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Publications

1843

Arts

Can We Escape From Information Overload?

Meet the artist who hid away for a month in total darkness.

Tom Lamont 1843 May 2020 20min Permalink

World

The Coronavirus Cruise

The passengers of the Diamond Princess came for indulgence, relaxation and bottomless buffets. Then they found themselves trapped on a ship infected with a deadly virus.

Joshua Hunt 1843 Apr 2020 20min Permalink

Politics World

The Friendly Mr. Wu

The weakest link in America’s national security may not be foreign technology but its own people. The story of the single mother who sold out to China.

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Mara Hvistendahl on the Longform Podcast

Mara Hvistendahl 1843 Apr 2020 20min Permalink

History Tech

Hippie Inc: How the Counterculture Went Corporate

Half a century on from the summer of love, marijuana is big business and mindfulness a workplace routine. Nat Segnit asks how the movement found itself at the heart of capitalism

Nat Segnit 1843 Dec 2019 15min Permalink

Health

Will There Ever Be a Cure for Chronic Pain?

We aspire to a life without discomfort, without unpleasantness. But what kind of life would that be? It is as hard to imagine a world without pain as a person without sadness: a whole dimension of existence would be missing.

Sophie Elmhirst 1843 Oct 2019 20min Permalink

Crime

James Ellroy Finally Has Happiness in His Sights

What happens when America’s darkest crime writer sees the light?

Leo Robson 1843 May 2019 15min Permalink

Food

The Death of the Calorie

It’s time to bury the world’s most misleading measure.

Peter Wilson 1843 Mar 2019 25min Permalink