The Body Electric
What it’s like to be struck by lightning.
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Future Shocks
On the endless quest to predict earthquakes.
Fog Count
What prison does to a person.
Body Language
How to tell a genderqueer story.
The Inner Ring
My main purpose in this address is simply to convince you that this desire is one of the great permanent mainsprings of human action... Unless you take measures to prevent it, this desire is going to be one of the chief motives of your life, from the first day on which you enter your profession until the day when you are too old to care.
Animal Magnetism
Why humans love to watch other creatures.
Opening Night
In the slums adjacent to Mumbai’s airport.
Rock, Paper, Scissors
How America used to vote.
Inside the National Suicide Hotline
Trying to prevent the next tragedy.
Women in Power
From Medusa to Merkel.
The Climate Crisis Is Worse Than You Can Imagine. Here’s What Happens If You Try.
A climate scientist spent years trying to get people to pay attention to the disaster ahead. His wife is exhausted. His older son thinks there’s no future. And nobody but him will use the outdoor toilet he built to shrink his carbon footprint.
The Crow Whisperer
What happens when we talk to animals?
The Grandmaster Diet
How to lose weight while barely moving.
Alex Kotlowitz is a journalist whose work has appeared in print, radio, and film. He’s the author of three books, including There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America.
“The truth of the matter is, given what we do, we’re always outsiders. If it’s not by race or class, it’s by gender, religion, politics. It’s just the nature of being a nonfiction writer—going into communities that, at some level, feel unfamiliar. If you’re writing about stuff you already know about, where’s the joy in that? Where’s the sense of discovery? Why bother?”
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Jean-Xavier de Lestrade is a French documentary filmmaker. He directed Murder on a Sunday Morning and The Staircase.
“The courtroom in the United States is not really about the truth. It’s more about a story against another story. It’s more about storytelling. The more compelling or believable story by the jury will win. But in the end, we don’t know: is it the truth or not?”
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A Girl, Her Pimp, and Her Parents
A family turns to murder to save one of their own.
Around Alone
The story of 1968’s Golden Globe, a race to see who could become the first sailor to circumnavigate the world solo without stopping.
A Criminal Mind
Dr. Joel Dreyer was a respected psychiatrist. Then he took a sudden turn to a life of drug dealing. Medicine might be able to explain why.
A Porn Star, a Tortured Beauty Queen, a Dead Millionaire, and a Half-Smoked Joint
How John Snavely went from petty criminal to porn star to prison.
Sex, Lies, and Hit Men!
A Houston man allegedly tries to hire several hit men to kill his wife. Each fails miserably. It becomes the talk of the town.
The Jimmy McNulty Gambit
Jimmy McNulty, Mike Daisey, and the problems with skirting the system to get to the greater truth.
My Father and Me: A Spy Story
The highest-ranking CIA officer to be convicted of spying passes the tricks of the trade along to his son.
The Babies in the Freezer
Women who kill their newborns usually claim to have been in denial about their pregnancies. Can you carry a child to term without realizing it?
Grounded
Cheryl Stearns wanted to become the first woman to skydive 20,000 times. She came up 14 jumps short.
The Piscivore's Dilemma
A vegan sets out to see if there’s an ethical, sustainable way to eat fish in 2015.
