The Atlantic Out Loud

The Atlantic Out Loud

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The Atlantic Out Loud episodes

  • The Black Roots of American Education

    How Reconstruction created American public education. By Adam Harris. From The Atlantic's December 2023 issue.

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    23 min
  • The Years of Jubilee

    In 1871, the Fisk University singers embarked on a tour that introduced white Americans to a Black sound that would reshape the nation. By Vann Newkirk II. From The Atlantic's December 2023 issue.

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    32 min
  • A Traitor to the Traitors

    James Longstreet became a champion of Reconstruction. Why? By Eric Foner. From The Atlantic's December 2023 issue.

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    23 min
  • The Revolution Never Ended

    The federal government abandoned Reconstruction in 1877, but Black people didn’t give up on the moment’s promise. By Peniel E. Joseph. From The Atlantic's December 2023 issue.

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    24 min
  • Kennedy and the Lost Cause

    How John F. Kennedy fell for the lost cause and the grandmother who wouldn’t let him get away with it. By Jordan Virtue. From The Atlantic's December 2023 issue.

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    28 min
  • The Archive of Emancipation

    No one should fear a history that asks a country to live up to its highest ideals. By Lonnie G. Bunch III. From the December 2023 issue.

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    23 min
  • The Sociopaths Among Us—And How to Avoid Them

    You’re bound to come across the “Dark Triad” type of malignant narcissists in life—and they can be superficially appealing. Better to look for their exact opposite. By Arthur Brooks.

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    12 min

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