Training Young Doctors
On the failing institution of the teaching hospital.
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On the failing institution of the teaching hospital.
Lara Goitein New York Review of Books May 2015 15min Permalink
The story behind a wad of cotton and a bit of string.
Ashley Fetters The Atlantic Jun 2015 20min Permalink
Dominick Dunne’s account of the trial of his daughter’s murderer.
Dominick Dunne Vanity Fair Mar 1984 1h Permalink
The story of Tania Joya, the ex-wife of a jihadist from Texas.
Abigail Pesta Texas Monthly Oct 2017 30min Permalink
The twilight of future Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki.
Wright Thompson ESPN Mar 2018 20min Permalink
A nation of suit-wearing salarymen educates its first generation of stay-at-home dads.
Amy Westervelt Topic Jun 2018 15min Permalink
On the true backstory of Meghan Markle, a.k.a. the Duchess of Sussex.
Vanessa Grigoriadis Vanity Fair Dec 2018 30min Permalink
On the work of Vivian Gornick.
Dayna Tortorici New York Review of Books Sep 2020 20min Permalink
The attorney general exemplifies the growing influence of right-wing Catholicism under Trump.
Fintan O'Toole NY Review of Books Oct 2020 20min Permalink
"Opium does not deprive you of your senses. It does not make a madman of you. But drink does. See? Who ever heard of a man committing murder when full of hop. Get him full of whiskey and he might kill his father."
A journey into New York’s turn-of-the-century opium dens to find out who gets hooked and why.
Why hundreds of Buddhist monks moved from Taiwan to Prince Edward Island, buying up thousands of acres of land in the process.
Mark Mann Maisonneuve Jun 2013 20min Permalink
New York’s Pastor Parker and his growing string of Liberty Churches, each of which will “adopt the culture of its neighborhood.”
Jordan Kisner n+1 Dec 2013 30min Permalink
The mysterious death of Alfred Wright in the shadow of a town’s history of racial violence.
Patrick Michels Texas Observer Mar 2014 25min Permalink
The barbaric brutalization of Abner Louima and the tragic fate of a handful of flawed Brooklyn cops.
Craig Horowitz New York Oct 1999 25min Permalink
David Chase, the creator of The Sopranos and director of the series finale, analyzes the final scene shot-by-shot.
James Greenberg Directors Guild of America Apr 2015 10min Permalink
How the former Bush advisor is “reengineering the practice of partisan money management in hopes of drumming Barack Obama out of the White House.”
Paul M. Barrett Businessweek Jul 2012 15min Permalink
After a racial hazing incident, the first black head of South Africa’s University of Free State confronts the myths of the reconciliation era.
Eve Fairbanks The New Republic Jun 2010 20min Permalink
More than 15% of Detroit’s adults have asthma, and 82% of black students go to schools in the most polluted parts of the city.
Zoë Schlanger Newsweek Mar 2016 Permalink
A profile of the Whole Foods CEO, who, despite a rash of problems with his company, firmly believes he’s seen the future of American business.
Beth Kowitt Fortune Aug 2015 20min 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
A profile of Larry King at the height of his fame and on the heels of his sixth divorce.
David Finkel Washington Post Jan 1991 20min Permalink
The cost of Alzheimer’s.
Tiffany Stanley National Journal Oct 2014 40min Permalink
It involves a former 1960s bondage film actress, a Jewish neo-Nazi, the husband of the speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives, and a whole lot of creative marketing.
Jack Hitt New York Times Magazine Apr 2016 10min Permalink
On the public schools of Detroit.
Alexandria Neason Harper's Oct 2016 25min Permalink
As part of his obsessive search for evidence of UFOs, Gary McKinnon worked his way into thousands of government computers. The U.S. charged him with terrorism. Doctors diagnosed him with Asperger’s. And his lawyers started arguing a new version of the insanity defense.
David Kushner IEEE Spectrum Jul 2011 10min Permalink