Murder of an Idealist
The life and last days of U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens.
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Confessions of Pop's Wildest Child
A few days in the life of Miley Cyrus.
Scent of a Woman's Ink
An essay on gynobibliophobia and the critical reception of women writers.
How Paul Ryan Convinced Washington of His Genius
Rise of the wonk.
How the NSA Targets Germany and Europe
Countries that the NSA has defined as close friends, or “2nd party,” include the UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand. These countries, documents indicate, cannot targetted. “3rd Party” nations, like Germany, are offered no such protection and spying all the way up to the office of the Chancellor is suspected.
The Ghost Hunter
For hundreds of years, there were rumors of a shipwrecked treasure on the Oregon coast. But no one found anything, until Cameron La Follette began digging.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Peripheral"
Gamers, celebrities, military veterans, and publicists populate a capitalist future.
At Home With Claire Messud and James Wood, the First Couple of American Fiction
Dinner with the novelist, the book critic and “Myshkin, a 14-year-old female dachshund who is deaf but decidedly not mute.”
Pursuing Self-Interest in Harmony With the Laws of the Universe and Contributing to Evolution Is Universally Rewarded
On Ray Dalio, who built the world’s biggest hedge fund by running it like a cult.
The Real Story of Germanwings Flight 9525
An attempt to figure out why, and how, a young pilot named Andreas Günter Lubitz deliberately plunged an airliner into the remote French Alps, killing himself and the other 149 people on board.
Staffing the Accused: Inside the Six-Month-Long Downfall of Seattle Mayor Ed Murray
Their boss allegedly committed sexual assault and abuse. He denied everything. They had to decide: Who do I believe? What do I do?
The Life Breonna Taylor Lived, in the Words of Her Mother
I say, Where’s Breonna, why won’t anybody say where Breonna is? He says, Well, ma’am, she’s still in the apartment. And I know what that means.
The Incredible Tale of the Greatest Toy Man You've Never Known
He brought Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and Cabbage Patch Kids to our living rooms. He made and lost fortunes. Can Al Kahn stay in the game?
Being the Son of a Nazi
What Rüdiger Heim learned about his father.
Excerpted from The Eternal Nazi.</p>
The Lizard, the Catacombs, and the Clock
The story of the most secret underground society in Paris.
Trash, Art, and the Movies
There is so much talk now about the art of the film that we may be in danger of forgetting that most of the movies we enjoy are not works of art.
How Does the Human Soul Survive Atrocity
After the horror of ISIS captivity, tens of thousands of Iraqis—many of them children—are caught up in a mental-health crisis unlike any in the world.
Aleksandar Hemon is a writer from Bosnia whose fiction and non-fiction has appeared in The New Yorker and Granta. His books include The Lazarus Project, The Question of Bruno, and The Book of My Lives.
“For me and for everyone I know, that's the central fact of our lives. It's the trauma that we carry, that we cannot be cured of. The way things are in Bosnia, it's far from over. It's not peace, it's the absence of war. It's always there as a possibility. There's no way to imagine anything beyond a society defined by war.”
Thanks to The Standard Hotels, MailChimp, and Howl.FM for sponsoring this week's episode.
The Brothers Who Bought South Africa
Africa’s most important economy now appears to function for the benefit of one powerful family—the Guptas.
"I Just Wish for People to Give Me a Chance"
Omar Khadr was 15 when he was captured in Afghanistan in 2002. He was held in Guantanamo for years without charges. He was tortured. And earlier this month, after nearly 13 years behind bars, he was released on bail.
My Mother’s Dreams for Her Son, and All Black Children
She longed for black people in America not to be forever refugees—confined by borders that they did not create and by a penal system that killed them before they died.
Bach at the Burger King
When the music of Vivaldi and Mozart are used to repel the homeless from sidewalks and Burger Kings, does it still glorify the dignity of humanity?
Syrian Sings to Germans of Sadness, and Hope
The Piano Man of Yarmouk fled the ruins of Damascus to a life of criss-crossing Germany playing songs about his old neighborhood to huge crowds. Because of refugee law, he is paid nothing.
Inside 'The Order,' One Mormon Cult's Secret Empire
A polygamist clan descended from four original families, the Order are believed to run the largest organized crime operation in Utah. When a chest full of gold disappeared, suspicion immediately fell on a group of boys who had split with the cult.
The Dog Thief Killings
An attempt to make sense of the dog meat industry in Vietnam, an unregulated maze of black market slaughterhouses, home restaurants, and thieves who are often murdered in the open when caught stealing the family pet.
