The World in Its Extreme
A 17,000-word exploration of the Sahara Desert, the hottest place on Earth.
A 17,000-word exploration of the Sahara Desert, the hottest place on Earth.
William Langewiesche The Atlantic Nov 1991 1h10min Permalink
The decades-long saga of Michael Morton, who was wrongfully convicted of killing his wife.
Pamela Colloff Texas Monthly Dec 2012 1h50min Permalink
A four-part investigation of brothers William and James ‘Whitey’ Bulger. One was president of the Massachusetts Senate for 17 years. The other was on the lam for 16 years before being captured.
Christine Chinlund, Dick Lehr, Kevin Cullen The Boston Globe Sep 1998 1h15min Permalink
Built on a foundation of debt and trickery, where economic principles were sacrificed to romantic political visions, the Euro has become the world’s most dangerous currency. How the utopian dream of a common currency turned tragic.
Der Spiegel Oct 2011 1h Permalink
A Confederate soldier’s point of view on the Civil War.
George Cary Eggleston The Atlantic Jun–Dec 1874 40min Permalink
How business incentives impact local economies.
Louise Story New York Times Dec 2012 50min Permalink
Army Spc. Erik Schei was shot in the head in Iraq. This is the story of his recovery.
Megan McCloskey Stars and Stripes Nov 2012 40min Permalink
“The dateline is Elyria, Ohio, a city of 55,000 about 30 miles southwest of Cleveland. You know this town, even if you have never been here.”
Dan Barry New York Times Oct 2012 55min Permalink
The complete (to date) New York Times series on the globalization of high tech industries.
New York Times Jan 2012 1h55min Permalink
Vegetables are “blue” in Japanese and other observations on the uneasy relationship between color and language.
Aatish Bhatia Empirical Zeal Jun 2012 20min Permalink
Scott Raab’s ongoing reports on the reconstruction at the World Trade Center site.
Scott Raab Esquire 3h50min Permalink
The story of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
Barry Bearak New York Times Magazine Nov 2005 1h10min Permalink
The history and reception of progressive rock.
David Weigel Slate Aug 2012 1h Permalink
An investigation into the global human tissue trade.
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
How a Harvard-educated neurologist, a courtly southern gentlemen, and a Hollywood rent boy ended up at the center of an international manhunt that spread from the staid business community of Columbus, Ohio to the coffee shops of Amsterdam.
Ann Louise Bardach Vanity Fair Oct 1989 2h15min Permalink
A three-part investigation into New Jersey’s halfway house system.
Sam Dolnick New York Times Jun 2012 55min Permalink
The anatomy of a wrongful conviction in Texas.
Andrew McLemore The Williamson County Sun Oct 2011 1h10min Permalink
A multi-part series exploring Louisiana’s role as “the world’s prison capital.”
Cindy Chang, Jan Moller, John Simerman, Jonathan Tilove Times-Picayune May 2012 2h Permalink
Between 2003 and 2011, there were 50 “invisible” fatalities at cell towers, “a death rate roughly 10 times that of construction.”
Liz Day ProPublica May 2012 30min Permalink
Carlos De Luna, convicted of murdering gas station clerk Wanda Lopez, was executed in 1989. But was another man named Carlos actually guilty of the crime?
Maurice Possley, Steve Mills The Chicago Tribune Jun 2006 35min Permalink
An investigation into McWane, Inc., “one of the most dangerous employers in America.”
David Barstow, Lowell Bergman New York Times Jan 2003 1h10min 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