Hi, I'm Adrian Green, managing editor of the Atlantic.

We were started in 1857 when some of the greatest minds in American arts and letters

convened to form a magazine centered around the American idea.

The magazine is given voice to some of the nation's most significant ideas and debates.

And now, 160 years after his founding, we bring you the Atlantic Interview, a podcast featuring our editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg.

Who is sitting right here in the studio with you.

I just want to note that for the record.

And since you're here, tell us what this is all about.

The podcast is called the Atlantic Interview. So this is all about. The podcast is called The Atlantic Interviewing People.

Jeff, The Atlantic is a magazine.

How is it going to interview people?

Well, I'm going to interview them on behalf of the Atlantic.

I mean, it's fairly self-explanatory.

Our goal is to spend a lot of time with one person,

one person who's interesting or famous or important or interesting famous and important

really the most interesting people I could find out there we have Chimamanda Diche the great

Nigerian American novelist I used to think Americans wouldn't bow to power in the way they have done.

We got Jake Tapper, a famous Twitter personality who also hosts most of the day on CNN.

I just revealed something that I've never revealed

anybody before that I find everybody in the world annoying. I think that comes

through. I mean at least with me. Got the mayor of Los Angeles talking about tacos, and I'm really not even kidding.

Yuka's tacos, they have the best cochinita Pivil, which is this marinated pork dish from

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