Prep-School Gangsters
“They cruise the city in chauffeured cars, blasting rap, selling pot to classmates. How some of New York’s richest kids joined forces with some of its poorest.”
The Child Exchange
A five-part investigation into “private re-homing,” in which adoptive parents give their problem children away with the help of internet message boards.
Delhi Rape: How India's Other Half Lives
On the lives of the men who gang-raped a woman on a Delhi bus last year, the life of their victim, and the people left out of India’s growing prosperity.
What Broke My Father's Heart
What happens when a pacemaker outlives the brain.
In Conversation: Michael Bloomberg
“Will you show me all of the man-in-the-street, sympathetic, mayoral candidates? The last time I met one of them on the subway was a long time ago. Let’s not get too carried away.”
Nancy Dubuc, the Duck Whisperer
How A+E’s CEO is navigating the new TV environment with hit shows like “Duck Dynasty.”
The Longform Guide to Undercover Journalism
A collection of reporting from inside slaughterhouses, car dealerships, and an 1800s insane asylum.
A Soldier's Wife
A year and a half with Candace Desmond-Woods, whose husband, and Iraq war veteran, suffers from PTSD and alcoholism.
Hiding in N. Virginia, a Daughter of Auschwitz
The quiet life of Brigette Höss, 80, whose father ran Auschwitz.
The Abyss
On life with amnesia and the role that music plays in memory.
The Invisible Man
A profile of Cormac McCarthy–on the verge of fame.
Ryan Leaf's Jailhouse Confessions, Written By His Cell Mate
A profile of the NFL quarterback gone bust.
To a Chinese Scrap-Metal Hunter, America's Trash Is Treasure
On the road with Johnson Zeng, who buys up the metal “Americans won’t or can’t be bothered to recycle.”
Barrett Brown Faces 105 Years in Jail
Why a former Anonymous spokesperson was arrested for, among other things, copying and pasting a link.
The Issuu Guide to Fashion Media Icons
This guide is sponsored by Issuu, the world's fastest growing digital publishing platform. Issuu's publishers include the biggest names in fashion, lifestyle, art, sports, and global affairs. And many more publications are created by people just like you.
Tonight, one of those publishers, The Daily Front Row, is hosting the first annual Fashion Media Awards at Fashion Week. Eight of the fashion industry's most powerful and influential people will be honored. Tomorrow, The Daily Front Row will publish its annual Media Issue, which you can read on Issuu.</i>
Until then, check out these classic profiles of fashion media icons:
This Man Moved to a Desert Island in Order to Vanish. Here's What Happened.
A two-week island experience involving a 70-year-old interloper, his mannequin girlfriend, a couple of dogs and very little else.
The Social Life of Genes
“When it comes down to it, really, genes don’t make you who you are. Gene expression does. And gene expression varies depending on the life you live.”
The Way of All Flesh
Undercover in an industrial slaughterhouse.
Previously: Conover discusses this story on the Longform Podcast.
A Death in Valdosta
In January, the body of a 17-year-old athlete was found in his high school’s gym. The authorities ruled it an accident. His friends and family aren’t convinced.
Bashar al-Assad: "All contracts signed with Russia are implemented"
Translation of an exclusive interview with Syrian President Bashar al_Assad:
“Have they not realised that since the Vietnam War, all the wars their predecessors have waged have failed? Have they not learned that they have gained nothing from these wars but the destruction of the countries they fought, which has had a destabilising effect on the Middle East and other parts of the world? Have they not comprehended that all of these wars have not made people in the region appreciate them or believe in their policies?”
Sarah Stillman is a staff writer for The New Yorker.
"People don't really care about issues so much as they care about the stories and the characters that bring those issues to life. ... A story needs an engine or something to propel you forward and it can't just be a collection of like, 'Oh hmm, this was interesting over here and this was interesting over there.' Realizing that helped me sit down with all my stuff on trafficking and labor abuses in Iraq and Afghanistan and say 'What are the five craziest things that I found here and how could I weave them together in a way that would actually have some forward motion?'"
Thanks to TinyLetter and Hulu Plus for sponsoring this week's episode.
What's Killing Poor White Women?
They have lost five years of life expectancy and no one knows why.
Return to the Rainforest
The son of an American anthropologist returns to the Amazon to reunite with his mother, an indigenous tribeswoman.
The Secret Life of Nuns
What prompts a woman to exit society and marry God? Inside a modern convent in Texas.
The Strange Story of Skype
How a group of serial entrepreneurs with an already impressive string of hits changed the way the world talks.
