The Wedding
Erwynn Umali, Will Behrens, and the first gay wedding on a military base.
Erwynn Umali, Will Behrens, and the first gay wedding on a military base.
Katherine Goldstein Slate Jul 2012 25min Permalink
A profile of the man behind the “7 Habits.”
Timothy K. Smith Fortune Dec 1994 20min Permalink
Meeting Nick Drake, London, 1970.
Brian Cullman The Paris Review Jul 2012 Permalink
How did the gambling magnate and prolific super PAC donor amass his billions?
Lowell Bergman, Matt Isaacs, Stephen Engelberg Frontline Jul 2012 20min Permalink
How a group of men with nicknames like “Emperor” and “Spear Carrier” tipped the balance in South Sudan’s fight for independence.
Rebecca Hamilton Reuters Jul 2012 20min Permalink
A profile of 6’8”, 430-pound Brian Shaw.
Burkhard Bilger New Yorker Jul 2012 40min Permalink
A personal history of “America’s most misunderstood religion.”
Walter Kirn The New Republic Jul 2012 25min Permalink
From video games to Chuck Lorre, traveling in Vietnam to the Loch Ness monster, Bissell’s stories on Longform.
Why people play violent video games.
Tom Bissell Grantland Jul 2012 15min Permalink
A personal reflection on bird-watching and relationships.
Jonathan Franzen New Yorker Aug 2005 50min Permalink
A man tries to rebuild his life after killing four people in a car crash.
Robert Sanchez 5280 May 2011 25min Permalink
How shoes are ruining our feet.
Adam Sternbergh New York Apr 2008 20min Permalink
When an autistic child goes missing.
On jazz and the hipster psychopath.
How an art project led to a visit from the U.S. Secret Service.
Kyle McDonald Wired Jul 2012 35min Permalink
How Sherwin Shayegan pulled off a 3,000-mile, piggyback ride-fueled road trip.
Bryan Curtis Grantland Jul 2012 20min Permalink
The spiritual union of Johnny Cash and Rick Rubin.
David Kamp Vanity Fair Oct 2004 40min Permalink
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Inside a small town revived by an influx of immigrants and then destroyed by a Homeland Security raid.
Maggie Jones New York Times Magazine Jul 2012 15min Permalink
The triple life of G-Rock: upscale house painter, lifelong Crip, FBI informant.
Guy Lawson GQ Jan 2000 20min Permalink
Drone strikes and their consequences.
The author interviews her mother about life as a secretary at Playboy in 1960s New York City.
Jessica Francis Kane The Morning News Jul 2012 10min Permalink
A history of the divide between computing and language, and why we “define and regiment our lives, including our social lives and our perceptions of our selves, in ways that are conducive to what a computer can ‘understand.’”
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What happens when a complete stranger becomes convinced you’re the Zodiac killer.
Michael O'Hare Washington Monthly May 2009 10min Permalink
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