A Brief History of Money
The evolution of currency as “a complete abstraction.”
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The evolution of currency as “a complete abstraction.”
James Surowiecki IEEE Spectrum Jun 2012 15min Permalink
The scientific case for brain preservation and mind uploading.
Evan R. Goldstein The Chronicle of Higher Education Jul 2012 20min Permalink
Visiting a semi-secret LGBTQ commune in the middle of Tennessee.
Alex Halberstadt New York Times Magazine Aug 2015 20min Permalink
The future of India’s “good minority,” the Parsis.
Nell Freudenberger Harper's Aug 2015 30min Permalink
The stories of four women whose children joined the Islamic State.
Julia Ioffe Huffington Post Aug 2015 35min Permalink
The art and science (or lack thereof) of water dowsing.
Lois Parshley Aeon Oct 2015 15min Permalink
In the middle of a new drought, looking back at a drowned California town.
Lauren Markham Guernica Oct 2015 15min Permalink
A narrative of the Michael Brown shooting.
Jorie Jacobi The St. Louis Curator Jan 2015 35min Permalink
Fake news stories. Doctored photographs. Staged TV clips. Armies of paid trolls.
Peter Pomerantsev The Guardian Apr 2015 20min Permalink
The defining, minute-by-minute account of the 2008 attacks in Mumbai.
Jason Motlagh The Virginia Quarterly Review Nov 2009 15min Permalink
A dispatch from the frozen, drunken wasteland of Eastern Siberia.
Jeffrey Tayler The Atlantic Apr 1997 20min Permalink
The original story of Christopher McCandless’ fateful trip into the Alaskan wilderness.
Jon Krakauer Outside Jan 1993 30min Permalink
A profile of Focus Features CEO James Schamus.
The case of the disappearing Pappy Van Winkle bourbon.
Thomas Lake Washington Post May 2015 Permalink
The stolen youth of Lorenzo Montoya.
Alan Prendergast Westword Jul 2016 30min Permalink
Investigating the origins of the ice cream truck sensation.
Jason Cohen Eater Aug 2016 10min Permalink
The mystery of the Brillante Virtuoso.
Kit Chellell, Matthew Campbell Bloomberg Businessweek Jul 2017 25min Permalink
A strange and bittersweet ballad of kidnapping, stolen identity and unlikely stardom.
Jeff Maysh Smithsonian Magazine Jul 2018 20min Permalink
An oral history of Nirvana ‘Unplugged.’
Alan Siegel The Ringer Nov 2018 35min Permalink
On motherhood, writing, and the death of a friend.
Jill Lepore New Yorker Jul 2019 Permalink
A history of the New York Times Styles section.
Jacqui Shine The Awl Nov 2014 45min Permalink
The rise of Modi and the Hindu far right.
Arundhati Roy The Nation Nov 2019 40min Permalink
On the past, present, and future of gossip.
Kate Storey Esquire Feb 2020 20min Permalink
A profile of the rapper and activist.
Donovan X. Ramsey GQ Jul 2020 25min Permalink
The privately funded effort in danger of falling down.
Jeremy Schwartz, Perla Trevizo Texas Tribune Jul 2020 30min Permalink