Inside North Dorcester’s RJam Productions studio, where Nate and Gary Smith churn out rap demos for $500/tape.

On William Cockford and his 1800s gambling hall in London, where much of the British aristocracy lost its fortune.

A profile of former Duke basketball star Jay Williams a decade after the motorcycle crash that ended his career.

On the case of young Joseph Hall, who was convicted last month of murdering his dad.

“The first time I was ever published in a book was 1997. It was because I found Roger Ebert’s email and asked him a question.”

The private life of a disgraced former congressman.

A drunken evening with the Primer and Upstream Color director.

A collection of war stories told by women who have seen combat while serving in the U.S. military.

The rise and fall and rise of Hill flack Kurt Bardella, and what it says about D.C. culture.

Loretta Young, Clark Gable and the truth behind one of old Hollywood’s greatest scandals.

The abusive relationship between a Bell Gardens mayor and his wife ends with her firing a gun.

The mutual hatred of Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley, Jr., punctuated by great insults like “crypto-Nazi.”

A man had a gift for teaching people to beat the polygraph. Now he’s going to prison.

Mexicans on social media have their own hashtag for images of naked – and plainly impoverished – women.

A trailer and the people who lived with Dylann Roof in it before he killed nine people in a Charleston church.

A conversation about leadership, Grantland, regret, and the President’s favorite conspiracy theories.

A young journalist spent her days covering sexual assault and domestic violence. Then she became the story.

The author on Lolita, his work habits, and what he expected from his literary afterlife.

A profile of Grace Coddington, creative director of Vogue and break-out star of The September Issue.

A decade later, on the then twenty-three-year-old Van Morrison’s 1968 album Astral Weeks.

On Christian Marclay’s film The Clock.

The intertwining histories of two men who defined twentieth century European style.