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Observations at the dawn of an epidemic.
Barry Michael Cooper Spin Feb 1986 20min Permalink
Behind the scenes with the creator of Black-ish.
Robert Ito California Sunday Aug 2015 10min Permalink
Talking about hope and the environment with a photographer who takes pictures of birds killed by plastic.
Brooke Jarvis Pacific Standard Sep 2015 10min Permalink
The discovery of a new human ancestor, hidden in a hard-to-access cave.
Jamie Shreeve National Geographic Sep 2015 20min Permalink
How the prolific crime novelist did his work.
Joan Acocella New York Review of Books Sep 2015 15min Permalink
The life of a high-wire impresario.
Steve Kandell Buzzfeed Oct 2015 25min Permalink
The story of Aiden Sinclair, the “grifter magician.”
Jess Zimmerman Atlas Obscura Oct 2015 15min Permalink
On the gender gap in diagnosis and treatment of autism.
Apoorva Mandavilli Spectrum Oct 2015 Permalink
The troubling final years of Mickey Rooney’s life.
Gary Baum, Scott Feinberg The Hollywood Reporter Oct 2015 30min Permalink
The ridiculousness of trying to rank the best restaurants in the world.
Lauren Collins New Yorker Oct 2015 25min Permalink
A second act for the former head of McSweeney’s.
Anne Helen Petersen Buzzfeed Nov 2015 15min Permalink
On the false narratives of anorexia.
Katy Waldman Slate Dec 2015 30min Permalink
A profile of new Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau.
Guy Lawson New York Times Magazine Nov 2015 15min Permalink
On the unexpected longevity of a very strange theory.
Veronique Greenwood Nautilus May 2015 15min Permalink
A personal and legal history of assisted suicide.
Kevin Drum Mother Jones Jan 2016 15min Permalink
On the profound power of the placebo.
Jo Marchant Mosiac Feb 2016 20min Permalink
The inside story of how scientists finally proved that gravitational waves exist.
Nicola Twilley New Yorker Feb 2016 20min Permalink
Inside the world of 10-and-under competitive cheerleading.
Samantha Shapiro ESPN Feb 2010 15min Permalink
A conversation on the Times Square of the ’50s and ’60s.
Geoffrey O'Brien, Luc Sante BOMB Magazine Sep 1998 20min Permalink
Investigating the investigation of the 2001 anthrax attacks.
Noah Shachtman Wired Apr 2011 1h10min Permalink
A profile of 14-year-old fashion blogger Tavi Gevinson.
Lizzie Widdicombe New Yorker Sep 2010 25min Permalink
A bank robber tells the story of a successful heist.
Dane Batty Crime Magazine May 2011 Permalink
A profile of Felipe Lopez, high school phenom.
Susan Orlean New Yorker Mar 1993 40min Permalink
On the reverberations of a 1974 peasant massacre in El Salvador.
The life and death of Anna Nicole Smith.
Dan P. Lee New York Jun 2011 30min Permalink