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Adventures at a gathering of furries.
George Gurley Vanity Fair Mar 2001 30min Permalink
On the nature of coincidence.
Lisa Belkin New York Times Magazine Aug 2002 30min Permalink
A profile of MF Doom.
Ta-Nehisi Coates New Yorker Sep 2009 20min Permalink
Somaly Mam’s harrowing story of her own flight from sexual servitude and the stories of hundreds of girls she rescued from Cambodian brothels brought her fame and helped raise millions for her non-profit. Does it matter if none or few of the stories are true?
Simon Marks Newsweek May 2014 Permalink
The story of a small town just outside Pittsburgh that has suffered through a half-century of economic decline, racial tension, and endless crime. Despite that trajectory, or perhaps because of it, Aliquippa has also produced an astounding number of NFL players.
S.L. Price Sports Illustrated Jan 2011 35min Permalink
A profile of silent film comedian Buster Keaton:
The story of his life seems in its twists and dives borrowed from his movies, survival demanding a pure lack of sentiment.
Jana Prikryl New York Review of Books May 2011 15min Permalink
On the mysterious disappearance of a beloved coding legend (and his code) with stops along the way for a short history of programming languages, an ethnography of code-based communities, and an inquiry into what it means to “die young without artifact.”
Annie Lowrey Slate Mar 2012 30min Permalink
It was one of the most arresting viral photos of the year: a horde of climbers clogged atop Mount Everest. But it only begins to capture the deadly realities of what transpired that day at 29,000 feet.
Joshua Hammer GQ Dec 2019 25min Permalink
“Love you when you hate us,” Rock proclaims with arms spread. “Welcome to the greatest fuckin’ show on Earth.”
Jerilyn Jordan Detroit Metro Times Sep 2017 25min Permalink
Tekashi 6ix9ine was SoundCloud rap’s most notorious star. But the same instincts that made him huge may put him in prison for years
Stephen Witt Rolling Stone Jan 2019 30min Permalink
In 1990, there was no star bigger than the man born Robert Van Winkle. But just as quickly as he became the bestselling rapper the world had ever seen, he became a pariah.
Jeff Weiss The Ringer Oct 2020 40min Permalink
How one of the world’s foremost Beatles collectors died homeless on the streets of Little Rock.
Will Stephenson Arkansas Times Mar 2016 25min Permalink
How the truth still eludes the investigation of the killing of four boys in Joypur, which sparked a bloody riot and massive displacement.
Rahul Bhattacharya OPEN Magazine Jun 2016 1h5min Permalink
What it takes to defect from the military state of one of the world’s youngest countries.
Alexis Okeowo New Yorker Dec 2016 35min Permalink
An inquiry into the assassination of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister.
Owen Bennett-Jones London Review of Books Dec 2012 25min Permalink
On the U.S. government’s pursuit of a legendary hacker.
Janet Reitman Rolling Stone Dec 2012 40min Permalink
The lives of Sue and Hector Badeau, who felt a calling to raise children and adopted twenty of them.
Larissa MacFarquhar New Yorker Aug 2015 45min Permalink
At work with the scientists standing on the precipice of a grand unified theory of the universe. Or failure.
Tyler Cabot Esquire Nov 2006 15min Permalink
A profile of Mike Judge, creator of the now-resuscitated Beavis and Butthead.
Karen Olsson New York Times Magazine Oct 2011 Permalink
On Marilyn Monroe and the pains of post-war America.
Jacqueline Rose London Review of Books Apr 2012 40min Permalink
How the death of a Muslim recruit revealed a culture of brutality.
Janet Reitman New York Times Magazine Jul 2017 40min Permalink
A profile of California’s governor at the end of more than 40 years in public life.
Andy Kroll California Sunday Mar 2018 25min Permalink
The rise of an amazing optical corporation and the future of our eyes.
Sam Knight The Guardian May 2018 35min Permalink
Inside Arnold’s manic, occasionally dishonest quest to find tapes of Trump using slurs on the set of The Apprentice.
Brian Hiatt Rolling Stone Aug 2018 15min Permalink
The inside story of death and survival as the Carr Fire’s tornado of flames stormed Redding—and changed firefighting in a warming California.
Lizzie Johnson San Francisco Chronicle Dec 2018 20min Permalink