The Atlantic is at this time asserting the entire agenda, night programming, and extra audio system for the fifteenth annual Atlantic Pageant, happening on Thursday, September 28, and Friday, September 29, at The Wharf in Washington, D.C. Newly introduced are interviews with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, former Consultant and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Will Hurd, former Consultant Gabby Giffords, and Mira Murati, the chief know-how officer of OpenAI; an evening of dwell storytelling with Oscar-, Emmy-, and Peabody-winning filmmaker Spike Lee, in dialog with Atlantic contributing author Jemele Hill; and the debut of Netflix’s forthcoming docuseries Huge Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul, adopted by a dialog that includes the sequence’s director and famend documentarian, R.J. Cutler.
In-person and digital passes are out there now, and the complete occasion agenda is posted on the competition’s web site. Press ought to request a credential by emailing press@theatlantic.com.
This 12 months’s competition will probably be an unparalleled exploration of probably the most vital problems with our time—with dozens of occasions addressing the state of worldwide democracy, happiness and constructing a extra thought of life, AI regulation throughout industries, the local weather disaster, race and racism in America, ebook banning, and governing in instances of division.
The agenda, out now in full, options interviews on the Concepts Stage with the people introduced above, together with Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi in dialog with The Atlantic’s editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg; actor, producer, and activist Kerry Washington in dialog with workers author Clint Smith; Consultant Joaquin Castro interviewed by workers author Caitlin Dickerson; secretary of the Smithsonian Establishment Lonnie G. Bunch III; author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; Governor Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania; Governor Spencer Cox of Utah; and Russell Moore, the editor in chief of Christianity At this time.
New this 12 months is an In Pursuit of Happiness discussion board led by Arthur C. Brooks, who writes The Atlantic’s “Methods to Construct a Life” column, with Cheryl Strayed, writer of Tiny Lovely Issues, and psychiatrist Robert Waldinger; ebook talks with Jake Tapper about his new thriller, All of the Demons Are Right here, and Lauren Groff about her new ebook, The Vaster Wilds; a dwell taping of Radio Atlantic, the relaunched weekly podcast, with host and senior editor Hanna Rosin; and an occasion with Ladies of Washington bringing collectively ladies from the administration, Congress, and the media.
The Atlantic can also be releasing its night lineup, solely for in-person ticket holders. On Thursday night time, Netflix will debut its new documentary sequence Huge Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul, directed by R. J. Cutler, adopted by a dialog with Cutler and Jamie Ducharme, a Time correspondent and writer of the ebook on which the docuseries is predicated. Huge Vape is produced by Amblin Tv, This Machine (part of Sony Footage Tv), and Time Studios. On Friday night time, be a part of a dwell storytelling session with filmmaker Spike Lee, who will probably be in dialog with Atlantic contributing author Jemele Hill. The wide-ranging dialog will discover the non-public {and professional} experiences that formed Lee’s prolific profession, the intersection of artwork and activism, and rather more. Each night occasions will happen on the District Pier.
The 2023 Atlantic Pageant is made doable by the beneficiant help of Presenting Stage Underwriters Leaps by Bayer, Pfizer, and Southern Firm; Supporting Stage Underwriter Allstate; and Contributing Stage Underwriters AHIP, Barbour, Boston Consulting Group, Metropolis of Hope, Eli Lilly and Firm, Genentech, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Basis, and Go to Seattle.
The Atlantic Pageant
September 28–29, 2023
The Wharf, D.C., and Just about
For Passes: https://theatlanticfestival.com
