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Prodigal Sun
Energy problems are long problems that often receive short solutions. In 2000, when Mother Jones ran this history about what happened to the energy research boom of the late 70s and early 80s, I was buying $0.99 a gallon gas for my Escort. I chose this story because I think longform journalism can keep people interested in these issues that require decadal attention but are subject to year-to-year fluctuations in public interest. And it’s a great story.
The Longform Podcast published its final episode in June 2024. All 585 interviews will remain available on longform.org, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.
Longform.org ran from April 2010 to December 2022 and recommended more than 10,000 pieces of nonfiction. The complete archive can be found here.
Thanks for reading and for listening,
Aaron Lammer and Max Linsky, co-founders
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Sponsor: Aeon Magazine
Only a handful of animals in the world can be tamed, but that can’t stop a homesick 15-year-old girl from trying.
In “A Raccoon of My Own,” new in Aeon Magazine, American psychologist and best-selling writer Lauren Slater recalls an exquisitely painful time in her youth, when, cast adrift from home herself, she adopted a baby raccoon. Her relationship with “Amelia” blossomed—one creature adapting to, and learning from the other. But Amelia’s wild instincts could not be contained in suburban domestic life, as Lauren was soon to realize.
Read it in Aeon Magazine—a new digital magazine publishing daily essays on ideas, culture and science.
Framed By Forensics
Junky, out-of-date science fuels jury errors and tragic miscarriages of justice. How can we throw it out of court?
Dirty Dollars
Accused money launderers left a path of bankrupt factories, shuttered buildings, and hundreds of steelworkers out of jobs.
“Hello, I Am Sabu ...”
A profile of Hector Xavier Monsegur, aka Sabu, a hacker star of Anonymous and resident of a New York City housing project.
On Not Going Home
An Englishman’s eighteen years of exile-by-choice.
Counter-Culture Colophon
A history of Grove Press and its publisher Barney Rosset.
Against Economics
“Economic theory as it exists increasingly resembles a shed full of broken tools.”
Sex Abuse Crisis in Amish Country
A year of reporting reveals a culture of incest, rape, and abuse.
Heartbreaker
A prolific con artist, decades of grift, and a trail of shattered relationships.
Rumsfeld's War and Its Consequences Now
A political history of Donald Rumsfeld.
Where Will We Live?
What happens when we run out of houses.
Letter from Dublin
A pub’s-eye view of Ireland’s recent run of leaders.
Stumptown Girl
A profile of Carrie Brownstein, riot grrrl and creator of Portlandia.
Speaking in Tongues
A literary exploration of Obama’s voice.
Why Does Roger Ailes Hate America?
A profile of Roger Ailes, CEO of Fox News.
Japan’s Vegetable-Eating Men
A nation of suit-wearing salarymen educates its first generation of stay-at-home dads.
Noreen Malone wrote "Cosby: The Women — An Unwanted Sisterhood," this week's cover story in New York.
“We interviewed them all separately, and that was what was so striking: they all kept saying the same thing, down to the details of what they say Cosby did and how they processed it. Those echoes were what helped us know how to shape the story.”
Thanks to our sponsor, TinyLetter.
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What happens when you combine golf, solitaire and a Caddyshack-esque gopher?
From USA Today: “Every once in a while a game comes along that’s so engrossing you can’t simply put it down… add Fairway Solitaire to that coveted list…Even if you’re not a fan of golf…Good luck with getting anything done in the coming months.”
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“I’d Like to Be Trusted Again.”
A profile of of Courtney Love.
Diary: Guantánamo
Accused of being part of a terror cell at age 12, Gitmo’s youngest prisoner recounts his life
What Was Wrong With Everything Was People
On being kicked out of Doris Lessing’s house.
Nut Job
Millions of dollars worth of nuts are disappearing in California.
