The Atlantic Onstage

The Atlantic’s David Graham spoke with several local journalists—Leoneda Inge from WUNC, Eduardo Medina of The New York Times, and Kate Sheppard of The Assembly—about how North Carolina’s economic, political, and cultural shifts are shaping public life in the Tar Heel State. This episode features a conversation recorded on April 8, 2026, in Durham, North Carolina, as part of our Atlantic Across America series.  Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news to fascinating explorations of our world. Plus, you can attend exclusive live events, listen to subscriber-only audio, download stories on The Atlantic app, and more. For more information about The Atlantic’s past and upcoming events, go to TheAtlantic.com/Live. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Evan Smith, The Atlantic’s managing director for events, spoke with three university chancellors—Karrie Dixon of North Carolina Central University, Kevin Howell of North Carolina State University, and Lee Roberts of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill—about the state of play in higher education, including tuition increases, state and federal funding, enrollment growth, and the value of a college degree. This episode features a conversation recorded on April 8, 2026, in Durham, North Carolina, as part of our Atlantic Across America series.  Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news to fascinating explorations of our world. Plus, you can attend exclusive live events, listen to subscriber-only audio, download stories on The Atlantic app, and more. For more information about The Atlantic’s past and upcoming events, go to TheAtlantic.com/Live. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Atlantic staff writer George Packer sat down with the critically acclaimed novelist and essayist Salman Rushdie to talk about his latest book, The Eleventh Hour, and to reflect on one of the most pivotal moments in his life: when he was attacked at a public event in 2022. This episode features a conversation recorded on March 13, 2026, at the New Orleans Book Festival as part of our Atlantic Across America series.  Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news to fascinating explorations of our world. Plus, you can attend exclusive live events, listen to subscriber-only audio, download stories on The Atlantic app, and more. For more information about The Atlantic’s past and upcoming events, go to TheAtlantic.com/Live. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Evan Smith, The Atlantic’s managing director for events, sat down with Helena Moreno, the mayor of New Orleans, to discuss how national challenges take shape at the local level.  This episode features a conversation recorded on March 14, 2026, at the New Orleans Book Festival as part of our Atlantic Across America series.   Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news to fascinating explorations of our world. Plus, you can attend exclusive live events, listen to subscriber-only audio, download stories on The Atlantic app, and more. For more information about The Atlantic’s past and upcoming events, go to TheAtlantic.com/Live. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg sat down with the best-selling biographer Walter Isaacson, the acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns, the Atlantic staff writer Clint Smith, and the Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed to discuss the evolution of the American experience as our 250th birthday approaches. This episode features a conversation recorded on March 12, 2026, at the New Orleans Book Festival as part of our Atlantic Across America series.  Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news to fascinating explorations of our world. Plus, you can attend exclusive live events, listen to subscriber-only audio, download stories on The Atlantic app, and more. For more information about The Atlantic’s past and upcoming events, go to TheAtlantic.com/Live. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, sat down with General Stanley McChrystal and the Atlantic staff writer George Packer for a wide-ranging conversation about the forces driving today’s most consequential international crises.  This episode features a conversation recorded on March 12, 2026, at the New Orleans Book Festival, as part of our Atlantic Across America series.  Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news to fascinating explorations of our world. Plus, you can attend exclusive live events, listen to subscriber-only audio, download stories on The Atlantic app, and more. For more information about The Atlantic’s past and upcoming events, go to TheAtlantic.com/Live. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the days following the attack on Iran by the United States and Israel, The Atlantic’s Vivian Salama sat down with the fellow staff writers Tom Nichols, Toluse Olorunnipa, and Nancy A. Youssef to discuss the start of the war and its implications for global security.  This episode features a conversation recorded virtually on March 4, 2026, as part of our Big Story series. Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news to fascinating explorations of our world. Plus, you can attend exclusive live events, listen to subscriber-only audio, download stories on The Atlantic app, and more. For more information about The Atlantic’s past and upcoming events, go to TheAtlantic.com/Live. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Evan Smith, The Atlantic’s managing director for events, sat down with the former Washington Post executive editor Martin Baron to talk about the fallout from recent, sweeping newsroom cuts at the paper and what they signal for journalism’s future. This episode features a conversation recorded on February 12, 2026, at the Knight Media Forum in Miami as part of our Atlantic Across America series. Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news to fascinating explorations of our world. Plus, you can attend exclusive live events, listen to subscriber-only audio, download stories on The Atlantic app, and more. For more information about The Atlantic’s past and upcoming events, go to TheAtlantic.com/Live. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Evan Smith, The Atlantic’s managing director for events, sat down with our staff writers Tom Nichols, Missy Ryan, and Nancy A. Youssef to discuss how press restrictions at the Pentagon have affected their reporting on national security in the second Trump administration. This episode features a conversation recorded on February 12, 2026, at the Knight Media Forum in Miami as part of our Atlantic Across America series. Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news to fascinating explorations of our world. Plus, you can attend exclusive live events, listen to subscriber-only audio, download stories on The Atlantic app, and more. For more information about The Atlantic’s past and upcoming events, go to TheAtlantic.com/Live. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Evan Smith, The Atlantic’s managing director for events, sat down with the Minnesota journalist Georgia Fort to discuss the importance of a free press and her recent arrest following her coverage of a protest inside a St. Paul church. This episode features a conversation recorded on February 12, 2026, at the Knight Media Forum in Miami as part of our Atlantic Across America series.  Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news to fascinating explorations of our world. Plus, you can attend exclusive live events, listen to subscriber-only audio, download stories on The Atlantic app, and more. For more information about The Atlantic’s past and upcoming events, go to TheAtlantic.com/Live. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Atlantic staff writer Caity Weaver sat down with the planetary scientist Nina Lanza and the Atlantic staff writer Ross Andersen to discuss our evolving relationship with the cosmos and the search for life beyond our world.  This episode features a conversation recorded on January 28, 2026, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, as part of our Atlantic Across America series.  Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news to fascinating explorations of our world. Plus, you can attend exclusive live events, listen to subscriber-only audio, download stories on The Atlantic app, and more. For more information about The Atlantic’s past and upcoming events, go to TheAtlantic.com/Live. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Atlantic staff writer Yvonne Wingett Sanchez sat down with Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes to discuss the state’s efforts to ensure free and fair elections leading up to the 2026 midterms.  This episode features a conversation recorded on January 13, 2026, in Phoenix, Arizona, at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, as part of our Atlantic Across America series.  Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news to fascinating explorations of our world. Plus, you can attend exclusive live events, listen to subscriber-only audio, download stories on The Atlantic app, and more. For more information about The Atlantic’s past and upcoming events, go to TheAtlantic.com/Live. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Evan Smith, The Atlantic’s managing director for events, sat down with former U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and former Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona to discuss America’s place in the world as we enter the second year of a more aggressively isolationist administration.  This episode features a conversation recorded on January 13, 2026, in Phoenix, Arizona, at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, as part of the Atlantic Across America series.  Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news to fascinating explorations of our world. Plus, you can attend exclusive live events, listen to subscriber-only audio, download stories on The Atlantic app, and more. For more information about The Atlantic’s past and upcoming events, go to TheAtlantic.com/Live. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices