The writings of Norwegian mass killer Anders Breivik are a copy-and-paste hodgepodge of “jeremiads against the scourge of cultural theory, lists of atrocities perpetuated by Muslims, and pages of derision of ‘female sluts,’ but also Wikipedia articles about sugar beet farming and investment tips.”
A Little League season in Camden, New Jersey, where the murder rate is 17 times the national average.
Transporting an instrument after a death in the family.
The saga of Naji Mansour.
Cory Booker, Chris Christie, and Mark Zuckerberg had a plan to reform Newark’s schools. They got an education.
Joe Frazier vs. Muhammad Ali, 20 years after their final fight.
Will Vinton created the California Raisins, coined the term “claymation” and had a firm making $28 million a year in the late 1990s. By 2002, he was out of a job, replaced by a failed rapper who had gone by the name “Chilly Tee” and also happened to be the son of Nike co-founder Phil Knight.
An interview with Miley Cyrus.
A young woman with a rare condition navigates El Paso.
The Muay Thai fighters of Klong Prem.
A profile of Uruguay President José Mujica, a former revolutionary who’s been shot six times, was imprisoned for 14 years and, since taking office, has shunned the presidential mansion in favor of a small farm while legalizing gay marriage, abortion and marijuana.
"Caught between the dealers and the cops in Hazleton, Pa., is a woman with a bad habit."
Previously: Susan Dominus on the Longform Podcast.
On the search for migrants lost at sea and the families left behind.
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The hedge funders who tried to give away a fortune anonymously.
How the Third Reich was founded on a conspiracy theory.
How medically induced hypothermia could save lives.
An oral history of the 2002 Western Conference finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and Sacramento Kings.
Previously: Jonathan Abrams on the Longform Podcast.
On the murder of a popular bar owner in a ghost town near the Mexican border.
Michael Lewis has written for The New Republic, Vanity Fair and The New York Times Magazine. His latest book is Flash Boys.
“When you're telling a story, you're essentially playing the cards you're dealt. ... Sometimes the hand is very easy to play. Sometimes the hand is difficult to play. At the end, I just try to think, ‘Is there anything I would have done differently?‘ ‘Is there any trick I missed?’ If I don't have the feeling that I missed something big, I feel happy about the book.”
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In northern Nigeria, radical Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram is facing a vigilante backlash from armed teenagers with nothing to lose.
How P. Rajagopal, the founder of one of the world’s largest vegetarian restaurant chains, got away with murder.
A cancer doctor on losing his wife to cancer.
A history of the celebrity profile.
An investigation into Boston’s off-campus housing.
The fire that killed a Boston University student in a house filled with 13 other people and only one exit.
Examining the laws around off-campus housing and their lack of enforcement.
How the giants in the student rental trade do business.
