The World Cup of Dirty Dreams
Behind the doors of Centaurus, Rio’s most infamous brothel.
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Behind the doors of Centaurus, Rio’s most infamous brothel.
Amos Barshad Rolling Stone Jun 2014 25min Permalink
Zaranj: the bloody border of Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Luke Mogelson New York Times Magazine Oct 2012 35min Permalink
In 2011, just before Christmas, a tiny Spanish town won 120 million Euros in the lottery. A trip to the new Sodeto.
Michael Paterniti GQ May 2013 25min Permalink
The first epicenter is coming back to life, but not as anyone knew it.
A 17,000-word exploration of the Sahara Desert, the hottest place on Earth.
William Langewiesche The Atlantic Nov 1991 1h10min Permalink
Requiem for a viral hit.
Joshua Davis Wired Dec 2006 15min Permalink
A longtime NGO worker on how big ideas end up hurting international aid.
Michael Hobbes The New Republic Nov 2014 25min Permalink
100 miles, 24 hours.
On Hillary Clinton’s Arab Spring.
Jonathan Alter Vanity Fair Jun 2011 30min Permalink
Pacquiao and his entourage.
Pablo Torre ESPN the Magazine May 2015 25min Permalink
A profile of climate activist Greta Thunberg.
Stephen Rodrick Rolling Stone Mar 2020 15min Permalink
Argentina’s Lio Messi, the best soccer player on the planet, stands all of 5’7” and needed growth-hormone injections to get there.
S.L. Price Sports Illustrated May 2010 20min Permalink
Neale McShane’s jurisdiction in the Australian Outback is roughly the size of the United Kingdom. He patrols it alone.
Andrew McMillen Buzzfeed Nov 2015 25min Permalink
“Someone has sliced open soccer’s hourglass, and the sand has come pouring out on to the streets.”
Supriya Nair Roads & Kingdoms May 2014 Permalink
On ISDS, the parallel legal universe created by international treaties that allows corporations to sue countries and escape punishment.
Chris Hamby Buzzfeed Aug 2016 40min Permalink
Some risky but practical proposals to harness a superpower that has clearly lost control.
Samanth Subramanian Huffington Post Highline Oct 2019 25min Permalink
Does hurting make us human?
Ariel Levy New Yorker Jan 2020 25min Permalink
Dick Cheney and the political history of warrantless surveillance.
Mark Danner New York Review of Books Apr 2014 15min Permalink
The story of eight young people who died in a New Orleans squat fire.
Danelle Morton Boston Review Jan 2012 30min Permalink
How the Christian film industry works.
Joanna Rothkopf Jezebel Jun 2018 20min Permalink
The event evolves.
Molly Langmuir Elle Aug 2018 15min Permalink
A life lived at 7’7”.
Sandy Allen Buzzfeed Jul 2014 20min Permalink
The empty promises and empty buildings of Foxconn’s Wisconsin debacle.
Josh Dzieza The Verge Oct 2020 30min Permalink
Our writer nearly drowns, 236 songs later.
Robbie Fulks Talkhouse Jan 2020 40min Permalink
The US election as witnessed by 25 reporters in 23 countries.
Roads & Kingdoms Nov 2012 40min Permalink