The President and the Pope
Panelists joined to discuss Trump’s attacks on Pope Leo XIV for his comments about the war in Iran.
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Washington Week With The Atlantic
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The Iran War Is Putting Pressure on Europe
Panelists joined to discuss the effects of the conflict on America’s allies, and more.
What Trump’s Address to the Nation Revealed
Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic joined to discuss the president’s first national address since the war with Iran began.
Trump’s Mixed Messages About Iran
Panelists joined to discuss the president’s shifting answers to how the conflict could end.
The David Frum Show
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On the Brink of Global Recession
The economist Adam Posen on the effect of the war in Iran on the world’s economy and the darkening economic outlook for the United States. Plus: A shifting partisan balance of power and Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed, by Maureen Callahan.
Is Anybody Actually Winning Trump’s Iran War?
Former U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Matt Pottinger on the U.S.-Iran cease-fire, Trump’s Hormuz blockade, and China’s reaction to the Iran war. Plus: A seismic election in Hungary, and Labyrinths, by Jorge Luis Borges.
What It Means to Be American
Fareed Zakaria and David Frum on whether they regret becoming American citizens. Plus: how 18 years of economic turmoil ushered in a new populist era, and a discussion of Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino.
Watching War From the Strait of Hormuz
Graeme Wood on what he saw at the Strait of Hormuz and the lockdown of oil in the Persian Gulf. Plus: Trump’s war-information blackout and Thomas Paine’s Common Sense at 250 years old.
Holocaust Survivor Band
Two nonagenarians celebrate the redemptive quality of music through their klezmer band.
My Mother’s Ghost Story
An estranged mother and son reconnect over an apparent haunting.
The Trauma of Being a 911 Operator
In an emergency-dispatch center in San Francisco, operators navigate the daily stresses of the profession.
A Monk’s Son Struggles to Find Meaning
What’s the difference between Buddhist detachment and demotivation?
The Tragic Consequences of the NHL’s Science Denial
The National Hockey League insisted that Todd Ewen’s death wasn’t related to his hockey career. Science suggests otherwise.
How a River Was Granted Personhood
The government of New Zealand worked with the indigenous Maori people to legally confer the rights of an individual on a river.
Goddess of Fire
After a Hawaiian park ranger discovers his family ties to an ancient deity, he begins a process of self-discovery.
The Online Speech Wars
The ongoing battle over First Amendment rights in the digital space
Take an Amusing Architectural Tour of Postapocalyptic Manhattan
The digital war zone of a multiplayer shooter game is reappropriated for a pacifist city tour of dystopian Manhattan.
The Heroin Hearse in the Overdose Capital of America
In drug-ravaged Appalachia, a man tries to save lives by bringing death into the streets.