MFA vs. CIA
On applying to work as an undercover agent.
2/26: The Oral History
The llamas, the dress, and the day the internet broke.
Bearing Witness to the Rise of ISIS
The story of freelance journalist Anna Therese Day.
What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team
Be nice and listen.
The Dog Thief Killings
An attempt to make sense of the dog meat industry in Vietnam, an unregulated maze of black market slaughterhouses, home restaurants, and thieves who are often murdered in the open when caught stealing the family pet.
How America Made Donald Trump Unstoppable
“In less than a year Trump has succeeded in turning the USA into a massive high school.”
Notes from the GOP campaign trail.
Selfies, Dating, and the American 14-Year-Old
Lily gets ready for her first date.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Corpseless Shrouds"
A woman recalls an endless lifetime of near-death experiences.
The Radioactive Boy Scout
A suburban teen attempts to build a reactor, radioactivity ensues.
Juan Thompson Wrote About St. Louis for the National Media. But Were Any of His Stories True?
The real story of a fabricator.
Wesley Yang writes for New York and other publications.
“If a person remains true to some part of their experience, no matter what it is, and they present it in full candor, there’s value to that. People will recognize it. Once I knew that was true, I knew I could do this.”
Thanks to MailChimp, Home Chef, and Trunk Club for sponsoring this week's episode.
H.
On heroin and harm reduction.
One Day, 625 Delays
The ripple effect of a single MTA mechanical failure.
Helium Dreams
How one man wants to transport the world’s heaviest cargo in airships that are lighter than air.
A Ghost Among Us
One woman’s attempt to break the speed record on the Pacific Crest Trail.
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Cancer Cons, Phoney Accidents and Fake Deaths: Meet the Internet Hoax Buster
Inside one woman’s often conflicted world.
The Real Story of Germanwings Flight 9525
An attempt to figure out why, and how, a young pilot named Andreas Günter Lubitz deliberately plunged an airliner into the remote French Alps, killing himself and the other 149 people on board.
Single Women Are Now the Most Potent Political Force in America
“Women are not abstaining from or delaying marriage to prove a point about equality. They are doing it because they have internalized assumptions that just a half-century ago would have seemed radical.”
Excerpted from </em>All the Single Ladies</a>.
Windows on the Will
A trip to the zoo, Charlie Kaufman’s new film, and human despair.
The Spectacular Fall of a TV Genius
How David Milch, the creator of NYPD Blue and Deadwood, blew his $100 million fortune at the track.
Heavyweight Champion of the Word
In an era when America’s great sportswriters were as big as the athletes they covered, W.C. Heinz may have been the best of the bunch.
What Should We Say About David Bowie and Lori Maddox?
“Word choice is hard here. Should we say “raped” automatically if a grown man has sex with a teenager? Does it matter at all if the 15-year-old, now much older, describes their encounter as one of the best nights of her life? What is our word for a ‘yes’ given on a plane that’s almost vertically unequal? Does contemporary morality dictate that we trust a young woman when she says she consented freely, or believe that she couldn’t have, no matter what she says?”
The Golden Generation
Why China’s super-rich send their children west.
Collections Business Sex Travel
The Longform Guide to Rich Kids
Paris Hilton, Princeton phonies, and the prince who blew through billions—a collection of articles on young money.
