Today The Atlantic’s flagship podcast, Radio Atlantic, is launching a new Monday-morning video episode hosted by Adam Harris, who joins Hanna Rosin as co-host of the show. Adam will anchor every Monday, focusing on stories that set the agenda for the week ahead; Hanna hosts the show on Thursdays. The first episode, out today, features Adam in conversation with the Atlantic staff writer Adam Serwer, discussing the birthright-citizenship case soon to be decided by the Supreme Court. Since it relaunched in May 2023 with Rosin as its host, Radio Atlantic has played a central role in bringing The Atlantic’s journalism to audio, with weekly episodes featuring original reporting and investigations; long-form interviews with journalists, authors, and newsmakers on the topics of the day; and exclusive conversations that go inside The Atlantic’s biggest stories. Radio Atlantic on Mondays will focus on the major stories listeners need to know about that week, and Adam will interview a variety of guests––including Atlantic writers and editors and outside experts. By bringing its flagship podcast to YouTube, The Atlantic is also creating opportunities for audiences to experience Atlantic journalism across a wider range of formats. The expansion of Radio Atlantic is part of a surge of audio and video at The Atlantic, which has doubled its number of weekly shows, podcast staff, and audio revenue in the past year. This is The Atlantic’s fourth video podcast effort since 2025, following last year’s launches of The David Frum Show and Galaxy Brain with Charlie Warzel; this fall, The Atlantic will introduce a weekly video podcast hosted by David Brooks. Adam was an Atlantic staff writer for six years, covering education, and is the author of The State Must Provide: Why America’s Colleges Have Always Been Unequal—And How to Set Them Right. He has guest hosted a number of recent episodes of Radio Atlantic, including “Trump Is Wishcasting Victory in Iran,” where he spoke with Nancy Youssef and Tom Nichols; and “Colleges Are at a Breaking Point,” speaking with Ian Bogost on how the AI job market has made tuition look like a dubious investment. The Atlantic is also announcing a number of new senior hires to the podcast team, who have spent their careers shaping audio and video journalism. Mike Pesoli is a video podcast producer for Radio Atlantic; he joins from the Associated Press, where he produced and edited video coverage of politics and national defense. Hadley Robinson has joined as a senior supervising producer; she was most recently editorial director of audience at Politico and previously developed podcasts at The Washington Post. Christopher Beha has been hired as a senior editor for video podcasts; he is an author and was the editor of Harper’s magazine from 2019 to 2023. Rebecca Davis, senior producer for video podcasts, has spent her career as a producer and director at The New York Daily News, NBC News, and later on Vox’s Netflix show, Explained. They join Kevin Townsend, who was recently promoted to senior supervising producer; Kevin joined The Atlantic in 2017 and has been an essential member of the Radio Atlantic team across the years. Rosie Hughes was also recently promoted to producer at The Atlantic; Rosie joined as the associate producer of Good on Paper and has recently worked with the Radio Atlantic team. Press Contacts: Anna Bross and Paul Jackson, The Atlantic | [email protected]
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