Videos
Brave Thinkers
Atlantic editors discuss the November issue and four honorees describe their bold visions
Slideshows
Lights, Camera, Sobriety
James Parker comments on his favorite scenes from VH1's Celebrity Rehab
Videos
Mid-Century Modern
Benjamin Schwarz deconstructs scenes from Mad Men that reveal Don Draper’s vulnerable side
Videos
Ask Andrew
Ta-Nehisi Coates visits Andrew Sullivan at his Provincetown vacation home
to ask questions submitted by Atlantic readers.
Videos
Corby Kummer: Farm to Table
Corby Kummer meets farmers and chefs with a passion for fresh, organic produce
Videos
Two Comedians, Two Englands
James Parker contrasts Russell Brand's lanky sensuality with Ricky Gervais's dumpy materialism
Videos
Revenge Fantasy
Jeffrey Goldberg tells Jennie Rothenberg Gritz why Quentin Tarantino's new Nazi-themed movie, Inglourious Basterds, is so novel--and dangerous
Videos
Peace, Love, and Mayhem
James Parker compares serene footage of the 1969 Woodstock festival with the violent frenzy unleashed during the 1999 anniversary concert
Videos
The Aspen Interview Series
16 Conversations with TheAtlantic.com at the 2009 Aspen Ideas Festival...
Videos
Twilight of the Newsweeklies
Michael Hirschorn talks to Bob Cohn about why the current age spells doom for Time and Newsweek, but not for The Economist.
Videos
Harry Potter and the Slouching Adolescents
James Parker considers the incoherent enchantments of a scene from The Goblet of Fire
Videos
The Last Big Daddy
Paul Starobin, author of the book After America, talks to James Gibney about
the end of U.S. dominance
Videos
Why Religions Evolve
Bob Wright explains to Andrew Sullivan how the cruel, provincial gods of ancient Greece became the benign, cosmopolitan deities of today
Videos
Finding Jesus at a Buddhist Retreat
Andrew Sullivan talks to Robert Wright, author of The Evolution of God,
about the ultimate goal of all religion.
Videos
Obama's Supreme Choice
Stuart Taylor Jr. and Bob Cohn discuss the selection of Sonia Sotomayor
Videos
The Pursuit of Happiness
Dr. George Vaillant, director of a 72-year Harvard study on aging, explains what makes people strive for fame and why dirty laundry symbolizes a perfect life
Videos
Congo's Other War
Delphine Schrank visits the empty lakes and scattered elephant bones left behind by the DRC's ongoing violence.
Videos
Postmodern Bikini Bottom
James Parker deconstructs the tormented irony and contagious optimism of a SpongeBob episode.
Videos
The Con Game
Jeffrey Goldberg tells Bob Cohn why he bought gold, stocked up on lanterns, consulted a survivalist -- and finally fired his broker.
Videos
Alan Moore: From Hell
James Parker shares a climactic scene from the film adaptation of Moore's Jack the Ripper story
Videos
Gefilte Jinks in Joan's Kitchen
Corby Kummer cooks the classic fish melange with Jewish food writer Joan Nathan as Jeffrey Goldberg kibbitzes on the sidelines.
Videos
Jason X: The Doctors
James Parker provides voiceover commentary for a scene from the Friday the 13th franchise.
Videos
China Climbs the Ladder
James Fallows and Megan McArdle discuss the current industrial moment in China: the rise of new high tech companies, the urbanization of the culture, and the folly of the term "currency manipulators."
Videos
Unconventional Warfare
Footage of combat in Afghanistan, filmed and with voiceover narration by Louie Palu
Videos
Reinventing Health Care
Excerpts from an Atlantic discussion featuring leaders in health policy and practice
Videos
The Table: Why Gregg Bowed Out
Andrew Sullivan and Marc Ambinder speculate on Judd Gregg's decision to withdraw his name from the running as Secretary of Commerce.
Videos
The View from the Cockpit
Pilots at Alaska's Elmendorf Air Force Base share their views on how to maintain American air superiority.
Videos
The Frosting on the Cupcake
Corby Kummer explains the cupcake craze and demonstrates how to do a proper taste test.
Videos
The Table: Obama's Apology
Andrew Sullivan and Marc Ambinder comment on Obama's contrition over Tom Daschle and explain the nature of the president's mistake.
Videos
The Table: Stimulus and Ideology
Andrew Sullivan and Marc Ambinder discuss the delicate dynamic between President Obama and the House Republicans.
Videos
South Side Story
Ta-Nehisi Coates discusses Michelle Obama with an outspoken publisher and former Black Panther—his father.
Videos
Far Out
James Parker provides audio commentary for a hyperbolic scene from the epic show Battlestar Galactica.
Videos
Recession: A Global Outlook
Finance blogger Megan McArdle and international politics professor Daniel Drezner discuss the world's economic future.
Videos
The Fears of a Clown
James Parker dissects two of Jim Carrey's most unnervingly subversive onscreen moments, and contrasts them with a scene from the Bill Murray film Groundhog Day.
Videos
Twilight: A Review
Caitlin Flanagan brings a camcorder and a savvy 14-year-old girl to a premiere of the new vampire movie.
Videos
The Enduring Appeal of Baseball
A discussion with Senator George Mitchell and former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue. Moderated by Zander Baron.
Videos
The Trouble with Paris Hilton
Andrew Sullivan and Marc Ambinder discuss the difference between playing hardball and crossing the line in campaign advertising.
Videos
Fair and Balanced
Marc Ambinder describes the challenge of reporting on two very different campaigns, and Andrew Sullivan discusses his evolving thought process about Sarah Palin.
Videos
Your Brain on Blog
Andrew Sullivan and Marc Ambinder reflect on the narcotic appeal of blogging and the occupational hazards of thinking quickly.
Videos
How to Hunt for Termites
Lisa Margonelli captures highlights from her termite-hunting trip in the Arizona desert with Department of Energy researchers
Videos
Book Talk: Grand New Party
In this conversation with Matt Yglesias, Ross Douthat and Reihan Salam summarize the new Republican strategies outlined in their book.
Videos
Excerpts: Paul Campos on Obesity
In these clips from an interview with Megan McArdle, law professor Paul Campos, author of The Obesity Myth, speaks passionately and humorously about America's cultural bias against weight. Filmed on location at the Aspen Institute. (For transcripts of these excerpts, click here.)
Videos
Reporting on Israel
James Bennet, Jeffrey Goldberg, and Ari Shavit discuss Israel's need for big ideas, Ehud Olmert's new dovish streak, and the sometimes complicated relationship between Israeli politicians and American philanthropists.
Videos
Digital Storytelling and the Future of Journalism
In this third session of The Table @ Aspen, Marc Ambinder (moderator), Sean Parker, Megan McArdle, Ta-Nehisi Coates and Michael Hirschorn discuss Facebook, reality television, and the effects blogging has on journalists.
Videos
Donald Rumsfeld: The Change Agent
Atlantic correspondent Robert D. Kaplan takes a fresh look at the legacy of the former secretary of defense.
Videos
Where Ideas Come From
Filmmaker David Lynch and folk-rock icon Donovan reflect on the creative process
Videos
Rupert Murdoch: The Last Hope for Journalism?
James Bennet and Mark Bowden discuss Rupert Murdoch's reign at The Wall Street Journal and reflect upon the past and future of the newspaper business
Videos
The Future of Party Politics
David Brooks, Marc Ambinder, Ross Douthat, and Matthew Yglesias discuss the backlash against Bush, politicians out of office, the rise of single-parent families and poverty, what makes a skillful politician, the choice between being a reformer or a unifier, and the human connection factor in politics.
Videos
Opening the Portal
Folk-rock icon Donovan describes how beatniks, Beatles, druids, and yogis led him toward the source of song.
Videos
Is Higher Education For Everyone?
Ross Douthat (moderator), Daniel Mote, Paul Verkuil and Michael Bennet on higher education.
Videos
The Table: Andrew Sullivan and Marc Ambinder
Is McCain smart enough to run for president? Will Obama go negative? Two bloggers explore these and other questions about the 2008 presidential race.
Videos
The Table: Obama at the Helm
With Hillary Clinton poised to concede the Democratic race, Andrew Sullivan and Marc Ambinder consider the promise of an Obama candidacy
Videos
Target Earth
Gregg Easterbrook leads an illustrated tour through the treacherous world of space rocks.
Videos
Book Discussion: The Beautiful Struggle
Atlantic blogger and contributing editor Ta-Nehisi Coates reads passages from his memoir and reflects on education, hip hop music, and his father's powerful presence.
Videos
Al Franken: He's Not Joking
Joshua Green traces Al Franken's journey from Saturday Night Live to Senate candidacy.
Videos
Conversations with Ta-Nehisi Coates
In this two-part series, an Atlantic contributor discusses his
profile of Bill Cosby
and his new memoir, The Beautiful Struggle.
Videos
Hollywood's Vietnam Moment
Ross Douthat takes a critical look at the film industry's response to the Iraq War.
Videos
The Britney Show
Atlantic contributor David Samuels leads a panel at New York University's Department of Journalism on the influence of paparazzi.
Videos
The Table (March 2008)
Marc Ambinder, Megan McArdle, and Matthew Yglesias discuss Eliot Spitzer's demise, the Clinton supremacy, and Geraldine Ferrara's remarks.
Videos
Untangling the Wire
Mark Bowden, Jeffrey Goldberg, and Ross Douthat
look back on five seasons of
the groundbreaking show and weigh its lasting contributions.
Videos
The Table (Early January 2008)
Marc Ambinder, Ross Douthat, and Matthew Yglesias discuss racism and sexism, unorthodox Republicans, the Bill Clinton factor, and Bloomberg's folly.
Videos
The Table (Late January 2008)
Marc Ambinder, Ross Douthat, and Matthew Yglesias discuss what the media want, the Obama-is-a-closet-Muslim rumors, and stimulus wars.
Videos
The Table (December 2007)
Marc Ambinder, Ross Douthat, and Matthew Yglesias discuss the primaries and the press, God and country, Iraq's vanishing act, and political skeletons in the closet.
Videos
A Magical Cup
Corby Kummer tours the cutting edge of the coffee world, where baristas use mesmerizing high-end brewing techniques and light roasts are making a comeback.
Videos
James Bennet and Jeffrey Goldberg In Conversation
The Atlantic editor interviews the magazine's national correspondent in this special Plum TV broadcast. September 2007.
Videos
A Fresh Take on Sardines
Corby Kummer follows the trail of the oily fish from Cannery Row to modern gourmet restaurants.
Videos
Ann Patchett at Clemson University
The award-winning fiction writer defends Anna Karenina, The Great Gatsby, and her own controversial memoir
Videos
Jihadists in Paradise
Interviews with the key players in Mark Bowden's March 2007 Atlantic story.
