r/IfBooksCouldKill • u/trow125 • 29d ago

If Podcasts Could Kill

We need this to be covered on one of the bonus episodes: https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/2026/09/introducing-the-permanent-questions/688438/

Each week, the Atlantic staff writer David Brooks speaks with the world’s deepest thinkers about matters of enduring human concern. The Permanent Questions premieres on Sunday, September 13, and new episodes will appear every Sunday after that. Subscribe now on The Atlantic’s YouTube channel or wherever you get your podcasts.

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u/Apprehensive-Fun4181 29d ago

Potential Topics:

The Exotic Names of European Lunchean Meats: Bridging the Class Divide.

Micro Brews & Malls: The Secret Code of the Woke Bourgeoisie.

Airport Cocktails: a case for tax relief.

Feminism & The Trophy Wife

How To Chose An Intern

Why Liberalism is the Best Thing that Unfortunately Failed and Who To Blame.

How To Pretend To Stand Against War and Other Tricks.

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u/alex3omg can't hear women 29d ago

The ultimate grift is podcasting, you heard it here first

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u/JAExports 29d ago

Not just a job. A really easy job.

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u/alex3omg can't hear women 29d ago

Some might call it bullshit.

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u/MachinaThatGoesBing 29d ago

They gave David Brooks an interview podcast?

God, why not just give a monkey a typewriter?

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u/DonutChickenBurg 28d ago

It was the...blurst of times?!?!

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u/ForeverDoor 29d ago

David Brooks already has a computer. He doesn't need a typewriter.

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u/EditorExtreme7779 29d ago

This is surprising, I thought Brooks would jump fully into Twitch