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May Doctors Help You to Die?
Debates surrounding physician-assisted dying in the U.S.
Dream Map to a Mind Seized
A mother on her autistic child’s progression and regression.
Remote Control
On the immense power of ESPN.
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Part 1: The Mechanics of Influence
How ESPN dictates the college football schedule.
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Part 2: Anytime, Anywhere
How ESPN turned Louisville into a powerhouse.
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Part 3: Protecting the Empire
How ESPN, which earns more than four times what any other cable channel does in subscriber fees, fights in Washington to preserve its “beautiful business model.”
Searching for Robert Johnson
The legacy of a phantom bluesman.
Fatal Indifference
On hit-and-run deaths, and in particular, that of Tiara Nichelle Jackson on the Beltway.
A Woman's Place
On Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg and the gender dynamics of Silicon Valley.
Sly Stone's Higher Power
A profile of the reclusive musician.
Dr. Don
On the life of a small-town druggist in Colorado.
Jeb 'Put Me Through Hell’
The story of Jeb Bush and Terri Schiavo.
Mother’s Boys
In court and visiting prison with the parents of young Russian Nationalists who’ve killed.
Work
The stories of four men who’ve lost their jobs and desperately want new ones.
A Thin Line Between Mother and Daughter
On the family origins of an eating disorder.
My So-Called Ex-Gay Life
A young man’s personal account of undergoing “ex-gay treatment.”
Sponge-Fraud!
The curious case of SpongeBob SquarePants illustrator Todd White, three ninjas, and an art caper.
M.I.A.’s Agitprop Pop
The contradiction-rich world of Maya Arulpragasam.
24-Hour Cycle
A day in the life of a Brooklyn laundromat.
Vanishing Act
The forgotten life of Eva Tanguay, perhaps America’s first rock star.
Let Us Now Raze Famous Men
Notes from the Friars Club roast of Don King.
Born Illegal
The godfather of experimental psychedelics and his many occasionally imprisoned followers.
Teen Mathletes Do Battle at Algorithm Olympics
Inside the world of competitive coding.
Inexplicable Crime
On the psychology of mass killer Anders Behring Breivik.
Can China Take a Joke?
The culturally-bound mechanics of comedy.
Our Fancy Foods, Ourselves
Three days at the world’s greatest assemblage of exotic, expensive, absurd, and occasionally delicious snacks.
Eichmann in Jerusalem
Hannah Arendt attends the trial of Adolf Eichmann.
