Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman
An interview with Miley Cyrus.
Miscellaneous
The Conspiracists: The Reichstag Fire
How the Third Reich was founded on a conspiracy theory.
All the Kings' Men
An oral history of the 2002 Western Conference finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and Sacramento Kings.
Previously: Jonathan Abrams on the Longform Podcast.
A Captivating Mind
The life and mysterious death of dissident Bulgarian writer and radio journalist Georgi Markov.
Lorrie Moore: The Art of Fiction No. 167
“A story is a kind of biopsy of human life.”
The Short Flight Of El Pájaro
On May 16, 1913, after he’d spent years earning a chance at American stardom, Canary Islander shortstop Alfredo Cabrera played his one and only Major League Baseball game.
Ecstatic States
Can an illegal drug heal PTSD?
Love and Death in the Cape Fear Serpentarium
Some passions are more dangerous than others.
Southern Belles, Latchkey Kids, and Thrift-Store Crossdressers
Inside Atlanta’s 80s-era queer underground.
Whitewood Under Siege
The controversy-filled world of shipping pallets.
When Does Chanting A Soccer Team's Nickname Become A Crime?
Policing Tottenham Hotspur fans.
The Istanbul Derby
A trip to Turkey for a soccer game between bitter rivals and its accompanying madness.
Munro Country
A young writer grows up with Alice Munro.
Uncontested: The Life of Donald Sterling
A profile of the Los Angeles Clippers owner, an oft-sued real estate baron with a documented racist streak and a penchant for heckling his own players, on the occasion of him winning an NAACP lifetime achievement award.
Chernobyl Redux
Tourism at the site of the worst nuclear disaster in history.
Invisible, Inc.
Did Thomas Pynchon write a series of letters to Northern California newspapers under the pseudonym “Wanda Tinasky”?
"It seems to me that I am more to the left than you, Mr. Stalin."
An interview with Joseph Stalin.
The Pope in the Attic: Benedict in the Time of Francis
The first living ex-pope in 600 years watches as the successor he enabled dismantles his legacy.
Behind the Beanie Babies: The Secret Life of Ty Warner
A profile of the reclusive billionaire who orchestrated a collectible toy craze.
Blow Up the Box
An interview with Barry Diller about Aereo and the past, present and future of TV.
Previously: Vanessa Grigoriadis on the Longform Podcast.
Give Me the Gun
Why some immigrants can never escape their parents’ battles.
A Polar Turn of Mind
Finding peace and quiet in the high Canadian Arctic.
Previously: The Longform Guide to Silence.
The Bill Watterson Interview
A conversation with the author of Calvin and Hobbes.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez: The Art of Fiction No. 69
“In journalism just one fact that is false prejudices the entire work. In contrast, in fiction one single fact that is true gives legitimacy to the entire work. That’s the only difference, and it lies in the commitment of the writer. A novelist can do anything he wants so long as he makes people believe in it.”
The Case of the Closely Watched Courtesans
Why 18th-century French police obsessively tracked elite sex workers.
