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A profile of the California governor.

Wednesday, May 22

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Inside the White Student Union of Towson University.

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The battle over stop-and-frisk within the NYPD’s ranks.

Longform Podcast #42: Mat Honan

Mat Honan is a senior writer at Wired.

"[The tech] industry—especially as it relates to a lot the silly apps and the silly websites and the silly shit that we put up with—is ridiculous. It's just such a hype fest, people living off of jargon and nonsense. There are entire conferences devoted to nonsense! ... I like to skewer that stuff, because I don't want to feel responsible for it. I don't want to feel like I'm making someone go out and buy some piece of shit they don't need."

Thanks to this week's sponsor, TinyLetter!


Show notes and links:

  1. @mat
  2. honan.net
  3. [0:30] Pop-Up Magazine
  4. [2:00] "How Apple and Amazon Security Flaws Led to My Epic Hacking" (Wired • Aug 2012)
  5. [6:00] "Yes, I Was Hacked. Hard." (Honan's Tumblr)
  6. [17:15] "Liveblog: Get the Latest Updates From Google I/O 2013" (Wired • May 2013)
  7. [17:30] "Welcome to Google Island" (Wired • May 2013)
  8. [18:30] "Fever Dream of a Guilt-Ridden Gadget Reporter" (Gizmodo • Jan 2012)
  9. [27:30] @RUSirius
  10. [29:15] "I Am Here: One Man's Experiment With the Location-Aware Lifestyle" (Wired • Jan 2009)
  11. [31:30] "Stock and Flow" (Robin Sloan • Snarkmarket • Jan 2010)
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The pharmaceutical quest to give women a better sex life.

Tuesday, May 21

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The trade in fake olive oil.

Longform Guide to Elephants

They “speak” through their feet, some can even draw, and at least one has been hung for murder. A collection of picks about pachyderms.

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On the blurry ethical lines in the part-time Texas state legislature, where politicians and CEO’s are one and the same.

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A fist-hand account of San Francisco in the hours and days after the devastating 1906 earthquake.

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In North Georgia, two men feud over a quarter-mile property line.

Monday, May 20

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A crash course in Tantra and superficial spirituality.