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.
Die. Freeze Body. Store. Revive.
Cryonicists are banking on the idea that future technology will allow preserved bodies to be brought back to life.
The Tragic Death of a Secret Gamer
Until he was diagnosed with cancer, “Allied” lived a double life.
The Next Wave of Climate Refugees
In the Indian Sundarbans, climate change threatens to destroy an important ecosystem, and a region populated by tens of millions.
The Right to Sexuality
A couple with intellectual disabilities fights for the right to live together.
‘Recycling Is Like a Band-Aid on Gangrene’
A Canadian lab that conducts research on microplastics interrogates the scientific method.
‘Ex-offenders Matter’
How one formerly incarcerated woman built a bridge from prison to society
Intersex, and Proud
She was raised as a boy. After a doctor discovered a half-formed ovary, Tatenda decided to live as a young woman.
‘We Aren’t Free—We Are Limited to Hiding Behind Veils’
In one of the most dangerous countries in the world for women, three courageous Pakistanis put their lives on the line in the fight for equality.
The 23-Year-Old Woman Who Pioneered Investigative Journalism
In the Victorian era, the audacious Nellie Bly went undercover in a mental asylum.
Atomic Veterans Were Silenced for 50 Years. Now, They’re Talking.
Some of the last surviving soldiers exposed to nuclear-bomb tests share their unfathomable experiences.