Brian Reed, a senior producer at This American Life, is the host of S-Town.
“It’s a story about the remarkableness of what could be called an unremarkable life.”
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Brian Reed, a senior producer at This American Life, is the host of S-Town.
“It’s a story about the remarkableness of what could be called an unremarkable life.”
Thanks to MailChimp, Casper, and Squarespace for sponsoring this week's episode.
Apr 2017 Permalink
Brady Dale covers cryptocurrency for Axios. His new book is SBF: How The FTX Bankruptcy Unwound Crypto's Very Bad Good Guy.
“I am a fast writer. I’ve always been fast. I just sat down and did the math on it and I was like, If I can write 1,500 words a day, I can write this book. And I can do that.”
Jun 2023 Permalink
“Love purifies. Suffering never purified anybody; suffering merely intensifies the self-directed drives within us. Any act of love, however--no matter how small--lessens anxiety's grip, gives us a taste of tomorrow, and eases the yoke of our fears. Love, unlike virtue, is not its own reward. The reward of love is peace of mind, and peace of mind is the end of man's desiring.”
The author's first published article.
Harper Lee Vogue Apr 1961 Permalink
Tristan Ahtone is the former Indigenous Affairs editor at High Country News and is currently the editor-in-chief at The Texas Observer. His High Country News article “Land-Grab Universities,” co-authored with Robert Lee, won the 2021 George Polk Award for Education Reporting.
This is the first in a week-long series of conversations with winners of this year's George Polk Awards in Journalism.
Apr 2021 Permalink
A tour with the Stones, an appearance on The Munsters, and a song about “how Boston is a shit hole.”
Legs McNeil Vice Apr 2014 20min Permalink
Buddy Cianci, former Providence mayor and convicted felon, is running for the city’s top office. Again.
Simon van Zuylen-Wood Boston Magazine Oct 2014 15min Permalink
A profile of Costa Rica’s most famous bull, who is responsible for two riders’ deaths and a brand of craft beer.
Ashley Harrell, Lindsay Fendt SB Nation May 2013 20min Permalink
“A curious thing about the United States is that anticommunism has always been far louder and more potent than communism.”
Adam Hochschild New York Review of Books May 2013 15min 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
How A+E’s CEO is navigating the new TV environment with hit shows like “Duck Dynasty.”
Felix Gillette Businessweek Jun 2013 15min Permalink
Kevin is the only surviving Von Erich brother, born into a wrestling family that lived and died by the code of the ring.
John Spong Texas Monthly Oct 2005 30min Permalink
Beyond the fact that he lacked a pulse, little is known about the man found on an Adelaide beach in 1948.
Mike Dash Smithsonian Aug 2011 15min Permalink
The poet died when he was hit by a car in 1965. Everything else about his demise is a mystery.
Jeffrey Meyers Virginia Quarterly Review Jun 1982 25min Permalink
The adventures and controversies of the avant-garde poet Kenneth Goldsmith, who believes plagiarism is an art form.
Alec Wilkinson New Yorker Sep 2015 25min Permalink
Twenty years ago, Brian Peixoto was convicted of killing his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son. But is he innocent?
Gus Garcia-Roberts Boston Magazine Feb 2016 35min Permalink
How the new store is—and isn’t—changing Detroit.
Tracie McMillan Slate Nov 2014 30min Permalink
Even for a high-powered “A-Type,” living on forged documentation is an endurance test.
Max Abelson Bloomberg Feb 2015 15min Permalink
Locals on the Outer Banks are arguing about whether climate change is real. Meanwhile, their islands are disappearing.
Mac McClelland Audubon Mar 2015 10min Permalink
Lonnie Sue Johnson is an artist who can’t retain a memory for longer than a minute or two.
Daniel Zalewski New Yorker Mar 2015 40min Permalink
Contemplating Gaudi’s unfinished masterpiece, the Sagrada Familia church, as the controversial finishing work is completed.
Stephen Crittenden The Global Mail Feb 2012 10min Permalink
At three NYC comedy theater/schools, students and students-turned-instructors (a “benign pyramid scheme”) pursue the elusive simulacrum of human interaction that is longform improvisation.
Adam M. Bright The Point Sep 2010 Permalink
On the late comedian Bill Hicks, just as a performance on Letterman is deemed unfit for network TV.
John Lahr New Yorker Nov 1993 20min Permalink
One of most popular Libyan figures amongst Western intellectuals and democracy advocates is… Qaddafi’s second son, Saif.
Eliza Griswold The New Republic Jul 2010 15min Permalink
“While its source remains something of a mystery, Stuxnet is the new face of 21st-century warfare: invisible, anonymous, and devastating.”
Michael Joseph Gross Vanity Fair Apr 2011 30min Permalink
Computer scientist tycoon Robert Mercer is at the heart of a shockingly well-funded propaganda network.
Carole Cadwalladr The Guardian Feb 2017 20min Permalink