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Arts

Arts Science

Fantastic Beasts and How to Rank Them

On the relative plausibility of impossible beings.

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Schulz on the Longform Podcast

Kathryn Schulz New Yorker Oct 2017 20min Permalink

Arts

A Protest Messenger for Our Times

Projectionist provocateur Robin Bell lights up the night.

David Montgomery The Washington Post Magazine Oct 2017 15min Permalink

Arts Music Religion

The Passion of David Bazan

During the 90s, David Bazan was Christian indie-rock’s first big crossover star. Then he stopped believing.

Jessica Hopper Chicago Reader Jul 2009 10min Permalink

Arts Music

Fear of a Female Genius

On Joni Mitchell and canons.

Lindsay Zoladz The Ringer Oct 2017 15min Permalink

Arts

Amy Tan on Writing and the Secrets of Her Past

“Who we become has so much to do with the experiences we had, and how we survived.”

Nicole Chung Shondaland Oct 2017 10min Permalink

Arts

My Lost City

When New York was perpetually on fire.

Luc Sante New York Review of Books Nov 2003 15min Permalink

Arts Politics

All American

When you’re an American in a country that treats you as if you were not.

Nicole Chung Longreads Sep 2017 15min Permalink

Arts World

West Africa's Most Daring Designer

On Amaka Osakwe and life as a woman in Lagos.

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Okeowo on the Longform Podcast

Alexis Okeowo New Yorker Sep 2017 25min Permalink

Arts

Theater of War

Bill Brookman has traveled to some of the world’s most dangerous places to disarm militias and negotiate with gangs. Bill Brookman is a clown.

Jessica Hatcher-Moore The Atavist Magazine Sep 2017 50min Permalink

Arts

America’s Underground Prank-Call King Speaks

Inside the singular world of Longmont Potion Castle.

Colin St. John Rolling Stone Jul 2016 10min Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

Interview: Jerry Lewis

An 11-hour conversation about “well, just about everything that’s ever been funny.”

Amy Wallace GQ Aug 2011 25min Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

The Story of the DuckTales Theme

A woo-hoo heard around the world.

Darryn King Vanity Fair Aug 2017 10min Permalink

Arts

The Pathfinder

A profile of Sam Shepard.

John Lahr New Yorker Feb 2010 20min Permalink

Arts

The New Rules for Making It In Hollywood

How young actors are navigating the new world of opportunities on our ever-shrinking screens.

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Baron on the Longform Podcast

Zach Baron GQ Jul 2017 25min Permalink

Reprints Arts Music

Playboy Interview: Snoop Dogg

"If I had been a straight-A student my whole life and had rapped about Jesus coming back to save us all, I wouldn’t get no media. The motherfuckers wouldn’t give a fuck about me. But since I’m telling the truth, and been through what I’m stressing and know what I’m talking about, I’m a threat."

David Sheff, Snoop Dogg Playboy Oct 1995 35min Permalink

Arts

The Accent Whisperers of Hollywood

How a dialect coach does her job.

Ryan Bradley New York Times Magazine Jul 2017 10min Permalink

Arts

Children’s Friend

A profile of Dr. Seuss.

E. J. Kahn New Yorker Dec 1960 45min Permalink

Arts Food

The Guiltless Pleasure

An ode to mayonnaise.

Rick Bragg Gourmet Nov 2010 10min Permalink

Arts

Interview: Toni Morrison

“‘Make America Great Again’ means ‘Make America White Again.’ So now you have this other explosion of people who want to feel above something, better than something. And who is that? That’s me.”

Mario Kaiser, Sarah Ladipo Manyika Granta Jun 2017 20min Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

LimeLight

A profile of Moonlight’s Mahershala Ali.

Carvell Wallace GQ Jun 2017 Permalink

Arts

Matthew Klam’s New Book Is Only 17 Years Overdue

What’s a writer to do when the audacity dwindles?

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Taffy Brodesser-Akner on the Longform Podcast

Taffy Brodesser-Akner New York Jul 2017 15min Permalink

Arts Media

Will I Get A Ticket?

A conversation with Lucinda Chambers shortly after she was fired from British Vogue, where she had been fashion editor for the last 25 years.

Anja Aronowsky Cronberg Vestoj Jul 2017 Permalink

Arts

Sherman Alexie on "Not Being the Indian That's Expected"

A profile of the writer.

Anne Helen Petersen Buzzfeed Jun 2017 20min Permalink

Best Article Arts Movies & TV

Who Owns Black Pain?

On race and risk in American culture.

Zadie Smith Harper's Jun 2017 15min Permalink

Arts Media

Welcome to Poppy's World

Her creepy, surreal YouTube videos have millions of views, but no one knows Poppy’s full story.

Lexi Pandell Wired Jun 2017 20min Permalink

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