Cockford's Club
On William Cockford and his 1800s gambling hall in London, where much of the British aristocracy lost its fortune.
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On William Cockford and his 1800s gambling hall in London, where much of the British aristocracy lost its fortune.
Mike Dash Smithsonian Nov 2012 Permalink
A profile of former Duke basketball star Jay Williams a decade after the motorcycle crash that ended his career.
Greg Bishop New York Times Feb 2013 20min Permalink
The King of Rwanda is 76 years old, 7 feet 2 inches tall, and lives on public assistance in a small apartment in Virginia.
Ariel Sabar Washingtonian Mar 2013 30min Permalink
The private life of a disgraced former congressman.
Jonathan Van Meter New York Times Magazine Apr 2013 25min Permalink
A collection of war stories told by women who have seen combat while serving in the U.S. military.
Nathaniel Penn GQ May 2013 20min Permalink
The rise and fall and rise of Hill flack Kurt Bardella, and what it says about D.C. culture.
Mark Leibovich New York Times Magazine Jul 2013 25min Permalink
A collection of picks by and about the writer, who died Friday.
“I like to write. I’m moved by writing. One can’t analyze it beyond that.”
Edward Hirsch The Paris Review Jun 1993 50min
A short story about envy and failure in the 1970s literary scene.
James Salter The Paris Review Sep 1972 15min
An excerpt from Salter’s memoir, Burning the Days.
James Salter New Yorker Aug 1997 25min
Salter, a former Air Force pilot, on the heroism of Sully Sullenberger.
James Salter New York Review of Books Jan 2010 10min
A profile of Salter near the end.
Nick Paumgarten New Yorker Apr 2013 30min
Salter on the power of self-expression.
"In the richness of language, its grace, breadth, dexterity, lies its power. To speak with clarity, brevity and wit is like holding a lightning rod."
James Salter New York Times Sep 1999
Sep 1972 – Apr 2013 Permalink
Loretta Young, Clark Gable and the truth behind one of old Hollywood’s greatest scandals.
Anne Helen Petersen Buzzfeed Jul 2015 25min Permalink
Two reports, twelve years apart, on the killing of a high school cheerleader in a small Oklahoma town and its aftermath.
How the body of 16-year-old Heather Rich ended up in Belknap Creek and how the cops found the boys who put it there.
Pamela Colloff Texas Monthly Jul 2002 – Mar 2014 1h5min Permalink
A series of first-person essays on a reporter’s relationship with his city. Excerpted from the upcoming Detroit: An American Autopsy.
Charlie LeDuff Fox 2 Detroit Feb 2011 30min Permalink
On Christian Marclay’s film The Clock.
Zadie Smith New York Review of Books Apr 2011 Permalink
The intertwining histories of two men who defined twentieth century European style.
Paul Johnson This Recording Jan 2011 30min Permalink
An investigation into the death of Victoria Arellano at a Los Angeles County immigration detention facility.
Ben Ehrenreich Los Angeles Sep 2008 25min Permalink
The coldest of cases: During 1884-85, seven women and one man were brutally murdered in Austin, Texas.
Skip Hollandsworth Texas Monthly Jul 2000 20min Permalink
A portrait of three high school kids in Arizona forced to live on their own after SB 1070.
John Faherty The Arizona Republic Dec 2011 35min Permalink
An essay on “how we ignore the long-term effects of violence on children, adults and our communities.”
Alex Kotlowitz Frontline Feb 2012 10min Permalink
The anatomy of a sex abuse scandal at a Christian school in Oklahoma.
Kiera Feldman This Land May 2012 55min Permalink
“When constant revisionism and re-invention is under way, what does it profit a biographer to drag the weary ‘facts’ before us?”
Hilary Mantel London Review of Books Dec 1991 10min Permalink
The story of a young man, a lake with some fish, a compound bow and a very bad idea.
Holly Anderson Grantland Feb 2015 20min Permalink
April Savino, a teenage homeless runaway, lived in Grand Central Terminal from 1984 until 1987 when she committed suicide on the steps of a nearby church.
Dennis Hevesi New York Times Oct 1988 20min Permalink
On the golden anniversary of her first trip to study chimps, an ode to Jane Goodall.
David Quammen National Geographic Oct 2010 15min Permalink
A profile of Sorkin, who wrote The Social Network. “I don’t feel like a nerd,” he says, “but I think I understand them.”
Lynn Hirschberg W Oct 2010 15min Permalink
On the set of Afghanistan’s first soap opera and at home with its cast.
On Sam Cooke, theme parties, and the importance of McDonald’s-related jingles when street performing.
R. Kelly, Will Oldham Interview Feb 2011 25min Permalink
A trip to Râmnicu Vâlcea, a town of 120,000 where the primary (and lucrative) industry is Internet scams.
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee Wired Feb 2011 10min Permalink