · Episode 231

This episode of Radio Atlantic taped before Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s resignation. The AI race between the United States and China heated up in a different way this week: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admitted to having an…
The Secretary of Defensiveness

2026-11-09 · 27 min · Episode 230

Last week’s midterms were clear: American voters are not happy with the war in Iran. Less clear, though, is what President Trump can or will do now. After elevating his hard-line adviser Stephen Miller to chief of staff…
Did Democrats Win—Or Did Trump Lose?

2026-11-05 · 33 min · Episode 229

In a resounding rebuke to President Trump, voters this week gave Democrats control over both the House and Senate. Call it a blue wave or a blue tsunami. The power has suddenly shifted to a party that just two years two…
The Anger Election’s Final Twist

2026-11-02 · 25 min · Episode 228

The midterms elections are finally here—but not without some last-minute drama. In Michigan, Democratic Representative Haley Stevens changed her mind about her primary opponent Abdul El-Sayed over the weekend, and…
How to Lose Texas

2026-10-29 · 30 min · Episode 227

The Rio Grande Valley in Texas was a Democratic stronghold for decades before it went for Donald Trump in 2024. Now polls show it swinging to Democrats again. The Atlantic staff writer Nick Miroff traveled to the region…
How the Campaign War Chests Are Being Spent

2026-10-26 · 26 min · Episode 226

Gas prices, an unpopular Iran war, and a bizarre Alaska lawsuit about the two Dan Sullivans on the ballot collide as the midterm elections enter their final week. “Radio Atlantic” host Adam Harris is joined by the…
Maria Bamford Is Tough as Nails E

2026-10-22 · 31 min · Episode 225

Hanna Rosin interviews the comedian Maria Bamford, the subject of the new documentary “Paralyzed by Hope,” directed by Judd Apatow and Neil Berkeley. Bamford explains the relationship between her OCD and her comedy. She…
Why Trump Is Making Deals With Putin

2026-10-19 · 25 min · Episode 224

President Trump is striking deals again—this time with the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. On Friday, he exempted Russia from a sanctions bill that Congress had passed and he had signed. The executive order followed a…
Have We Reached Peak Testosterone?

2026-10-15 · 40 min · Episode 223

Politics has seemed obsessed recently with performing masculinity. If there’s one factor that animated Donald Trump’s reelection and continues to animate the political right in general, it’s “masculinism,” a movement to…
Musk, Bezos, and the New Space Race

2026-10-13 · 25 min · Episode 222

Who really controls America’s next era in space: NASA or two billionaire rivals? It might be some combination of the three. On this episode of Radio Atlantic, Adam Harris talks with Atlantic staff writer Josh Tyrangiel…

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