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A daughter remembers her father’s glass eye.
Jeannie Vanasco The Believer Jun 2015 15min Permalink
On jazz and the hipster psychopath.
Life in Nucla, Colorado.
Lois Beckett The Guardian Jul 2017 20min Permalink
How franchises became the movie business.
Mark Harris Grantland Dec 2014 20min Permalink
Charles Pierce’s classic GQ profile of Tiger Woods, annotated.
Charles Pierce, Michael MacCambridge Grantland Apr 2013 30min Permalink
A startup’s plan to launch a fleet of cheap, small, ultra-efficient imaging satellites and revolutionize data collection.
David Samuels Wired Jun 2013 15min Permalink
Stefan Simchowitz has supported dozens of emerging young artists. Why do so many people hate him?
Christopher Glazek New York Times Magazine Dec 2014 20min Permalink
A visit with Ai Weiwei, Laura Poitras, and Jacob Appelbaum, three people who live in justifiable paranoia of government surveillance.
Kashmir Hill Fusion 20min Permalink
Mary Ellen Johnson, a 48-year-old author, befriends a teenager convicted of murdering his parents.
Alan Prendergast Westword Mar 1998 30min Permalink
A year-long investigation of America’s coroners and medical examiners reveals a deeply flawed, deeply troubling system.
A.C. Thompson, Lowell Bergman, Mosi Secret, Sandra Bartlett ProPublica Feb 2011 20min Permalink
A profile of Republican Eric Cantor: six-term congressman, new House majority leader, highest-ranking Jewish elected official in American history.
Allison Hoffman Tablet Feb 2011 Permalink
A profile of Alex Jones, who draws a bigger online audience than Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh combined.
Alexander Zaitchik Rolling Stone Mar 2011 15min Permalink
Inside “a surreal world of pseudo-scientific methods and jargon, traumatizing psychodramas and nude cuddling with counselors.”
Zoë Schlanger Newsweek Dec 2015 Permalink
A traveler tries to make sense of a beautiful island with a dark past.
Junot Díaz Travel + Leisure Dec 2015 20min Permalink
Twelve new ways of measuring Hollywood’s gender imbalance.
Walt Hickey, Ella Koeze, Rachael Dottle, Gus Wezerek FiveThirtyEight Dec 2017 10min Permalink
A profile of a 25-year-old Spanish sensation.
Susan Orlean Outside Dec 1996 25min Permalink
How Evangelicals have claimed Trump as one of their own.
Alex Morris Rolling Stone Dec 2019 25min Permalink
Mountain athletes face death and grief more often than most of us. One therapist thinks he can help.
Nick Paumgarten New Yorker Feb 2020 20min Permalink
A profile of Marlon Brando, 33, holed up in a hotel suite in Kyoto where he was filming Sayonara.
Truman Capote New Yorker Nov 1957 55min Permalink
Ex-Ivy Leaguer and NFL-er Jeff Hatch spent years telling audiences of his triumph over opioid addiction, to great acclaim. Then as the rehab center he worked at drew national attention, a tortuous backstory of cops, dealers and deception came to light.
Chris Ballard Sports Illustrated Oct 2019 25min Permalink
Jimmy Breslin on Joe Namath, Mike Sager on Todd Marinovich, and George Plimpton on himself — a collection of our favorite articles ever written about QBs.
On the desolate career of Todd Marinovich, who was engineered from birth to be an NFL quarterback and ended up a junkie.
Mike Sager Esquire May 2009 40min
A detailed account of Plimpton’s 5-play tenure as quarterback of the Detroit Lions.
George Plimpton Sports Illustrated Sep 1964 25min
Jared Lorenzen was a star quarterback in college. He won a Super Bowl. And just like the author, he has spent his entire life fighting, and losing, a battle with his weight.
Tommy Tomlinson ESPN the Magazine Aug 2014 15min
The stories of the 109 black men who have played quarterback in the NFL, from Fritz Pollard to Russell Wilson.
Greg Howard Deadspin Feb 2014 40min
A profile of Eli Manning—brother of Peyton, son of Archie, future Super Bowl MVP—published shortly after his first NFL start.
Michael Lewis New York Times Magazine Dec 2004 40min
Catching up with Jake Plummer, who turned down a $5 million contract and left the NFL while still in his prime to concentrate on playing handball.
Chris Ballard Sports Illustrated Feb 2011 30min
A profile of Tim Tebow as he dealt with NFL skeptics on the eve of his final college season.
Jason Fagone GQ Sep 2009 25min
Over a scotch a few months after his underdog Jets won Super Bowl III, a 26-year-old Joe Namath told Jimmy Breslin what he’d done the night before the game: “I went out and got a bottle and grabbed this girl.”
Jimmy Breslin New York Apr 1969 10min
Sep 1964 – Aug 2014 Permalink
Whoever wants to enchant America’s conservative base as well as independents looking for a steady hand amid economic upheaval must try to grasp what has carried Cain this far — what not only shields him from spectacular attempts at self-immolation but also, with each incident, seems to make him stronger. Why, with this candidate, do the laws of physics seem not to apply?
T.A. Frank New York Times Magazine Nov 2011 20min Permalink
After years of avoiding the uncomfortable truths about how his gadgets are made, a Mac fanboy travels to Foxconn to see for himself.
Update 3/16/12: This American Life retracted this story today after it was revealed to have “contained significant fabrications.”
Mike Daisey This American Life Jan 2012 30min Permalink
Imagine a community of great possibilities and prosperity built by Black people for Black people. Places to work. Places to live. Places to learn and shop and play. Places to worship. Now imagine it being ravaged by flames.
On the Becket Fund, a little-known firm that has become the leading force in the fight for corporations seeking a religious exemption from covering employees’ birth control.
Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux The American Prospect Jun 2014 20min Permalink