Radio Atlantic

This show has been great from the beginning but the ‘Scripts’ series is stellar. Ethan Brooks has done a fantastic job.

Stimulants are life changing & already so many people are worried about using them & stigma surrounds them, to frame one person’s story as a critique of this whole class of drugs is highly problematic & irresponsible. Further, another drug he used was Benzos, a drug class well known to cause many many issues for people, yet your reporting said nothing about that at all. His story was compelling & worthy of telling, but the journalist interpretation of it was uninformed & further contributed to false narratives about this class of drugs. Where was the data? The presentation of a most nuanced & complex picture? Highly disappointing to me as a mental health professional & family member to multiple people with ADHD.

As a longtime reader of The Atlantic, I appreciate the topics and depth of presentation by Hanna and her crew. I find these topics interesting (even if I wasn’t hooked by the title initially). This is the goal of solid authorship. I read The Atlantic cover-to-cover every month just for that. As one of my favorite authors I thoroughly enjoy listening to Hanna and her guests!

Discussion by Frank and Elaina was very disappointing. Picking at Kamala Harris in a way they would never have picked at a male counterpart. Why? Can’t we just give Kamala the benefit of the doubt on non-catastrophic shortcomings?? Do we really need to dissect her supposed stage fright on such an historic evening when we could be pondering much larger questions. It felt demeaning and small minded.