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A journalist’s memories of covering the great Baltimore fire of 1904.
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A journalist’s memories of covering the great Baltimore fire of 1904.
H.L. Mencken Newspaper Days Jan 1941 30min Permalink
A profile of Amar Bose, founder of the Bose Corporation.
Tom Clynes Popular Science Dec 2004 15min Permalink
Inside the multibillion-dollar business of keeping foreigners out of America.
Jose M. Orduna Buzzfeed Dec 2014 25min Permalink
A profile of rapper Bun B, “the unofficial mayor of Houston.”
Katy Vine Texas Monthly Apr 2014 Permalink
On the palm trees of Los Angeles.
Victoria Dailey Los Angeles Review of Books Jul 2014 20min Permalink
On the narrative of sexual coercion.
Mary Beard London Review of Books Aug 2000 10min Permalink
On the dueling propagandists of Kiev and Moscow.
Timothy Snyder New York Review of Books Feb 2014 10min Permalink
Dick Cheney and the political history of warrantless surveillance.
Mark Danner New York Review of Books Apr 2014 15min Permalink
Was Steinbrenner’s Partner the “Madoff of Memorabilia”? Inside a collector’s hoax.
Peter J. Nash Hauls of Shame Jul 2011 25min Permalink
A map of the Queen of Cookbooks’ rise to power.
Choire Sicha Eater Sep 2015 20min Permalink
So many theories of laughter, so many chortles left unexplained.
Mary Beard The Chronicle of Higher Education Jul 2014 10min Permalink
A profile of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, written at the midpoint of his career.
John Papanek Sports Illustrated Mar 1980 20min Permalink
Dominick Dunne’s account of the trial of his daughter’s murderer.
Dominick Dunne Vanity Fair Mar 1984 1h Permalink
The twilight of future Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki.
Wright Thompson ESPN Mar 2018 20min Permalink
A survivor of conversion therapy gets the wedding of her dreams.
Michael J. Mooney D Magazine Sep 2014 15min Permalink
The history of a color.
Michael Gorra New York Review of Books Sep 2014 10min Permalink
A profile of Google’s new CEO, “the most powerful tech giant you’ve never heard of.”
The death of a Russian dissident and how radioactive poison became a tool of assassins.
Will Storr Matter Nov 2013 35min Permalink
The complicated process of ghostwriting Julian Assange’s autobiography.
Andrew O’Hagan London Review of Books Feb 2014 1h40min Permalink
On the particular genius of Tolstoy.
Janet Malcolm New York Review of Books Jun 2015 15min Permalink
A profile of Doc Johnson, “the Procter & Gamble of sex toys.”
Dave Gardetta Los Angeles Jul 2012 25min Permalink
A profile of the chairman of Fox News.
The creator of Wonder Woman makes the case for superheroes.
William Moulton Marston The American Scholar Dec 1933 15min Permalink
On the front lines of Bolsonaro’s war on the Amazon.
Alexander Zaitchik The Intercept Jul 2019 30min Permalink
Life in Silicon Valley during the dawn of the unicorns.
Anna Wiener New Yorker Sep 2019 30min Permalink