The Afterlife of Stieg Larsson
After his untimely death at age 50, prior to the publication of any of his novels, Larsson is posthumously at the center of a publishing empire built on the international success of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
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The Republic of Marfa
A history of a small Texas town deep in the Chihuahuan desert:
The isolation is such that if you laid out the islands of the Hawaiian archipelago, and the deep ocean channels that separate them, on the road between Marfa and the East Texas of strip shopping and George Bush Jr., you’d still have 100 miles of blank highway stretching away in front of you.
The Myth and Legend of Shecky Greene
The name Shecky can vacillate from noun to verb to adjective. The opinion of every comedian during that gilded age of show business, whether they were Republican Bob Hope or hipster Lenny Bruce, is that Shecky Greene was the wildest of them all. The craziest of them all. Most importantly - the funniest of them all.
Year of the Pigskin
A season with the American Football League of China.
The Unelectable Whiteness of Scott Walker
The formative years of the Republican star.
The Fall of the Sleaze King
Dov Charney’s struggle to keep control of American Apparel.
The Weird, Scary and Ingenious Brain of Maria Bamford
A profile of “America’s most vulnerable comedian.”
The Supermarket of Struggling Artists
On the staff of a Trader Joe’s in New York City.
Raiders of the Lost R2
Digging for Return of the Jedi set remnants in the desert.
The Importance Of Being Francesa
On the cranky king of New York sports talk.
The Shape of History
On historian Ian Morris and his predictions for humanity’s future.
(Un)dead Wrestler Of The Week: The Undertaker
On the career and legacy of America’s most popular wrestler.
The Upside of Trauma
What good can come of tragedy.
In the Violent Favelas of Brazil
Rampant rape and murder in the Brazilian slums.
Graves of Shame
An investigation into the mass graves in Texas that contain the remains of migrants.
The Glory of the Rails
Why we must bring trains back.
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Part 1
“The world before the railways appeared so very different from what came afterward and from what we know today because the railways did more than just facilitate travel and thereby change the way the world was seen and depicted. They transformed the very landscape itself.”
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Part 2
“It is simply not possible to envision any conceivable modern, urban-based economy shorn of its subways, its tramways, its light rail and suburban networks, its rail connections, and its intercity links.”
The Last Voyage of the Vollmer Twins
The sailboat dreams of two octogenarian Brooklyn brothers.
The Frauds of Memory, the Limits of Penitence. And Baseball.
On God, childhood, and baseball.
The True Story of Roland the Farter
The history of professional flatulence.
The Joy of Cam Newton
A profile of the Carolina Panthers quarterback, this season’s likely MVP.
The Last Days of Target Canada
The inside story of Target’s brief, disastrous expansion north.
The Training Bras of Literature
Sweet Valley High and the enduring economic power of blond twins.
The Secret of Grey Gardens
A tale of wealth and rebellion in East Hampton.
The Real Housewives of Wall Street
The story of $220M in bailout money.
The Pinup of Williamsburg
A profile of Zooey Deschanel.
