The Pentagon’s R&D arm, DARPA, gave us drones and the internet. Now the agency has a new mission: to fold computers into the brain and nervous system—or maybe vice versa. Silicon Valley is eating all of this up.

Raised by Youtube -- The Atlantic -- Alexis Madrigal

Oct 9th, 2018 36m 2s

A boisterous new age of global children’s entertainment has arrived —and it’s not at all what we adults were expecting.

Alexa, How Will You Change Us? - The Atlantic - Judith Shulevitz

Oct 9th, 2018 46m 40s

The voice revolution has only just begun. Today, Alexa is a humble servant. Very soon, she could be much more--a teacher, a therapist, a confidant, an informant.

Knausgaard Devours Himself - The Atlantic - Ruth Franklin

Oct 6th, 2018 29m 57s

The iconoclastic author, whose six-volume My Struggle is now complete in English, has lost his faith in radical self-exposure. What happened?

A House Still Divided -- The Atlantic -- Ibram X. Kendi

Sep 13th, 2018 13m 40s

In 1858, Abraham Lincoln warned that America could not remain “half slave and half free.” Today, the country remains divided by racism—and the threat is as existential as it was before the civil war.

Losing the Democratic Habit -- The Atlantic -- Yoni Appelbaum

Sep 13th, 2018 19m 40s

Americans once learned self-governance by practicing it constantly—in lodge halls, neighborhood associations, and labor unions. As participation in these institutions has dwindled, so has public faith in democracy. To restore it, we must return

The Threat of Tribalism -- The Atlantic -- Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld

Sep 13th, 2018 16m 7s

The Constitution once united a diverse country under a banner of ideas. But partisanship has turned Americans against one another—and against the principles enshrined in our founding document.

Building an Autocracy - The Atlantic - David Frum

Sep 13th, 2018 17m 27s

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Madison vs The Mob - The Atlantic - Jeff Rosen

Sep 12th, 2018 21m 47s

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America's Courts Can't Ignore the World - The Atlantic - Stephen Breyer

Sep 12th, 2018 44m 40s

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A Warning From Europe - The Atlantic - Anne Applebaum

Sep 7th, 2018 1h 12m

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The Bullet in My Arm - The Atlantic - Elaina Plott

Sep 6th, 2018 23m 20s

I grew up in a gun-loving town in Alabama. My grandfather’s store sells firearms. But only after I was shot did I begin to understand America’s complicated relationship with guns.

How Poetry Came to Matter Again - The Atlantic - Jesse Lichtenstein

Aug 12th, 2018 33m 20s

A young generation of artists is winning prizes, acclaim, and legions of readers while exploring identity in new ways.

What Really Killed the Dinosaurs? - The Atlantic - Bianca Bosker

Aug 12th, 2018 59m 9s

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How ICE Went Rogue - The Atlantic - Franklin Foer

Aug 6th, 2018 1h 8m

A long-running inferiority complex, vast statutory power, a chilling new directive from the top—inside America’s unfolding immigration tragedy.

Your Lying Mind - The Atlantic - Ben Yagoda

Aug 4th, 2018 38m 7s

Science suggests we’re hardwired to delude ourselves. Can we do anything about it?

May It Please the Court - The Atlantic - Lara Bazelon

Jul 30th, 2018 35m 16s

In more than a decade of arguing cases in court, I’ve witnessed the stubborn cultural biases female attorneys must navigate to simply do their jobs.

The Atlantic - 'His Brother’s Keeper' -Luke Mullins

Jul 3rd, 2018 47m 57s

Audio version of "His Brother's Keeper". In America’s deadliest big city, the task of announcing each new murder falls to police spokesman T. J. Smith. One year ago, he confronted a killing like no other. Original story: https://www.theatlanti

The End of Civil Rights - The Atlantic - Vann R. Newkirk

Jun 25th, 2018 30m 13s

Across immigration, policing, criminal justice, and voting rights, the attorney general is pushing an agenda that could erase many of the legal gains of modern America's defining movement.

Your Child Says She's Trans. She Wants Hormones and Surgery. She's 13. - The Atlantic - Jesse Singal

Jun 21st, 2018 1h 24m

After a dark history in which transgender kids were routinely ignored, “repaired,” or persecuted, a new protocol of social and physical transition has emerged. For teens who experience persistent gender dysphoria, this protocol can provide prof

The Raid - The Atlantic - William Langwiesche

Jun 21st, 2018 38m 8s

Here’s one way to fight ISIS: Send one of the most advanced and expensive military aircraft in the U.S. arsenal from a base in Missouri to drop GPS-guided 500-pound bombs on a group of 70 ragtag fighters sleeping in the Libyan desert. (Spoiler