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A 7,000-word anatomy of the chaotic 9 minutes after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its health care ruling.
A 7,000-word anatomy of the chaotic 9 minutes after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its health care ruling.
Tom Goldstein SCOTUSblog Jul 2012 30min Permalink
A veteran critic reviews 32 shows in 30 days.
Robert Christgau Village Voice Jul 2006 20min Permalink
The sewer hunters, or “toshers,” of 19th century London.
Knowing where to find the most valuable pieces of detritus was vital, and most toshers worked in gangs of three or four, led by a veteran who was frequently somewhere between 60 and 80 years old. These men knew the secret locations of the cracks that lay submerged beneath the surface of the sewer-waters, and it was there that cash frequently lodged.
Mike Dash Smithsonian Jun 2012 Permalink
An investigation into sexual violence on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation.
Kathy Dobie Harper's Feb 2011 Permalink
The murderous tale of Washington D.C. fabulist Albrecht Muth and his late wife Viola Drath.
Franklin Foer New York Times Magazine Jul 2012 15min Permalink
The evolution of currency as “a complete abstraction.”
James Surowiecki IEEE Spectrum Jun 2012 15min Permalink
On New York City’s “Young Turks of radical urban playground design.”
James Trainor Cabinet Jun 2012 20min Permalink
His book panned in the New York Times after being misread by the critic, an author responds.
Patrick Somerville Salon Jul 2012 10min Permalink
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The story of booze and Bangalore.
Raghu Karnad The Caravan Jul 2012 15min Permalink
On trying out for the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Jennie Dorris Boston Magazine Jul 2012 15min Permalink
On life in Los Angeles, and the specter of a second riot.
Thomas Pynchon New York Times Jun 1966 20min Permalink
The playground, the Ivy League, the triangle offense, and how we dreamed up a “black basketball” and “white basketball.”
Tom Scocca Transition Jan 2001 25min Permalink
The Constitution and its worshippers.
Jill Lepore New Yorker Jan 2011 25min Permalink
Inside the hacker ecosystem.
Quinn Norton Wired Jul 2012 25min Permalink
A CIA veteran remembers his Soviet nemesis, Leonid Vladimirovich Shebarshin, who was the chairman of the KGB for a single day during the 1991 coup against Gorbachev, and committed suicide in Moscow in March.
Milton Bearden Foreign Policy Jul 2012 10min Permalink
Experiments in making others feel good.
Tom Chiarella Esquire Sep 2009 10min Permalink
An ode to the MSNBC anchor.
Ben Wallace-Wells Rolling Stone Jul 2012 20min Permalink
“Good espresso depends on the fourM’s: Macchina, the espresso machine; Macinazione, the proper grinding of a beans; Miscela, the coffee blend and the roast, and Mano is the skilled hand of the barista, because even with the finest beans and the most advanced equipment, the shot depends on the touch and style of the barista.”
Jimmy Stamp Smithsonian Jul 2012 Permalink
A profile from Cooper’s early days an an anchor.
Choire Sicha The New York Observer Mar 2004 15min Permalink
The taming of the political reporter.
Alessandra Stanley, Maureen Dowd GQ Sep 1988 25min Permalink
Last year, 1 million gallons of diluted bitumen flooded the town of Marshall, Mich. An investigation into “the biggest oil spill you’ve never heard of.”
Elizabeth McGowan, Lisa Song InsideClimate News Jun 2012 1h5min Permalink
The story of a Ponzi schemer who became the mark.
Guy Lawson New York Jul 2012 20min Permalink
On the surprising radicalism of library music – “music that has been composed and recorded for commercial purposes.”
Lindsay Zoladz The Believer Jul 2012 20min Permalink
An interview with Pavement’s Bob Nastanovich on his career afterlife as a “a clocker and chart-caller” and occasional breeder at an Iowa race horse track.
Alex Pappademas, Bob Nastanovich Grantland Jun 2012 30min Permalink