Unmaking a Murderer
Inside the effort to exonerate the “Starved Rock Killer.” After 60 years behind bars for one of this state’s most infamous crimes, Chester Weger is out to prove his innocence with DNA testing.
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Inside the effort to exonerate the “Starved Rock Killer.” After 60 years behind bars for one of this state’s most infamous crimes, Chester Weger is out to prove his innocence with DNA testing.
Jake Malooley Chicago Magazine Dec 2021 50min Permalink
The artist at 85.
Luke Dittrich Esquire Jan 2012 15min Permalink
Richard Hell after Lexington.
Amanda Petrusich Oxford American Nov 2017 20min Permalink
On the trail of the phantom women who changed American music and vanished without a trace.
John Jeremiah Sullivan New York Times Magazine Apr 2014 55min Permalink
A profile of DJ Larry Levan, whose sets at New York’s Paradise Garage in the 80s had an almost religious appeal.
On Michael Jackson’s talent.
John Jeremiah Sullivan GQ Sep 2009 20min Permalink
The life and times of Willie Nelson’s guitar.
Michael Hall Texas Monthly Dec 2012 25min Permalink
Britney Spears works Vegas, bitch.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner Matter Jun 2014 30min Permalink
A profile of Nicki Minaj.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner GQ Nov 2014 15min Permalink
An oral history of Aaliyah.
A profile of Kanye West.
David Samuels The Atlantic Apr 2012 Permalink
Remembering Amy Winehouse.
Leslie Jamison Tin House Jul 2018 20min Permalink
An interview with Meek Mill.
Nikole Hannah-Jones New York Times Magazine Mar 2019 10min Permalink
A profile of Mariah Carey.
Allison P. Davis New York Sep 2020 20min Permalink
The search for Guns N’ Roses’ elusive guitarist.
Art Tavana L.A. Weekly Oct 2016 Permalink
We know the country music pioneer died New Year’s Eve, 1953. But how?
Peter Cooper The Tennessean Jan 2003 15min Permalink
360 degree deals and the music industry’s new hostages.
Naomi Zeichner Buzzfeed Mar 2014 15min Permalink
A free-ranging conversation between music writers Simon Reynolds and Greil Marcus.
How Brian Eno works.
Sasha Frere-Jones New Yorker Jun 2014 20min Permalink
On the life and death of Elliott Smith.
Liam Gowing Spin Dec 2004 25min Permalink
A profile of Merle Haggard.
Bryan Di Salvatore New Yorker Feb 1990 1h25min Permalink
A profile.
Gay Talese Esquire Apr 1966 Permalink
On jazz and the hipster psychopath.
A profile.
Tom Piazza Oxford American Oct 2018 30min Permalink
On the best Super Bowl halftime show.
Alan Siegel The Ringer Jan 2020 30min Permalink