This episode of Radio Atlantic taped before Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s resignation. The AI race between the United States and China heated up in a different way this week: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admitted to having an affair with a woman who is reportedly a Chinese spy. Days later ...عرض المزيد
The Secretary of Defensiveness
Last week’s midterms were clear: American voters are not happy with the war in Iran. Less clear, though, is what President Trump can or will do now. After elevating his hard-line adviser Stephen Miller to chief of staff and shielding Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth against impe ...عرض المزيد
Something alarming is happening with reading in America. Leisure reading by some accounts has declined by about 50 percent this century. Literacy scores are declining for fourth and eighth graders at alarming rates. And even college students today are complaining to teachers that ...عرض المزيد
This is one for the books. In episode 104 of Overthink, Ellie and David consider what makes reading so rewarding, and, for many people today, so challenging! How did society shift toward inward silent reading and away from reading aloud in the Middle Ages? How have changes in tea ...عرض المزيد
College students in 2024 are less willing and able to read full books. Today, Explained asks whether that matters. This episode was produced by Peter Balonon-Rosen, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Andrea Kristinsdottir and Patrick Boyd, and h ...عرض المزيد