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November 11, 2021 | Episode 34

A Friend in the Execution Room

The Experiment revisits our March conversation with Yusuf Ahmed Nur, a Somali immigrant and business professor who volunteered to witness the U.S. government execute someone.
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October 28, 2021 | Episode 33

What Does It Mean to Give Away Our DNA?

As excitement about genetic testing grows, one Navajo geneticist considers the future of the field and whether her people should be a part of it.
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October 21, 2021 | Episode 32

Justice, Interrupted

The highest court in America isn't safe from mansplaining. A new set of rules for oral argument may change things.
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October 14, 2021 | Episode 31

Who Would Jesus Mock?

The Atlantic's Emma Green sits down with the editor-in-chief of Christian satire site the Babylon Bee to talk about mockery and the line between making fun and doing harm.
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October 7, 2021 | Episode 30

The True Cost of Prison Phone Calls

Phone-call fees from incarcerated people generate millions of dollars for states, but children pay the price.
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September 23, 2021 | Episode 29

The Original Anti-Vaxxer

Where does bodily autonomy end and our duty to others begin? In March, The Experiment considered one answer, the story of a 1905 Supreme Court case about government-mandated vaccines.
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September 16, 2021 | Episode 28

The Unwritten Rules of Black TV

The short, uneven history of Black representation on television—from Julia to The Cosby Show to today's "renaissance."
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September 9, 2021 | Episode 27

What 9/11 Did to One Family

Grief, conspiracy theories, and a family's search for meaning in the two decades since the attacks.
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August 19, 2021 | Episode 26

A Uyghur Teen's Life After Escaping Genocide

The Uyghur refugee Aséna Tahir Izgil escaped the genocide of her people in China. Now she's trying to be a teenager in America.
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August 12, 2021 | Episode 25

Can America See Gymnasts for More Than Their Medals?

USA Gymnastics has been undergoing a reckoning over widespread abuse. The Atlantic's Emma Green asks former gymnast Rachael Denhollander whether the sport can shake off that grim legacy.
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August 5, 2021 | Episode 24

Why Can't We Just Forget the Alamo?

The Texan writer Bryan Burrough set out to debunk the myth of the Alamo, only to find himself igniting a fierce ideological battle over the state's founding legend.
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July 29, 2021 | Episode 23

The Myth of the 'Student Athlete'

The NCAA was created to protect students, so why have some student athletes gone hungry while their schools have earned millions?
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July 22, 2021 | Episode 22

The Hate-Crime Conundrum

After 50 years of hate-crime legislation in the U.S., hate-motivated violence is once again on the rise. So where did we go wrong?
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July 15, 2021 | Episode 21

The Great Seed Panic of 2020

Last summer, home deliveries of unsolicited Chinese seeds sent Americans into a panic. Writer Chris Heath has discovered an explanation that many, including the USDA, don't believe.
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July 8, 2021 | Episode 20

America Has a Drinking Problem

Alcohol has been humanity's social lubricant since 10,000 B.C., but its use as a coping mechanism is distinctly American.
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June 24, 2021 | Episode 19

Dr. Ruth on Hot Vax Summer

After the pandemic, how do we learn to get close to one another again? We ask the renowned sex therapist Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer.
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June 17, 2021 | Episode 18

Life, Liberty, and Drugs

The Columbia professor Carl Hart believes that we can use drugs safely, and that doing so is our American right.
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June 10, 2021 | Episode 17

The Ashes on the Lawn

The tragedy of the AIDS epidemic forced activists to battle their own grief and navigate extreme measures in order to effect lasting change.
May 27, 2021 | Episode 16

One Woman's Quest for an Orgasm

On an intimate journey for her own sexual pleasure, Katharine Smyth found herself navigating a female-orgasm industrial complex long defined by myths about women's bodies.
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May 20, 2021 | Episode 15

How the Evangelical World Turned on Itself

Christian rapper Lecrae found his faith in a culture where evangelicalism and politics were tightly tied. When he couldn't live with that anymore, the consequences were devastating.
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May 13, 2021 | Episode 14

How The Evangelical Machine Got Made

White evangelicals have become the most powerful voting bloc in America, one church mailing list at a time. But is the cost of political victory too high?
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May 6, 2021 | Episode 13

Here for the Right Reasons? Lessons From '90 Day Fiancé'

What does a guilty-pleasure reality show teach us about immigration and democracy in America?
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April 29, 2021 | Episode 12

What Makes a Murderer?

A widely criticized legal principle disproportionately puts youth of color and women behind bars. But is it the only way to hold police accountable when they kill?
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April 22, 2021 | Episode 11

How RBG Became 'Notorious'

In her fight for women's rights, the then–ACLU lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg did something unexpected: She argued on behalf of men.
April 15, 2021 | Episode 10

The Problem With America's National Parks

The story of our national parks, sometimes called "America's best idea," leaves out a very big group of people. The Ojibwe writer David Treuer is trying to change that.
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April 1, 2021 | Episode 9

The 'Rock Doc' Who Prescribed 1.4 Million Pain Pills

Jeffrey Young's patients say he helped them like nobody else could, but prosecutors indicted him following a huge painkiller bust. His case offers a unique look at the opioid crisis.
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March 25, 2021 | Episode 8

The Crime of Refusing Vaccination

Where do our rights over our own bodies end and our duties to others begin? An answer lies in the story of a 1905 Supreme Court case about government-mandated vaccines.
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March 18, 2021 | Episode 7

The Volunteer

Yusuf Ahmed Nur volunteered to counsel a man on death row. He never intended to witness the execution.
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March 11, 2021 | Episode 6

Inventing 'Hispanic'

How did a hugely diverse group of people in the United States get lumped together? The answer involves Chicanos, the census, and Celia Cruz.
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March 4, 2021 | Episode 5

Lost Cause

What does it take to overcome one of the oldest disinformation campaigns in American history?
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February 25, 2021 | Episode 4

The Sisterhood

Filipinos make up 4 percent of nurses in the U.S. Why do they account for a third of the nurses who have died from COVID-19 in America?
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February 18, 2021 | Episode 3

The Case for Sweatpants

What a polarizing garment says about America
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February 11, 2021 | Episode 2

56 Years

American democracy is younger, and more fragile, than we've been taught. One woman lived through the whole thing.
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February 4, 2021 | Episode 1

The Loophole

Inside Yellowstone National Park, there's a glitch in the U.S. Constitution.
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January 6, 2021 | Episode 0

Que Viva la Pepa: Introducing The Experiment

Stories from an unfinished country. A new series from The Atlantic and WNYC Studios.
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About The Experiment

It's easy to forget that the United States started as an experiment: a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, with liberty and justice for all. That was the idea.

On this weekly show, we check in on how that experiment is going. We find answers in doctors' offices, courtrooms, churches, national parks, laboratories, and in cars in the middle of the night. These stories look at the powerful ideas that shaped the United States—and what happens when we try to bring those ideas down to earth.

The Experiment: A show about people navigating our country's contradictions, a co-production of The Atlantic and WNYC Studios, hosted by Julia Longoria. Weekly episodes beginning February 4.

Host

Julia Longoria
Associate Producer

Gabrielle Berbey
Vice President for Original Programming

Emily Botein
Sound Designer

David Herman
Correspondent

Tracie Hunte
Production Coordinator

Natalia Ramirez
Producer

Peter Bresnan
Intern

Alina Kulman

About The Experiment

It's easy to forget that the United States started as an experiment: a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, with liberty and justice for all. That was the idea.

The Experiment: A show about people navigating our country's contradictions, a co-production of The Atlantic and WNYC Studios, hosted by Julia Longoria. Weekly episodes beginning February 4.

Host

Julia Longoria
Associate Producer

Gabrielle Berbey
Vice President for Original Programming

Emily Botein
Sound Designer

David Herman
Correspondent

Tracie Hunte
Production Coordinator

Natalia Ramirez
Producer

Peter Bresnan
Intern

Alina Kulman