What Does a Robot With a Soul Sound Like?
The sound designer Randy Thom was faced with a challenge: What does a robot sound like? And what if that robot learns to love? Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll en...
28 Feb 202520min
The Five Eyes Have Noticed
We talk with staff writer Anne Applebaum about what she calls the “end of the post–World War II order.” We also talk with staff writer Shane Harris, who covers national security, about how intelligenc...
27 Feb 202534min
Americans Are Stuck. Who's to Blame?
Americans used to move all the time to better their lives. Then they stopped. Why? Read Yoni Appelbaum’s cover story on The Atlantic here. Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscrib...
20 Feb 202534min
The Strange, Lonely Childhood of Neko Case
In a new memoir, the singer-songwriter Neko Case recounts a childhood of poverty and neglect: a mother who left her and a father who was barely there. But there was also music. And when there was noth...
13 Feb 202533min
Purge Now, Pay Later
Parts of the federal government are being dismantled. But although the decisions from President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are unusual—perhaps even unprecedented—are they constitutional? The Atlantic ...
6 Feb 202535min
The War for Your Attention
Our attention is finite and valuable. And it’s nearing its breaking point. In a new book, MSNBC host Chris Hayes explains how everything—from politics to media to technology—has come to revolve around...
30 Jan 202537min
The Chaos of Blanket Pardons
In a matter of hours after being sworn into office, President Donald Trump delivered on a promise in a way that even high-level Republicans didn’t see coming. Trump granted sweeping pardons for more t...
23 Jan 202518min
January 6 and the Case for Oblivion
As Donald Trump prepares to take office again, the country is still coming to terms with what happened on January 6, 2021. But perhaps the best way to move forward is to neither forgive nor forget the...
16 Jan 202533min
