The Rise and Fall of Toronto's Classiest Con Man
James Regan swindled his way through the city’s monied classes. The problem was, he seemed to believe his own lies.
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James Regan swindled his way through the city’s monied classes. The problem was, he seemed to believe his own lies.
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The elusive director’s early years.
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The final years of “Rock Around the Clock” singer Bill Haley.
Michael Hall Texas Monthly Jun 2011 30min
How what was once one of the most popular websites on Earth—with ambitions to redefine music, dating, and pop culture—became a graveyard of terrible design and failed corporate initiatives.
Felix Gillette Businessweek Jun 2011 15min
The story of an Idaho pizza delivery boy turned weed kingpin.
Mark Binelli Rolling Stone Oct 2005 20min
How an idealistic young recruit became part of a cash-snatching, drug-reselling, renegade clique of cops in Brooklyn.
Michael Daly New York Dec 1986 30min
At 25, Stephen Glass was a reporter wunderkind, regularly filing incredible pieces for the largest magazines. When suspicion fell on his sources, things started to really get strange. It wasn’t just sources and organizations he was inventing, but whole stories.
Buzz Bissinger Vanity Fair Sep 1998 30min
The end of the line for world’s most notorious weapons trafficker.
Nicholas Schmidle New Yorker Mar 2012 35min
The crumbling mythology of the beloved Minnesota Twin.
Frank Deford Sports Illustrated Mar 2003
On Suck.com, the Web’s first daily-updated site.
Matt Sharkey Keep Going Jun 2005 1h
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A Montana sheriff and a manhunt in the mountains.
Richard Ben Cramer Esquire Oct 1985 35min Permalink
The search for a missing soldier.
Mark Sundeen Outside Apr 2012 45min Permalink
Invented in 1899, it hasn’t been improved upon since.
Sara Goldsmith Slate May 2012 10min Permalink
Hanging out with the Atomic Bombshells in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
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When a random person becomes a massive meme.
Darryn King Vanity Fair Oct 2015 10min Permalink
How we talk about—and live with—schizophrenia.
Esmé Weijun Wang The Believer Feb 2016 25min Permalink
How solitary confinement can lead to suicide.
Patrick White The Globe and Mail Dec 2014 Permalink
On corresponding with the Oklahoma City bomber.
Gore Vidal Vanity Fair Sep 2001 50min Permalink
Travels through post-election America.
Dave Eggers The Guardian Nov 2016 25min Permalink
How populism took a continent.
Sasha Polakow-Suransky The Guardian Nov 2016 30min Permalink
On the vexed territory between aquí and allá.
Sarah Menkedick Pacific Standard Mar 2017 25min Permalink
Inside the New York Public Library’s archives.
James Somers Village Voice Sep 2017 15min Permalink
How the Christian film industry works.
Joanna Rothkopf Jezebel Jun 2018 20min Permalink
Who really built the first electric rock ‘n’ roll guitar?
Ben Marks Collectors Weekly Jan 2019 20min Permalink
What’s actually happening at the box office.
Matthew Ball REDEF Aug 2019 Permalink
Public-health officials are confronting dangerous ideas as much as a deadly disease.
Nick Paumgarten New Yorker Aug 2019 30min Permalink
American conspiracy theories are entering a dangerous new phase.
Adrienne LaFrance The Atlantic May 2020 40min Permalink
Welcome to Toke-la-homa.
Paul Demko Politico Nov 2020 Permalink
On trying, and failing, to qualify for the USA Olympic Marathon Trials.
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On personal responsibility and privilege.
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On Hillary Clinton’s Arab Spring.
Jonathan Alter Vanity Fair Jun 2011 30min Permalink