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Visiting the treasures – bear skulls, footprints, an ancient emerald necklace – that surfaced with shipwrecks at Yenikapi in Turkey.
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Visiting the treasures – bear skulls, footprints, an ancient emerald necklace – that surfaced with shipwrecks at Yenikapi in Turkey.
Elif Batuman New Yorker Aug 2015 25min Permalink
Two young girls attempt to murder another in Waukesha, Wisconsin, trying to bring an internet meme to life.
Lisa Miller New York Aug 2015 25min Permalink
Neale McShane’s jurisdiction in the Australian Outback is roughly the size of the United Kingdom. He patrols it alone.
Andrew McMillen Buzzfeed Nov 2015 25min Permalink
We know that certain programs can help prevent gun deaths among black men. No one in Washington seems to care.
Lois Beckett ProPublica Nov 2015 25min Permalink
The wild fire that consumed Harbin Hot Springs, a legendary clothing-optional resort in Northern California.
Brandon R. Reynolds San Francisco Dec 2015 20min Permalink
Rob Billot spent eight years defending corporate clients in environmental cases. Then Wilbur Tennant called.
Nathaniel Rich New York Times Magazine Jan 2016 20min Permalink
Defensive end Shawn King was the 36th pick in the 1995 draft. His career with the Carolina Panthers didn’t turn out as planned.
Michael Graff SB Nation Jan 2016 25min Permalink
How the Baylor University Medical Center became a force in the heart transplant business.
Matt Goodman D Magazine Feb 2016 20min Permalink
A program in Washington state aims to teach johns about healthy relationships - and the patriarchy.
Brooke Jarvis GQ Feb 2017 15min Permalink
Baltimore-area renters complain about a property owner they say is neglectful and litigious. Few know their landlord is the president’s son-in-law.
Alec MacGillis ProPublica May 2017 25min Permalink
On fireworks, massages, Olympic gold, reality TV, marriage, fatherhood—and that incident in Rio.
Allison Glock ESPN Jun 2017 15min Permalink
“The most decorated athlete in all of Kazakhstan is a five-year-old Mongolian horse named Lazer.”
Will Boast VQR Jul 2017 20min Permalink
A religious order funded largely by the founder of the Cheesecake Factory announced plans to build a temple in a small California town. The town wasn’t thrilled.
Amos Barshad The Fader Jul 2017 25min Permalink
A high-powered Silicon Valley attorney dies. His ex-wife investigates, and finds a web of drug abuse in his profession.
Eilene Zimmerman New York Times Jul 2017 15min Permalink
“My cousin became a convicted felon in his teens. I tried to make sure he got a second chance. What went wrong?”
Danielle Allen New Yorker Jul 2017 35min Permalink
Video-game designer Zoë Quinn in the aftermath of Gamergate, an act of web harassment with world-altering implications.
Noreen Malone New York Jul 2017 25min Permalink
The consumer giant looks to social responsibility in the age of big business.
Thomas Buckley Bloomberg Business Aug 2017 15min Permalink
Articles about meditation, solitude, and the quietest square inch in America.
A legend is growing in Nepal, where people say a meditating boy hasn’t eaten or drunk in seven months. He barely moves, just sits under a tree, still as a stone. It’s impossible, some say. Is it a miracle? A hoax? Let’s find out.
George Saunders GQ Jun 2006 40min
A trip to one of America’s quietest places with a man who has dedicated his life to keeping it that way.
Kathleen Dean Moore Orion Nov 2008 15min
Silent since a car accident nine years before, Erik Ramsey prepares to speak again.
Joshua Foer Esquire Oct 2008
A speech on the value of being alone with your thoughts, delivered to the plebe class at West Point.
William Deresiewicz American Scholar Apr 2010 25min
John Cage’s art of noise.
Alex Ross New Yorker Oct 2010 20min
A trip to India for total silence.
Michael Finkel Men’s Journal Aug 2012 20min
The Barden family today.
Eli Saslow The Washington Post Jun 2013 25min
Jun 2006 – Jun 2013 Permalink
Forgetting a child in the backseat of a car is a horrifying mistake. But is it a crime?
Gene Weingarten Washington Post Mar 2009 35min Permalink
How infighting splintered a group of players once unified in the movement started by Colin Kaepernick.
Howard Bryant ESPN Jan 2018 15min Permalink
A profile of the leader of America’s bobsled team, who is competing in the Olympics months after the death of his mentor.
Nick Pachelli Esquire Feb 2018 10min Permalink
How she has controlled the GOP and gun law in Florida.
Mike Spies The Trace Feb 2018 30min Permalink
A car trip north ends in a terrifying slide off the highway.
John Seabrook New Yorker Apr 2018 25min Permalink
Animal rescue centers have been buying dogs at auction from the very puppy mills they protest. Those dogs are then adopted out in exchange for significant donations,.
Kim Kavin Washington Post Apr 2018 20min Permalink
On history, race, and guns in America.
Kiese Laymon Unruly Bodies Apr 2018 10min Permalink