Scott Stossel
National Editor at The Atlantic
National Editor, The Atlantic. Author of My Age of Anxiety and Sarge. Retweets mean "this is interesting," not necessarily "I agree with it."
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Mar 3, 2025 |
theamericanscholar.org | Scott Stossel |Laura Delano
Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance by Laura Delano; Viking, 352 pp., $30Some years ago, in a condition of acute emotional distress, I found myself in the office of the resident psychologist on a unit of a mental institution. Sitting in this psychologist’s office on day four of my incarceration, I was wracked by a kind of psychic claustrophobia; I was miserable and scared and desperate to get out. Fueled by panic, I pleaded tearfully that I needed to go home.
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Aug 1, 2024 |
niemanstoryboard.org | Trevor Pyle |Jeff Goldberg |Scott Stossel
Tagged with covering climate change narrative structure political reporting Profiles Sources For almost a year, George Packer — a writer for The Atlantic and winner of the National Book Award — told people he was working on a long-form story about Phoenix, Arizona. The response he got didn’t inspire the kind of confidence journalists seek. “If I were too susceptible to the expressions on people’s faces I might have given up because it didn’t inspire excitement,” Packer said. “It was more a...
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May 26, 2024 |
vnexplorer.net | Scott Stossel
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. Welcome back to The Daily's Sunday culture edition, in which one Atlantic writer or editor reveals what's keeping them entertained. Today's special guest is Malcolm Ferguson, an assistant editor who has written about the case for Kwanzaa, and why he wishes his family would take up the holiday again.
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May 24, 2024 |
theatlantic.com | Scott Stossel
Listen00:0029:28Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (NOA) using AI narration. If there was a moment—a single shot, in fact—when the chemical composition of men’s tennis changed, it came on September 10, 2011, in the semifinals of the U.S. Open, as Novak Djokovic faced Roger Federer. At the time, Djokovic had won just three Grand Slam tournaments, compared with Federer’s towering 16. Federer took a two-sets-to-love lead and appeared to be cruising to victory.
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May 10, 2024 |
niemanstoryboard.org | Carly Stern |Scott Stossel |Jeff Goldberg |Jennifer Senior
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