
The Castaways
Five Mexican fishermen head out with enough supplies for several days. They’re gone for nine months. A story of survival in the South Pacific.
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Five Mexican fishermen head out with enough supplies for several days. They’re gone for nine months. A story of survival in the South Pacific.
Mark Singer New Yorker Feb 2007 45min Permalink
How a senseless double murder in Florida exposed the rise of an organized fascist youth movement in the United States.
Janet Reitman Rolling Stone May 2018 40min Permalink
How the godfather of “fratire” went from chronicling his drunken sexual conquests to ghostwriting Tiffany Haddish’s memoir.
Laura Bennett Slate May 2018 15min Permalink
The epidemics of the early 21st century revealed a world unprepared, even as the risks continue to multiply. Much worse is coming.
Ed Yong The Atlantic Jun 2018 35min Permalink
“The job is to be enough of a personality that they want to know what you think.”
Vinson Cunningham New Yorker Jun 2018 20min Permalink
Is the Chinese government behind one of the boldest art-crime waves in history?
Alex W. Palmer GQ Aug 2018 20min Permalink
An acclaimed American charity said it was saving some of the world’s most vulnerable girls from sexual exploitation. But from the very beginning, girls were being raped.
Finlay Young ProPublica Oct 2018 55min Permalink
Victims of Mexico’s drug violence often end up in unmarked graves. This man set out to find them.
Matthew Bremner Men’s Journal Nov 2018 15min Permalink
It’s dangerous to blame the decline of one species on a single predator. We humans like to do it anyway.
Katherine Gammon Hakai Magazine Oct 2018 15min Permalink
Manufacturers fought to get implants back on the market. Regulators gave in. Now thousands of patients are paying the price.
Sasha Chavkin ICIJ Nov 2018 25min Permalink
Wealthy businessman Merv Bodnarchuk put together the dream team of curling. Then he put himself in the lineup.
Guy Lawson Saturday Night Apr 1999 25min Permalink
How we respond to the rules of the road offers insight into being human.
Rachel Cusk The New York Times Magazine Jan 2019 30min Permalink
Millions of American workers sign away legal rights without knowing what they’re in for: Arbitration Hell.
Max Abelson Bloomberg Businessweek Jan 2019 20min Permalink
The story of Edward Averill, a blind man with one foot who robbed a bank in Austin, Texas.
Ciara O'Rourke The Atavist Magazine Jan 2019 40min Permalink
Jason Dill is rebuilding one of the coolest skate brands on the planet, one hand-cut collage at a time.
Noah Johnson GQ Mar 2019 15min Permalink
What happens when you put a classroom on wheels and park it in the poorest neighborhoods of San Francisco?
Elizabeth Weil California Sunday Mar 2019 25min Permalink
A profile of a 25-year-old Spanish sensation.
Susan Orlean Outside Dec 1996 25min Permalink
The Aziz Ansari controversy was just the beginning of the trouble for the website.
Allison P. Davis The Cut Jun 2019 15min Permalink
An unarmed man, a cop charged with murder, and the challenge of policing mental illness.
Steve Fennessy Atlanta Magazine Sep 2019 25min Permalink
The singer spends most of her time at home, working on a new album. That doesn’t mean she’s not paying attention.
Rachel Handler Vulture Sep 2019 25min Permalink
An investigation into the impact of only focusing on assault rifles.
Patrick White, Tom Cardoso The Globe and Mail Sep 2019 Permalink
Highlights from two hours of leaked audio from recent staff Q&A sessions with Facebook’s CEO.
Casey Newton The Verge Oct 2019 Permalink
The true tale of a bodybuilder turned social media influencer who built an illicit empire.
John H. Tucker Boston Magazine Oct 2019 25min Permalink
With its cheap geothermal energy and low crime rate, Iceland has become the world’s leading miner of digital currency. Then the crypto-crooks showed up.
Mark Seal Vanity Fair Nov 2019 20min Permalink
After six months of unrest, anti-Beijing protesters are increasingly unwilling to compromise.
Jiayang Fan New Yorker Dec 2019 35min Permalink