Forging the Oregon Trail
Forty years ago, a trio of student teachers created the most popular educational game of all-time.
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The World According to Phoebe Waller-Bridge
A profile of the writer and star of Fleabag.
The Prince Who Blew Through Billions
On the brother of the Sultan of Brunei, Prince Jefri Bolkiah, who has “probably gone through more cash than any other human being on earth.”
The 9/11 Eulogies
An interview with Rudy Giuliani’s fresh-out-of-college head speechwriter, who wrote the eulogies for every policeman and fireman who died on 9/11, giving him “the dark distinction of probably writing more eulogies than anyone else alive.”
How Jon Jones Became the Baddest Motherfucker on Earth
A profile of “the seven-time defending UFC light-heavyweight champion, practically unbeatable, and already maybe the greatest fighter of all time.”
The Truth About Dan Bilzerian
The strange, gun-filled life of the “King of Instragram,” a failed NAVY Seal trainee turned poker-playing playboy with an exiled fraudster for a father and two heart attacks already under his belt.
The Gut-Wrenching Science Behind the World’s Hottest Peppers
A trip to a pepper-eating contest in remote India.
Will Misogyny Bring Down The Atheist Movement?
Sexism and harassment in the freethought community and its implications for atheism’s future.
The Afghan Girls Who Live as Boys
Posing for family survival in a society that values boys over girls.
The Wanderer
Noah Lennox—better known as Panda Bear—has lived in Lisbon for a decade. How has the Portuguese capital shaped his life and work?
Blood on the Mountain
In 1981, Randall Smith murdered two hikers on the Appalachian Trail. Twenty-seven years later, he tried to do it again.
Inside the Secret Service
A look at what it takes to protect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad when he’s in New York City.
The Big Dig
Visiting the treasures – bear skulls, footprints, an ancient emerald necklace – that surfaced with shipwrecks at Yenikapi in Turkey.
Everything Gone but the Water
The wild fire that consumed Harbin Hot Springs, a legendary clothing-optional resort in Northern California.
Can We "Cure" the Men Who Pay for Sex?
A program in Washington state aims to teach johns about healthy relationships - and the patriarchy.
The Longform Guide to Silence
Articles about meditation, solitude, and the quietest square inch in America.
The Tragedy on Howse Peak
Three deaths in the mountains, and a community left to wonder: How close should we stand to our own mortality to feel alive?
At War with the Truth
U.S. officials constantly said they were making progress during the war in Afghanistan. They were not, and they knew it.
When One Parent Leaves a Hasidic Community, What Happens to the Kids?
The irreconcilable differences between Orthodoxy and secularism increasingly end up in court.
The Lobotomy Files
On the lobotomizing of 2,000 U.S. veterans after World War II.
The French As Dostoevsky Saw Them
“Americans find it hard to believe that foreigners are unalterably foreign, for they have seen generations of immigrants who became Americans.”
Dr. Nakamats, the Man With 3300 Patents to His Name
A profile of Sir Dr. NakaMats, who claims to have invented over 3,000 things, including the floppy disk and karaoke machine.
The Greatest Vendetta on Earth
Why the head of Ringling Bros.-Barnum & Bailey hired a former CIA agent to ruin a freelance writer’s career.
At Sears, Eddie Lampert's Warring Divisions Model Adds to the Troubles
The story of a risky management style gone bust.
The Lady Jaguars
A profile of the girls basketball team at Carroll Academy, a school run by a rural Tennessee juvenile court.
