Longform

  • Podcast
  • Best Of
    • 2021
    • 2020
    • 2019
    • 2018
    • 2017
    • 2016
    • 2015
    • 2014
    • 2013
    • 2012
  • Archive

    • Sections
    • Publications
    • Writers
    • Tags
  • Random Article
  • Contact

    • podcast@longform.org

Tags

Profile

Business

The man behind Abercrombie & Fitch

Profile of the flip-flop wearing 61-year-old ‘dude’ who turned around a dying company by selling all-American sex to teens – and isn’t apologizing.

Benoit Denizet-Lewis Salon Jan 2006 Permalink

Best Article

That Which Does Not Kill Me...

Inside the twisted, half-conscious world of Jure Robic, the Slovene soldier who might be the world’s best ultra-endurance athlete.

Daniel Coyle New York Times Feb 2006 Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

The Runaway Genius

The struggle behind the making of Terence Malick’s first movie in twenty years and the two producers who, depending on your source, either made it possible or nearly ruined it.

Peter Biskind Vanity Fair Aug 1999 20min Permalink

Media

The Man the White House Wakes Up To

How the daily e-mail from Mike Allen, Politico’s star reporter, has become a morning ritual for Washington’s elite.

Mark Leibovich New York Times Magazine Apr 2010 Permalink

Arts Politics Media

¿Qué Pasa, Lou?

According to Lou Dobbs, we’re wrong about his stance on illegal immigrants, wrong about why he quit CNN, and wrong about his presidential aspirations. Well, we might actually be right about that last thing.

Jeanne Marie Laskas GQ Apr 2010 25min Permalink

What Makes Barack Obama Run?

In 1995, the Chicago Reader profiled a little-known professor (and lawyer and philanthropist and author) who had decided to run for office to get back to his true passion: community organizing.

Hank De Zutter Chicago Reader Dec 1995 15min Permalink

Arts Music

Growing up Gaga

From Stefani Joanne Germanotta to Lady Gaga: the self-invented, manufactured, accidental, totally on-purpose creation of the world’s biggest pop star.

Vanessa Grigoriadis New York Mar 2010 30min Permalink

Sex World

The fascist who loved me

When Nazi-sympathizing politician Jorg Haider died in a crash, his 27-year-old protégé Stefan Petzner was left to lead the Austrian far right—and to mourn the boss who he revealed was also his lover.

Kevin Gray Details Feb 2009 15min Permalink

Newer
1 ··· 14 15