On Breaking One's Neck
A physician reports on his own catastrophic injury.
A physician reports on his own catastrophic injury.
Arnold Relman New York Review of Books Jan 2014 15min Permalink
A collection of picks about the pills we swallow and the people who make them, take them and sell them.</p>
To his friends and family, Ross Ulbricht was a compassionate, warm soul known for random acts of kindness. To the F.B.I., he was Dread Pirate Roberts, the mastermind behind the Silk Road who was willing to order hits to protect his black market operation.
David Segal New York Times Jan 2014 20min Permalink
A profile of Barack Obama as he turns toward the finish line.
David Remnick New Yorker Jan 2014 1h5min Permalink
Twenty years after its premiere, the filmmakers and subjects look back at “the great American documentary.”
Jason Guerrasio The Dissolve Jan 2014 1h Permalink
An unlikely bipartisan alliance attempts to get Yes into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
David Rowell Washington Post Dec 2013 15min Permalink
One man’s quest to have a healthy leg amputated.
Anil Ananthaswamy Matter Nov 2012 30min Permalink
“There is only one given: On the afternoon of August 16, a 22-year-old from Australia named Christopher Lane, who had come to America to go to college and play baseball, went out running and, without warning or knowing why, was shot to death in Duncan.”
Buzz Bissinger Vanity Fair Jan 2014 30min Permalink
On the legendary journalist and the book he never finished.
S.L. Price Sports Illustrated Jan 2014 25min Permalink
Why audio never goes viral.
Stan Alcorn Digg Jan 2014 25min Permalink
What happens when a runner loses his feet?
Frank Bures Runner's World Feb 2014 30min Permalink
What happened when 21-year-old Taiwan Smart became the target of both police and a reality TV show.
Terrence McCoy Miami New Times Jan 2014 20min Permalink
What accounts for the gender gap in literary criticism?
Miriam Markowitz The Nation Dec 2013 25min Permalink
George Saunders has written for The New Yorker and GQ. His latest collection of short stories is Tenth of December.
“Maybe you would understand your artistry to be: put me anywhere. I'll find human beings, I'll find human interest, I'll find literature. And I guess you could argue the weirder, or maybe the less explored the place, the better.”
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The very complicated life of Dr. Essay Anne Vanderbilt, who once built a very good golf club.
Update: Grantland has published a pair of responses to the reaction to this story, "What Grantland Got Wrong" by Christina Kahrl and "The Dr. V Story: A Letter From the Editor" by Bill Simmons.
Caleb Hannan Grantland Jan 2014 30min Permalink
François Hollande campaigned as “Monsieur Normal,” but after taking office as France’s President, a single tweet exposed his twisted 20-year love triangle.
Evgenia Peretz Vanity Fair Dec 2012 15min Permalink
“After college, as my friends left Michigan for better opportunities, I was determined to help fix this broken, chaotic city by building my own home in the middle of it. I was 23 years old.”
Drew Philp Buzzfeed Jan 2014 25min Permalink
What adolescence does to adolescents is nowhere near as brutal as what it does to their parents.
An excerpt from All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood.
Jennifer Senior New York Jan 2014 25min Permalink
How a rogue p.r. man pulled a fast one on professional hockey.
Alan Siegel Sports on Earth Jan 2014 15min Permalink
“More than a café, the shop is a carpentered-together, ingenious mechanism—a specialized tool—designed to keep Carrelli tethered to herself.”
John Gravois Pacific Standard Jan 2014 15min Permalink
It comes from the soil of the desert Southwest. Inhaled, it can cause incurable, even fatal illness. And, thanks to global warming, valley fever is spreading fast.
Dana Goodyear New Yorker Jan 2014 25min Permalink
The case of Gilberto Valle, “The Cannibal Cop,” and the line between criminal thoughts and action.
Robert Kolker New York Jan 2014 20min Permalink
A report from Owsley County, Ky., the poorest county in America.
Kevin D. Williamson National Review Jan 2014 20min Permalink
Sweet Valley High and the enduring economic power of blond twins.
Amy Benfer The Believer Jan 2004 25min Permalink
Searching for the alleged Kazakh Bernie Madoff.
Elliot Wilson Euromoney Jan 2014 Permalink