Introducing The Permanent Questions with David Brooks

How do you find your purpose? How do you confront your own mortality? How do you repair a broken community? There are a lot of podcasts about the latest developments in politics and finance, health and wellness, entertainment and tech. The Permanent Questions is a new show about the topics that never go away. 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. Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news to fascinating explorations of our world. Atlantic subscribers also get access to exclusive subscriber audio in Apple Podcasts. Subscribe today at TheAtlantic.com/Listener. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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• 0:02David Brooks?

  Hi, I'm David Brooks. As I've been surfing the podcast universe, the thought has occurred to me that there are a lot of shows about tech, and politics, and business, and health, but there aren't enough about the big questions of life. How do you find your purpose? How do you confront death? How do you save a relationship that's going through a rough patch? How do you build a just society? And so, The Atlantic is starting a new podcast. It's called The Permanent Questions. We're going to talk to the great teachers all across America about the big questions you have to ask if you're going to lead a meaningful life. These are the questions we have to figure out together if we're going to build a humane society. It premieres on Sunday, September 13th, and new episodes will come out every Sunday after

• 0:47David Brooks?

  that. You can subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, and on The Atlantic's YouTube channel. I hope you'll join us. It could even be good for your soul.