The Real Story of Lavabit's Founder
Meet Ladar Levison, Edward Snowden’s email provider.
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The Secret Auden
W.H. Auden’s quiet, personal pursuit of kindness and honor.
Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond?
How a cartel invented and marketed the modern diamond.
The Gales of November
The sole survivor of a 1966 shipwreck tells his tale.
Erin Lee Carr is a documentary filmmaker and writer. Her new film is Mommy Dead and Dearest.
“I feel like I’ve always had the story down—that’s not been really difficult for me. So the difficult thing, I think, for me, has always been access. Can I get the access? Can I withstand the pressure? You know, there’s been so many times where I wasn’t being paid to do the job, and I had to wait on the access. And it’s not for the faint of heart. You know, I could have spent a year and a half of my life doing [Mommy Dead and Dearest] and I could’ve not gotten the access to Gypsy, and it kind of would’ve been a wash.”
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When the Monks Come to Town
Why hundreds of Buddhist monks moved from Taiwan to Prince Edward Island, buying up thousands of acres of land in the process.
The Desperado
The story of Edward Averill, a blind man with one foot who robbed a bank in Austin, Texas.
The Curious Case of the Sherlock Pilgrims
In the Swiss town of Meiringen, where an obsessed group of ‘pilgrims’ painstakingly recreate the death of Sherlock Holmes.
Miles from Nowhere
In 1968, the author revisits remote British Columbia, which he traveled two years earlier.
James Salter, 1925-2015
A collection of picks by and about the writer, who died Friday.
Inside the Snitch Tank
What seems like a slam-dunk case against a mass murderer exposes widespread prosecutorial misconduct in Orange County.
What Really Happened to Strauss-Kahn?
An investigation into the events surrounding Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s May 2011 arrest for sexual assault.
China TV Grows Racy, and Gets a Chaperon
On “If You Are the One”, the smash hit Chinese dating show that raised the ire of censors.
Jason Leopold is a senior investigative reporter for Buzzfeed and the author of News Junkie.
“I made the worst mistake that cost me my credibility and I could have done two things. I could have walked away, and said I’m done with this, no one wants me anymore. Or I could have—which I did—say, I’m going to learn how to do this differently, and be better. And that’s ultimately is what paved the way to this FOIA work. Because no one trusted me anymore.”
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An Interview with the President
Barack Obama on Africa, Putin and the gap between what CEOs tell him over lunch and what they tell their lobbyists.
Meet the Flintstones
A couple tries to give away their house in Flint, Michigan – but no one wants to live there anymore.
The Machiavelli of Maryland
Edward Luttwak is a military strategist, a classical scholar, a cattle rancher, and an adviser to presidents, prime ministers, and the Dalai Lama.
Start-Up City
A history of entrepreneurship in New York City, starting with shipping magnate Jeremiah Thompson’s big gamble in the 1820s: scheduled departures.
Cop Diary
On life as a police patrolman.
Originally published in 1997 under a pen name in The New Yorker. Appears now for the first time under the author’s known identity.
My Father the Dope Dealer
From 1975-1986, Anthony Edward Dokoupil distributed more than 50 tons of weed in the United States. The operation ruined his family and destroyed his life. Three decades later, his son came looking for answers.
The Most Popular Articles of the Week
A classic profile of Thelonious Monk, a look at Edward Snowden's life in Moscow and a dispatch from Ferguson — the week's top stories on Longform.
The Information Sage
On Edward Tufte, the great data visualization (read: charts and graphs) theorist and author of 1983’s The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, one of the most successful self-published books ever produced.
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Our sponsor again this week is Aeon, a great new digital magazine covering ideas and culture. Aeon publishes an original essay every weekday, several of which have been picked for Longform. Here are three recent favorites:
No Drama, King Obama, by Edward L. Fox
In Javanese culture, a ruler must stand chivalrously above strife: cool, intelligent and self-contained. Sound familiar?
Mortal Remains, by Thomas Lynch
The dead are no longer welcome at their own funerals. So how can the living send them on their way?
Animal Spirits, by Stephen T. Asma
The more we learn about the emotions shared by all mammals, the more we must rethink our own human intelligence.
Read those stories and more at aeonmagazine.com.
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, Babbel, and Squarespace for sponsoring this episode.
