Katherine Wells

Katherine Wells is the former executive producer of podcasts at The Atlantic.

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Listen: How Limiting Protests Will Spread the Virus
Crowded gatherings are only part of the equation.
Katherine Wells
June 4, 2020
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‘Don’t Ever Tell Law Enforcement to Shoot to Kill Your Own People’
A dispatch from the brink of catastrophe
Katherine Wells
May 31, 2020
Erik Winkowski
Listen: Why Can’t I Get Tested?
The U.S. is lagging behind on testing and in the race to get a comprehensive picture of the pandemic. The Atlantic’s Alexis C. Madrigal helps explain why.
Katherine Wells
March 21, 2020
Listen: When It’s Illegal to Leave Home
As American cities start shutting down, Jeffrey Goldberg and Anne Applebaum talk through the consequences of increasing restrictions on civil liberties. Recorded at 2 p.m. ET on March 19, 2020.
Katherine Wells
March 19, 2020
Floodlines: Map of Key Locations
A guide to the city of New Orleans and the areas affected by Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath
Katherine Wells
March 12, 2020
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David Lynch on Where Great Ideas Come From
In an animated interview, the filmmaker gives advice on creativity.
Jackie Lay, Katherine Wells, and Jennie Rothenberg Gritz
July 19, 2016
Living Simply With a Flip Phone
It's quite possible to live and date in New York without a smartphone.
James Hamblin, Katherine Wells, Nicolas Pollock, and Chiara Atik
June 18, 2015
How to Cook a Real Chicken Nugget (and Why)
School lunches, including chicken nuggets, are notoriously unhealthy. They don't have to be.
James Hamblin and Katherine Wells
May 28, 2015
What's This Bone Broth People Are Drinking?
Carrying around a coffee cup full of hot meat stock is somehow cool.
James Hamblin, Katherine Wells, and Nicolas Pollock
April 23, 2015
Cryotherapy: The Dubious Appeal of Shooting -260 Degree Nitrogen at Your Naked Skin
A questionable medical treatment is becoming popular.
James Hamblin and Katherine Wells
April 9, 2015