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Inside the Quidditch World Cup.
Inside the Quidditch World Cup.
Eric Hansen Outside Jun 2012 20min Permalink
“There was no Delta blues before there were cheap, readily available steel-string guitars. And those guitars, which transformed American culture, were brought to the boondocks by Sears, Roebuck & Co.”
Chris Kjorness Reason May 2012 10min Permalink
From failure to Pixar, Steve Jobs’ “wilderness years.”
Brent Schendler Fast Company Apr 2012 Permalink
A profile of Maurice Sendak.
Cynthia Zarin New Yorker Apr 2006 20min Permalink
A year with Major Steve Beck as he takes on the most difficult duty of his career: casualty notification.
Jim Sheeler Rocky Mountain News Nov 2005 50min Permalink
A profile of Mark Zuckerberg, savvy CEO.
Henry Blodget New York May 2012 20min Permalink
Is creativity in our genes? A self-made scholar’s search for the answer.
Caleb Crain Lingua Franca Oct 2001 25min Permalink
In the early ’90s, American Airlines began selling lifetime passes for unlimited first-class travel. It hasn’t worked out well for the airline.
Ken Bensinger The Los Angeles Times May 2012 Permalink
On geoengineering, a high risk/high reward fix for global warming.
Michael Specter New Yorker May 2012 25min Permalink
One man’s stories from the early days of the NBA.
Matt Kalman The Classical Apr 2012 15min Permalink
Manic chefs, the first singles bar, and the secret to McDonald’s fries—a collection of stories about the restaurant business, at Slate.
Eco-tourism in the Himalayas.
The valley is everything you'd want and more. An icy milky river thunders over rocks and below steep wooded slopes are lush fields where people are working the land, oblivious to the Gore-Tex procession. Oblivious but not unaffected: the houses are smart, the prayer wheels freshly painted, just about everyone has a mobile phone, it seems, and is on it, and there are very few places you can't get a signal around here. This is not really the place to come if you're looking for peace and quiet.
Sam Wollaston The Guardian Apr 2012 Permalink
The story of one man’s descent into lies and illegal activity – and why it could so easily happen to any of us.
Alix Spiegel, Chana Joffe-Walt NPR May 2012 15min Permalink
Participating in the Dakar Rally.
Jonathan Miles Men's Journal Oct 2003 Permalink
The Beastie Boys on tour in Los Angeles shortly after the release of their debut album, Licensed to Ill.
Chuck Eddy Creem May 1987 15min Permalink
The author muses on the markers we use to identify ourselves and other people – from names to photographs to fingerprints.
Errol Morris New York Times May 2012 1h25min Permalink
A profile of Laura Knight, a Florida mother of five who investigates the paranormal.
Thomas French The St. Petersburg Times Feb 2000 1h30min Permalink
An investigation into the true identity of a high school basketball player.
Wright Thompson ESPN Apr 2012 Permalink
On trying and sentencing juvenile offenders as adults.
Natasha Gardner 5280 Dec 2011 30min Permalink
The story of former Vikings linebacker Fred McNeill and the lasting impact of his concussions.
Jeanne Marie Laskas GQ Mar 2011 Permalink
Horowitz went from the New Left to the far right. Now neither side wants him.
Akiva Gottlieb Tablet May 2012 Permalink
On “Poor Hartley,” the son of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Anne Fadiman Lapham's Quarterly Dec 2011 20min Permalink
Margaret Profet, evolutionary biologist and MacArthur grant recipient, disappeared in 2005. She has neither been seen nor heard from since.
Mike Martin Psychology Today May 2012 Permalink
Romney’s former Bain partner makes a case for inequality.
Adam Davidson New York Times Magazine May 2012 15min Permalink