The Other Shooter
The afterlife of 486 frames of Kodachrome II 8mm film shot by Dallas clothing manufacturer Abraham Zapruder.
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The afterlife of 486 frames of Kodachrome II 8mm film shot by Dallas clothing manufacturer Abraham Zapruder.
Alex Pasternack Motherboard Nov 2012 20min Permalink
Our entire way of life depends upon the “cold chain,” the network of artificially refrigerated spaces that have reshaped the modern world.
Nicola Twilley Cabinet Nov 2012 10min Permalink
The legacy of a secret Cold War program that tested chemical weapons on thousands of American soldiers.
Raffi Khatchadourian New Yorker Dec 2012 1h Permalink
Tales of mayhem on the set of The Canyons.
Stephen Rodrick New York Times Magazine Jan 2013 25min Permalink
Learning of a plot against the life of the newly elected Lincoln, Alan Pinkerton decamps to Baltimore and infiltrates the conspiracy.
Daniel Stashower Smithsonian Jan 2013 Permalink
On the overstated effect of the Santa Ana winds on human behavior and the understated impact of climate change on LA’s seasons.
Adrian Glick Kudler Curbed Apr 2016 10min Permalink
“In some ways, joining the military is an act of faith in one’s country—an act of faith that the country will use your life well.”
Phil Klay The Brookings Institute May 2016 35min Permalink
A profile of former Rutgers basketball coach Mike Rice, who was fired in April after a video of him berating players went viral.
Jonathan Mahler New York Times Magazine Nov 2013 25min Permalink
The conspiracy theories surrounding the 1931 death of Hitler’s niece and object of affection.
Ron Rosenbaum Vanity Fair Apr 1992 55min Permalink
On the constantly evolving definition of insider trading and the lingering question of how inside traders should be punished.
Roger Lowenstein New York Times Magazine Sep 2011 20min Permalink
Eighty percent of North American teenagers are in the care of an orthodontist. On our obsession with perfect teeth.
Dan P. Lee New York Jun 2015 20min Permalink
He had the mind of a scholar, but he always insisted he didn’t want to be one.
Jay Parini Chronicle of Higher Education Sep 2015 15min Permalink
In a remote corner of Romania, neighbors kill each other over tiny strips of land.
Adam Nicolson The Guardian Nov 2015 20min Permalink
How a disgruntled group of University of Miami football fans got the head coach fired by flying insulting airplane banners high over Sun Life Stadium.
Jordan Ritter Conn ESPN Dec 2015 10min Permalink
Inside the world of special operations weather technicians, “the Department of Defense’s only commando forecasters.”
Tony Dokoupil NBC News Feb 2015 10min Permalink
David Carr’s advice for the 2014 graduating class at the UC Berkeley School of Journalism.
David Carr UC Berkeley School of Journalism May 2014 20min Permalink
A man’s love of pigeons leads him to build a Ponzi scheme out of birds.
Jon Mooallem New York Times Magazine Mar 2015 Permalink
Typee, the most popular book Melville published in his lifetime, was his memoir of Polynesia. Most of it was probably made up.
David Samuels Lapham's Quarterly Mar 2015 20min Permalink
A profile of Jim Henson before the release of the first Muppet movie.
John Culhane New York Times Magazine Jun 1979 20min Permalink
An artifact from the height of the uproar:
Behind the tawdriest of headlines, there's a woman I wouldn't mind bringing home to mom.
Jake Tapper Washington City Paper Jan 1998 15min Permalink
The story of former Vikings linebacker Fred McNeill and the lasting impact of his concussions.
Jeanne Marie Laskas GQ Mar 2011 Permalink
The rise and fall of Bernard von NotHaus, the creator of the most successful (and some say illegal) alternative currency in the U.S.
Daniel S. Comiskey Indianapolis Monthly Jun 2012 20min Permalink
A 1970 review of Dennis Hopper’s Easy Rider.
Ellen Willis New York Review of Books Jan 1970 10min Permalink
An interview with cinematographer Harris Savides on the enduring appeal of the visual style of films shot in the 1970s.
David Schwartz Moving Image Mar 2010 20min Permalink
A blow by blow account of the seizure of a French cruise ship by Somali pirates.
William Langewiesche Vanity Fair Apr 2009 45min Permalink