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Heartbreak and heroics at the World Ploughing Championships
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Heartbreak and heroics at the World Ploughing Championships
Sophie Elmhirst The Guardian Nov 2018 25min Permalink
As early as 1948, the Oscars sucked.
Raymond Chandler The Atlantic Mar 1948 15min Permalink
The long fight against racism in romance novels.
Lois Beckett The Guardian Apr 2019 30min Permalink
How COVID-19 is changing the American restaurant industry.
Jordan Ritter Conn The Ringer Apr 2020 25min Permalink
Can genetic engineering bring back the American Chestnut?
Gabriel Popkin New York Times Magazine May 2020 30min Permalink
A non-fiction comic on the evolution of military and civilian style amid the ‘forever war.’
Nate Powell Popula Jun 2020 Permalink
How the Republican party offered a home to the Proud Boys.
Brendan O'Connor Guardian Jan 2021 20min Permalink
The writer investigates her brother’s death, their complicated relationship, and the disturbing mysteries he left behind.
Prachi Gupta Jezebel Sep 2019 30min Permalink
Deep in the jungle, the tourists were targetted, but only the porters were hacked by the machetes. Was it a robbery? Or a deeper pattern of violence amongst ancient tribes?
Carl Hoffman Outside May 2014 30min Permalink
Among the Sasquatch-searchers.
Robert Sullivan Open Spaces May 1998 25min Permalink
The long, strange trip of the Wikipedia founder, who went from being an Insane Clown Posse fan who owned the “Bomis Babe Report” to a jet-setter married to “the most connected woman in London,” all without turning much of a profit.
Amy Chozick New York Times Magazine Jun 2013 20min Permalink
Encounters with the sea.
Simon Winchester Lapham's Quarterly Jul 2013 Permalink
The creators of some of the most distinctive craft beers in the world are identical twins from Denmark. They also can’t stand each other.
Previously: Jonah Weiner on the Longform Podcast.
Jonah Weiner New York Times Magazine Mar 2014 20min Permalink
An investigation into the disappearance of a 24-year-old British cruise ship activity director from the Disney Wonder opens the strange and insular world of cruise employees, who vanish mysteriously at alarming rates.
Jon Ronson The Guardian Nov 2011 20min Permalink
The artist at 85.
Luke Dittrich Esquire Jan 2012 15min Permalink
On the rodeo.
Jeanne Marie Laskas Esquire Jan 1999 25min Permalink
The women would walk 10 miles from the village to the meat packing plants. Their pay supported drunk husbands and hungry children. When they were told to stop, they broke with tradition and went to the law.
Ellen Barry New York Times Jan 2016 25min Permalink
On the trail of a group of thieves stealing the fanciest wine out of San Francisco’s fanciest restaurants.
Claire Suddath Bloomberg Business May 2015 15min Permalink
An $140 million blockbuster written and funded by a billionaire, ‘Empires of the Deep’ was supposed to be China’s ‘Avatar,’ featuring mermaids, Greek warriors, pirates, sea monsters, and an even international stars.
Six years after being filmed, the movie has never seen the light of day.
Mitch Moxley The Atavist Magazine May 2016 Permalink
Writing The Art of the Deal made Tony Schwartz rich. He still regrets it.
“I genuinely believe that if Trump wins and gets the nuclear codes there is an excellent possibility it will lead to the end of civilization.”
Jane Mayer New Yorker Jul 2016 25min Permalink
“We’re the fucking establishment now. You and I. We’re not…” the young red hat, encircled by his squad, pantomimed the old establishment with a swaying, limp-wristed dance. “We won. Fuck them.”
Mattathias Schwartz The Intercept Nov 2016 Permalink
“I had inherited a Rolodex full of useful phone numbers (the College Board, a helpful counselor in the UCLA admissions office), but the number I kept handing out was that of a family therapist.”
Caitlin Flanagan The Atlantic Sep 2001 25min Permalink
Inside the Life Care Center of Kirkland, Washington, the first Covid-19 hot spot in the U.S., where 46 people associated with the nursing home died.
Katie Engelhart California Sunday Aug 2020 50min Permalink
The evolution of cheating in chess.
Dave McKenna Grantland Sep 2012 15min Permalink
Adventures in public speaking.
Rachel Aviv The Believer Feb 2007 20min Permalink