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High school debate and the demise of public speech.
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High school debate and the demise of public speech.
Ben Lerner Harper's Oct 2012 20min Permalink
Why the flood of money in this election is just the beginning.
James Bennet The Atlantic Oct 2012 35min Permalink
Zaranj: the bloody border of Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Luke Mogelson New York Times Magazine Oct 2012 35min Permalink
The life and last days of U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens.
Sean Flynn GQ Nov 2012 20min Permalink
“The main characteristic of Diane was courage.”
How the Library of Congress failed to adapt to the 21st century.
Kyle Chayka n+1 Jul 2016 15min Permalink
The mysteries of the least known Brontë sister.
Laura June Topolsky The Hairpin Aug 2016 15min Permalink
On the evolving design and industrialization of the American outdoors.
Martin Hogue Places Journal May 2011 25min Permalink
An essay on gynobibliophobia and the critical reception of women writers.
Francine Prose Harper's Jun 1998 Permalink
Analysis of the trial from future Supreme Court justice.
Felix Frankfurter The Atlantic Mar 1927 1h15min Permalink
How one of the greatest mathematicians in the world thinks.
Gareth Cook New York Times Magazine Jul 2015 20min Permalink
A tale of British gangsters who were determined to be famous.
Duncan Campbell The Guardian Sep 2015 25min Permalink
On the decline of nature, and our wonder at it.
Meera Subramanian Guernica Sep 2015 15min Permalink
The story of freelance journalist Anna Therese Day.
Gail Sheehy Jezebel Feb 2016 20min Permalink
Inside the world of bass fishing cheaters.
David Hill Grantland Dec 2014 25min Permalink
On the gentle art of pipe smoking.
Wil S. Hylton New York Times Magazine Apr 2013 10min Permalink
The origins of Lagunitas are laced with THC.
On the parallel sadness of Thom Gunn and Elizabeth Bishop.
Colm Tóibín The Guardian Apr 2015 10min Permalink
A profile of the favorite to become the next UK prime minister.
Rafael Behr The Guardian Apr 2015 25min Permalink
On the scandal of our teeming prisons.
Adam Gopnik New Yorker Jan 2012 20min Permalink
The case of the murdered real-estate legend and her enraged assistant.
Robert Kolker New York Nov 2007 20min Permalink
Rise of the wonk.
Alec MacGillis New Republic Sep 2012 15min Permalink
A Marine veteran of the Iraq War on battle and faith.
Phil Klay The American Scholar Dec 2017 20min Permalink
A profile of the director.
Zach Baron GQ Dec 2017 20min Permalink
With the suburb’s teens a year after the death of Michael Brown.
Alex French MTV Aug 2015 25min Permalink