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How to understand the real-world value of things that are worth nothing and everything at once.
Venkatesh Rao Ribbonfarm Aug 2014 25min Permalink
Arlena Lindley’s boyfriend Alonzo Turner beat her for months and murdered her child. So why was she sent to prison for 45 years?
Alex Campbell Buzzfeed Oct 2014 30min Permalink
An inside look at the Democratic infighting and Republican gameplan (“Obama, Obama, Obama”) that led to the midterm landslide.
Philip Rucker, Robert Costa Washington Post Nov 2014 20min Permalink
How the self-proclaimed “inventor of all things streaming” went from dot-com millionaire to crime ring accomplice.
Russ Buettner New York Times Aug 2012 10min Permalink
On the 1,600-year-old text that suggests that Jesus, long believed to be celibate, was a married man.
Ariel Sabar Smithsonian Sep 2012 Permalink
What it’s like to be Enzyte’s “Smiling Bob,” and other tales of acting as a product’s public face.
Felix Gillette Businessweek Sep 2012 15min Permalink
How a Tulsa preacher used direct mail to create the American religious right.
Lee Roy Chapman This Land Nov 2012 25min Permalink
A nationally respected neurologist feeds secrets to Wall Street.
Nathaniel Popper, Bill Vlasic New York Times Dec 2012 Permalink
The author visits Franklin County, Mississippi, where, according to census data, there are zero same-sex couples.
John D. Sutter CNN Mar 2013 15min Permalink
On “Operation Bambi,” the secret plan to oust “Today” show co-host Ann Curry.
Brian Stelter New York Times Magazine Apr 2013 20min Permalink
Inside the N.S.A.’s mission to spy on just about everyone.
Scott Shane New York Times Nov 2013 20min Permalink
The journey from a Sudanese refugee camp to an Atlanta police academy.
Kevin Sack New York Times Magazine Dec 2013 20min Permalink
How the ski town of the super-rich is responding to global warming.
Nathaniel Rich Men's Journal Jan 2014 30min Permalink
The Giants' miraculous 1951 comeback wasn't all that it seemed.
Previously: The Longform Guide to Cheaters.
Joshua Prager The Wall Street Journal Jan 2001 20min Permalink
Stuck between the Taliban and the U.S. Military, Afghanistan’s farmers risk their lives both when they grow, and when they refuse to grow, fields of poppies.
Robert Draper National Geographic Feb 2011 20min Permalink
The emergence of a radio phenomenon popular amongst young demographic believed lost to interactive distractions.
Rob Walker New York Times Magazine Apr 2011 15min Permalink
Why has the Palestinian cause failed to produce a Martin Luther King-like leader with a platform based on non-violence?
Gershom Gorenberg The Weekly Standard Apr 2009 45min Permalink
A profile of CeaseFire, a group of “violence interrupters” attempting to prevent street shootings by treating them like an infectious disease.
The story of the 1969 murder spree by Charles Manson and “Family” as told by those close to the case.
Steve Oney Los Angeles Jul 2009 Permalink
On the investors betting big on the Iraqi economy, which they believe has nowhere to go but up.
America's fascination with murder has not yet extended to its aftermath. As a result, the victims' survivors must seek comfort from one another.
Eric Schlosser The Atlantic Sep 1997 35min Permalink
An oral history of James Brown, from Macon to the top.
Scott Freeman Creative Loafing Atlanta Jan 2007 20min Permalink
How an Italian thug looted MGM, brought Credit Lyonnais to its knees, and made the Pope cry.
Anne Faircloth, David McClintick Fortune Jul 1996 45min Permalink
A high school student disappears, only to turn up more than 10 years later – posing as a high school student.
Skip Hollandsworth Texas Monthly Mar 2002 40min Permalink
Con man turned pastor turned con man; a profile of a serial scammer and the movie he tried to make about himself.
Roger Parloff Fortune Jan 2011 35min Permalink