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Head of Audience Catherine Cusick, Head of Fact-Checking Matt Giles, and Freelance Writer Nick Chrastil share what they've been reading and working on. This week: [1:01] “Your Honor, Can I Tell The Whole Story?” (Nick Chrastil, December 2019, The Atavist and The Lens) [19:36] “Inside Wayne LaPierre’s Battle for the N.R.A.” (Danny Hakim, December 18, 2019, The New York Times Magazine) Produced by Longreads and Charts & Leisure.

Longreads Founder Mark Armstrong speaks with award winning writer, entrepreneur, and activist Jonathan Mooney, author of the book Normal Sucks, about ways in which we can reorient how we think about diversity in education and how to reframe demoralizing systems of learning that aren't working for differently abled children. This episode is a production of Longreads and Charts & Leisure, produced by Mike Rugnetta with help from Mark Armstrong and Jason Oberholtzer. Hosted by Catherine Cusick. Mixed by Michael Simonelli. Longreads' theme music is written and performed by Brian Donohoe.

Head of Audience Catherine Cusick, Contributing Editor Aaron Gilbreath, Essays Editor Sari Botton, and The Rumpus Editor-in-Chief Marisa Siegel share what they've been reading and working on this week.  This week: [5:06] “This is small talk purgatory': what Tinder taught me about love.” (CJ Hauser, December 7, 2019, The Guardian) [12:56] “Spines of the Finwomen.” (Lidia Yuknavitch, October 31, 2019, The Rumpus) [20:50] Aaron’s Music Corner Produced by Longreads and Charts & Leisure.

Cody Dalton Eyre, a 20-year-old Alaskan Native, was having a mental health crisis on Christmas Eve, 2017 when his mother called 911 for help. So why did police officers end up shooting and killing him? Writer Wudan Yan and Longreads' Editor In Chief Mike Dang discuss the reporting of Anyone's Son, published this week on Longreads. This episode is a production of Longreads and Charts & Leisure, produced by Mike Rugnetta with help from Mike Dang and Jason Oberholtzer. Hosted by Catherine Cusick. Mixed and scored with original music by Michael Simonelli. Longreads' theme music is written and performed by Brian Donohoe.

Head of Audience Catherine Cusick and Head of Fact-Checking Matt Giles share what they've been reading and working on this week.  This week: [2:40] “He’s a Liar, a Con Artist and a Snitch. His Testimony Could Soon Send a Man to His Death.” (Pamela Colloff, December 4, 2019, ProPublica) [2:56] “Worked at Vice Then Went to Jail”: How a Bunch of Canadian Hipsters Wound Up Smuggling Cocaine (and Getting Caught)” (Kate Knibbs, December 2, 2019, The Ringer) [29:00] Sign up to get email updates from Pamela Colloff about her investigation into jailhouse informants and how she reported the story. Produced by Longreads and Charts & Leisure.

Devorah Heitner reflects on the ways she is reclaiming her relationship to her own body while grappling with the legacy of her mother’s poor body image and early death. This episode is a production of Longreads and Charts & Leisure, produced by Jason Oberholtzer, with help from Sari Botton. Hosted by Catherine Cusick. Mixed and scored with original music by Jason Oberholtzer and Michael Simonelli.

To reflect on her three-part Longreads series Under The Influence, Culture Columnist Soraya Roberts continues to explore how influencers operate in the online ecosystem, how identity fits in, and what has changed over the last decade, in conversation with influencers-and-more Jakiya Brown and Akilah Hughes.  This episode is a production of Longreads and Charts & Leisure, produced by Jason Oberholtzer with help from Garrett Crowe and Soraya Roberts. Hosted by Catherine Cusick. Mixed by Michael Simonelli. Longreads' theme music is written and performed by Brian Donohoe.

In our first "Longwrites" discussion of the pieces which take years to write, Longreads' Head of Fact-Checking Matt Giles, sits down with James Williamson and Tim Requarth to discuss time spent rendering tales about relatives. A few bits of further reading/viewing:  How Stanislavski Reinvented the Craft of Acting "Be Yourself" Is Terrible Advice — Leah Finnegan Trump’s Role in Son’s Failed Deal May Yield First Test for a State Regulator — Barry Meier A Disciplined, Charging Army — Frances FitzGerald An Odd Kind Of Fame — Malcolm Macmillan This episode is a production of Longreads and Charts & Leisure, produced by Mike Rugnetta. Mixed by Michael Simonelli. Longreads' theme music is written and performed by Brian Donohoe.

Editor-in-Chief Mike Dang, Contributing Editor Danielle Jackson, Culture Columnist Soraya Roberts, and The Believer’s Deputy and Co-Interview Editor Niela Orr share what they've been reading and working on.  This week: [01:31]  Longreads’ upcoming music series. [05:02] A Song for You: My Life with Whitney Houston by Robyn Crawford [25:19]  I Was the Fastest Girl in America, Until I Joined Nike. (Mary Cain, November 7, 2019, The New York Times) Produced by Longreads and Charts & Leisure.

Longreads Contributing Editor Danielle Jackson speaks with writer and creator of the Writing Our Lives workshop Vanessa Martir about Writing The Mother Wound, a series of essays they co-produced on mothering. The two also share excerpts from the series, read by their authors. This episode is a production of Longreads and Charts & Leisure, produced by Mike Rugnetta, with help from Danielle Jackson and Jason Oberholtzer. Mixed and scored with original music by Michael Simonelli.  Longreads' theme music is written and performed by Brian Donohoe.

Head of Audience Catherine Cusick, Contributing Editor Aaron Gilbreath, and visiting Nieman Foundation fellow & NYT Styles Internet culture reporter Taylor Lorenz share what they've been reading and working on.    This week: [01:00] Some musings on TikTok, Vine & Instagram [03:50] ‘OK Boomer’ Marks the End of Friendly Generational Relations (Taylor Lorenz, October 29, 2019, The New York Times) [09:30] What Makes a Person Patriotic? (Jacqui Shine, October 28, 2019, The New York Times Magazine) [19:06] Aaron's Nerdy Music Segment   Produced by Longreads and Charts & Leisure.

We might remember famous scandals like the Amy Fisher case or the murder of Kitty Genovese. But take a closer look, and the story is very different. Longreads founder Mark Armstrong speaks with the hosts of the “You’re Wrong About...” podcast to understand why. This episode is a production of Longreads and Charts & Leisure, produced by Mark Armstrong and Jason Oberholtzer. Hosted by Catherine Cusick. Mixed by Michael Simonelli. Longreads' theme music was written and performed by Brian Donohoe.

Head of Audience Catherine Cusick, Head of Fact-Checking Matt Giles, Books Editor Dana Snitzky, and Culture Columnist Soraya Roberts share what they've been reading and working on.    This week: [0:30] R.I.P. Deadspin [10:40] “I Accidentally Uncovered a Nationwide Scam on Airbnb” (Allie Conti, October 31, 2019, Vice) [19:35] “Whitney Houston’s Longtime Confidante Breaks Her Silence” (Jon Caramanica, November 7, 2019, The New York Times) [23:14] “Under The Influence: White Lies” (Soraya Roberts, October 2019, Longreads) [29:51] Profiling Wakefield Press   Produced by Longreads and Charts & Leisure.

Sara Eckel surprised her agnostic parents by becoming a born-again Christian at age 10. It was the first of many attempts to believe. This episode is a production of Longreads and Charts & Leisure, produced by Jason Oberholtzer, with help from Sari Botton. Hosted by Catherine Cusick. Mixed and scored with original music by Jason Oberholtzer and Michael Simonelli. Longreads' theme music was written and performed by Brian Donohoe.

Head of Audience Catherine Cusick, Essays Editor Sari Botton, and Contributing Editor Danielle Jackson share what they've been reading and nominate stories for the Weekly Top 5 Longreads.      This week: [2:18] “Who Gave You the Right to Tell that Story?” (Lila Shapiro, October 30 2019, Vulture) [5:35] "How To Unlearn Everything"(Alexander Chee, October 30 2019, Vulture) [8:08] “Fascinated to Presume: In Defense of Fiction” (Zadie Smith, October 24, 2019, The New York Review Of Books) [16:02] “Ten Years Ago, I Called Out David Letterman. This Month, We Sat Down to Talk.” (Nell Scovell, October 30, 2019, Vanity Fair) [25:15] "Is it time for American cities to stop growing?" (Vinnie Rotondaro, October 14, 2019, Vox)   Produced by Longreads and Charts & Leisure.

Fact-Checkers assemble! Sean Lavery, Director of Research for newyorker.com joins Longreads Head of Fact-Checking, Matt Giles, and Longreads Fact-Checker Samantha Schuyler to talk about the pressures of publishing online and how The New Yorker runs its fact-checking operation.  This episode is a production of Longreads and Charts & Leisure. Produced by Jason Oberholtzer and Mike Rugnetta. Mixed by Michael Simonelli. Recorded at Fortunate Horse studio in Brooklyn NY. Longreads' theme music was written and performed by Brian Donohoe.  

Head of Audience Catherine Cusick, Contributing Editor Aaron Gilbreath, and Head of Fact-Checking Matt Giles share what they've been reading and nominate stories for the Weekly Top 5 Longreads.      This week: [1:51] “The Writer as Influencer” (Allegra Hobbs, October 10, 2019, Study Hall)   [12:20] "Everything He Wrote Was Good" (James K. Williamson, September 3, 2019, Oxford American) [28:15] "Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free" (Justin Elliott & Paul Kiel, October 17, 2019, ProPublica)   Produced by Longreads and Charts & Leisure.

This week, we are rebroadcasting Longreads Books Editor Dana Snitzky's conversation with with Ibram X. Kendi, New York times Best Selling Author and 2019 Guggenhiem Fellow. This episode is a production of Longreads and Charts & Leisure, produced by Whitney Donaldson & Jason Oberholtzer with help from Ian Riedel and Dana Snitzky. Mixed by Michael Simonelli. Hosted by Catherine Cusick. Longreads' theme music was written and performed by Brian Donohoe.

Head of Audience Catherine Cusick, Editor-in-Chief Mike Dang, and Essays Editor Sari Botton share what they've been reading and nominate stories for the Weekly Top 5 Longreads.      This week: [0:51] “Why You Never See Your Friends Anymore.” (Judith Shulevitz, November 2019, The Atlantic) [9:21] “Ronan Farrow Depicts a Chilling Cover-up at NBC.” (Rebecca Traister, October 11, 2019, The Cut) [16:16] "The 'Glass Floor' Is Keeping America's Richest Idiots At The Top." (Michael Hobbes, October 13, 2019, HuffPost)   *correction: @19:15 — A reference to One Night at Mount Sinai is mis-attributed to Rebecca Traister, rather than Lisa Miller.   Produced by Longreads and Charts & Leisure.

A daughter recounts her family’s worst day, through her mother’s eyes. This episode is a production of Longreads and Charts & Leisure, produced by Jason Oberholtzer, with help from Sari Botton. Hosted by Catherine Cusick. Mixed and scored with original music by Jason Oberholtzer and Michael Simonelli.  

Head of Audience Catherine Cusick, Longreads Head of Fact-Checking Matt Giles, and Contributing Editor Aaron Gilbreath share what they've been reading and nominate stories for the Weekly Top 5 Longreads.      This week: [1:13] "An Unseen Victim of the College Admissions Scandal: The High School Tennis Champion Aced Out by a Billionaire Family." (Daniel Golden and Doris Burke, October 8, 2019, ProPublica) [14:02] “This economist has a plan to fix capitalism. It's time we all listened.” (João Medeiros, October 8, 2019, Wired) [23:00] “Signs and Wonders” (J.D. Daniels, May 1, 2017, Esquire)   Produced by Longreads and Charts & Leisure.

This week, because it is feeling very timely, a rebroadcast of our very first episode.  Living With Dolly Parton is an audio adaptation of one of Longreads' most read features of 2018, written by Jessica Wilkerson. This episode is a production of Longreads and Charts & Leisure. Produced by Jason Oberholtzer and Mike Rugnetta, with help from Krista Stevens and Whitney Donaldson. Hosted by Catherine Cusick.  Mixed and scored with original music by Jason Oberholtzer and Michael Simonelli. Recorded by Andrew Harper at The University of Mississippi. Longreads' theme music was written and performed by Brian Donohoe.

Audience Editor Catherine Cusick, Longreads Head of Fact-Checking Matt Giles, and Contributing Editor Danielle Jackson share what they've been reading and nominate stories for the Weekly Top 5 Longreads.      This week:   [01:12] “The Nightmare in the Bahamas Is Far From Over” (Zachary Fagenson, October 1, 2019, Miami New Times) [03:38] "Hurricane Dorian Was a Climate Injustice" (Bernard Ferguson, September 12, 2019, The New Yorker) [10:43] “Climate Messaging: A Case for Negativity” (Rebecca McCarthy, September 2019, Longreads) [12:41] “The Balloon Boy Hoax—Solved!.” (Robert Sanchez, October 2019, 5280) [19:12] “The Music of “Hustlers” and the Soaring, Stupid National Mood Circa 2008” (Jia Tolentino, September 27, 2019,The New Yorker) [22:33] “Place: The Loop, Houston” (Bryan Washington, October 1, 2019, The Believer)    Produced by Longreads and Charts & Leisure.

On Monday, September 23rd, Longreads held our 10th anniversary celebration at Housing Works Bookstore in Manhattan. We wish you all could have been there! So, we are sharing the full audio from the event. Join us as we celebrate a milestone and showcase some amazing readers. Featuring... Morgan Jerkins, author of the New York Times bestseller, This Will Be My Undoing. Her short form work has been featured in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, ELLE, and The Cut, among many others. Laura Lippman, award-winning crime novelist and New York Times bestseller. She has published more than 20 novels, a novella, a short story anthology and a book for children. Her latest book is Lady in the Lake, a crime novel set in 1960s Baltimore. Choire Sicha, editor for the Styles desk of The New York Times, and co-founder of The Awl in 2009. Author of Very Recent History. Anne Thériault, Toronto-based writer whose bylines can be found all over the internet, including at the Guardian, the London Review of Books and, obviously, Longreads. She truly believes that your favorite Tudor wife says more about you than your astrological sign, and will be happy to do a one-on-one consult with you on that. She is currently raising one child and three unruly cats. Elisabet Velasquez, a Boricua Writer from Bushwick, Brooklyn, whose work has been featured in Muzzle Magazine, Winter Tangerine, Centro Voces, Latina Magazine, We Are Mitú, Tidal, and more. Velasquez is a 2017 Poets House Fellow and the 2017 winner of Button Poetry Video Poetry Contest. Her work is forthcoming in Martín Espadas' anthology What Saves Us: Poems Of Empathy and Outrage In The Age Of Trump. She is currently working on her memoir.

Audience Editor Catherine Cusick, Longreads Head of Fact-Checking Matt Giles, and Contributing Editor Aaron Gilbreath share what they've been reading and nominate stories for the Weekly Top 5 Longreads.      This week:   [0:45]“Will Hunter Biden Jeopardize His Father’s Campaign?” (Adam Entous, July 1, 2019, The New Yorker)  [13:33] “Dark Crystals.” (Tess McClure, September 17, 2019, The Guardian) [21:26] “These 5 Places Tried Bold Political Experiments. Did They Work?” (Amelia Lester, Jill Filipovic, Todd N. Tucker, Astra Taylor, Ruairi Arrieta-Kenna, September 21, 2019, Politico) Produced by Longreads and Charts & Leisure.

Leslie Jamison's new essay collection Make It Scream, Make It Burn is out today! Longreads Essays Editor Sari Botton speaks with Jamison about her new release and much, much more. This episode is a production of Longreads and Charts & Leisure. Produced by Mike Rugnetta, with help from Sari Botton. Mixed by Michael Simonelli. Hosted by Catherine Cusick. Longreads' theme music was written and performed by Brian Donohoe.  

Audience Editor Catherine Cusick, Essays Editor Sari Botton, and Culture Columnist Soraya Roberts share what they've been reading and nominate stories for the Weekly Top 5 Longreads.      This week:   [6:52] “The Wing Has $118 Million in Funding, Superfans Like Meryl Streep, and Plenty of Skeptics. It's Just Getting Started.” (Christine Lagorio-Chafkine, October 2019, Inc.) [17:28] “Who Would I Be Without Instagram?.” (Tavi Gevinson, September 16, 2019, The Cut) [26:00]  “Revolution on the Installment Plan.” (Jessa Crispin, Sept/Oct 2019, The Baffler)  Produced by Longreads and Charts & Leisure.

When Naz Riahi was 9, she escaped tragedy in Iran only to be confronted by a cruel new world in America. Food became her solace and her tool for assimilating. Produced by Jason Oberholtzer and Mike Rugnetta, with help from Sari Botton. Mixed and scored with original music by Mike Rugnetta and Michael Simonelli. Recorded at Fortunate Horse studios in Brooklyn. Longreads' theme music was written and performed by Brian Donohoe.   This episode contains clips from: بزم دوم از کنسرت ولشدگان - بلوربنفش Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker (suite), Op. 71a

Contributing Editor Aaron Gilbreath, Books Editor Dana Snitzky, and Senior Editor Kelly Stout share what they've been reading and nominate stories for the Weekly Top 5 Longreads.      This week:   [01:05] “I Was Caroline Calloway.” (Natalie Beach, September 10, 2019, The Cut) [15:12] “What College Admissions Offices Really Want.” (Paul Tough, September 10, 2019, The New York Times Magazine) [28:28]  “The Wonder Valley Desert of Gram Parsons.” (Sarah Goodyear, May 31, 2018, Off Assignment)  Produced by Longreads and Charts & Leisure.

Matthew Komatsu reads his essay After the Tsunami.    After the 2011 disaster, which killed his grandmother and laid waste to his ancestral home, Matthew, an American, journeys to Japan to search for what the tsunami left in its wake.   This episode is a production of Longreads and Charts & Leisure, produced by Jason Oberholtzer, with help from Michael Simonelli and Kelly Stout. Hosted by Catherine Cusick.   Scored with original compositions by Pax. A full soundtrack to this episode, with extended tracks, is available on Soundcloud.   Mixed by Michael Simonelli. Recorded in Surreal Studios, Anchorage.

Audience Editor Catherine Cusick, Editor-in-Chief Mike Dang, and Senior Editor Kelly Stout share what they've been reading and nominate stories for the Weekly Top 5 Longreads.      This week:   [04:35] “Strike with the Band” (Kate Wagner, September 1, 2019, The Baffler)  [13:40] “King of Pop.” (Willy Staley, August 29, 2019, The New York Times Magazine) [20:58] “Twelve Words.” (Brian Trapp, Sept / Oct, 2019, Kenyan Review) Produced by Longreads and Charts & Leisure.

In this, the second episode of What Are You Reading?, Dana Snitzky speaks with Ibram X. Kendi, New York times Best Selling Author and 2019 Guggenhiem Fellow, about ... what he is reading! This episode is a production of Longreads and Charts & Leisure, produced by Whitney Donaldson & Jason Oberholtzer with help from Ian Riedel and Dana Snitzky. Mixed by Michael Simonelli. Longreads' theme music was written and performed by Brian Donohoe.

Audience Editor Catherine Cusick, Essays Editor Sari Botton, and Senior Editor Kelly Stout share what they've been reading and nominate stories for the Weekly Top 5 Longreads.      This week:   [00:39] “The Last Popeyes Chicken Sandwich in America” (Megan Reynolds, August 28, 2019, Jezebel)  [09:48] “Addicted to Fines.” (Mike Maciag, September 2019, Governing) [21:35] “Silicon Valley’s Crisis of Conscience.” (Andrew Marantz, August 19, 2019, The New Yorker) Produced by Longreads and Charts & Leisure.

Longreads Senior Editor Kelly Stout speaks with Rose Eveleth about Rose's most recent piece in Longreads, which examines what a 19th-century scammer can teach us about women, lying, and economic boom-and-bust cycles. This episode is a production of Longreads and Charts & Leisure. Produced by Mike Rugnetta, with help from Jason Oberholtzer. Mixed by Michael Simonelli. Hosted by Catherine Cusick. Longreads' theme music was written and performed by Brian Donohoe.

Audience Editor Catherine Cusick, Longreads Head of Fact-Checking Matt Giles, and Senior Editor Kelly Stout share what they've been reading and nominate stories for the Weekly Top 5 Longreads.      This week:   [3:20] “Neil Young’s Lonely Quest to Save Music.” (David Samuels, August 20, 2019, The New York Times Magazine)  [16:58] “The Quickening. ” (Leslie Jamison, September 2019, The Atlantic) [28:45] “How the Unchecked Power of Judges Is Hurting Poor Texans.” (Neena Satija, August 19, 2019, Texas Monthly)   Produced by Longreads and Charts & Leisure.

Longreads Sports Columnist Britni de la Cretaz and Head Of Fact-Checking Matt Giles talk about the reporting behind Britni's new Longreads article, Flagrant Foul: Benching Teen Moms Before Title IX.   This episode is a production of Longreads and Charts & Leisure, produced by Whitney Donaldson and Jason Oberholtzer, with help from Joseph Fridman. Hosted by Catherine Cusick. Mixed by Michael Simonelli.   Longreads' theme music was written and performed by Brian Donohoe.

Essays Editor Sari Botton, Contributing Editor Aaron Gilbreath, and Longreads Head of Fact-Checking Matt Giles share what they've been reading and nominate stories for the Weekly Top 5 Longreads.      This week:   [03:05] “Our democracy’s founding ideals were false when they were written. Black Americans have fought to make them true.” (Nikole Hannah-Jones, August 14, 2019, The New York Times Magazine) [16:13] “Super Sad True Chef Story” (Samuel Ashworth, August 12, 2019, Eater) [22:53] “The Rat Spill” (Sarah Gilman, August 13, Hakai Magazine)   Produced by Longreads and Charts & Leisure.

Longreads Essays Editor Sari Botton leads a discussion on pen names with her guests ... whom we will let introduce themselves however they so choose. This episode is a production of Longreads and Charts & Leisure. Produced by Jason Oberholtzer and Mike Rugnetta, with help from Sari Botton. Mixed by Michael Simonelli. Recorded at Fortunate Horse studio in Brooklyn NY.  Longreads' theme music was written and performed by Brian Donohoe.

Audience Editor Catherine Cusick, Books Editor Dana Snitzky, and Senior Editor Kelly Stout share what they've been reading and nominate stories for the Weekly Top 5 Longreads.      This week:     [03:12] “The Dark History Behind the Year’s Bestselling Debut Novel” (Laura Miller, July 30, 2019, Slate) [12:40] “Elizabeth Warren’s Classroom Strategy”  (Rebecca Traister, August 6, 2019, The Cut) [23:29] “The Great Escape” (Rachel Sugar, August 7, 2019, The Goods, by Vox) Produced by Longreads and Charts & Leisure.

In adopting outerwear worn by the men who came before him, Aram Mrjoian considers his childhood misperceptions of traditional masculinity in his essay "Bearing the Weight of My Grandfathers’ Old Clothes." This episode is a production of Longreads and Charts & Leisure, produced by Mike Rugnetta, with help from Sari Botton. Hosted by Catherine Cusick. Mixed and scored with original music by Mike Rugnetta and Michael Simonelli. Recorded at Eternal Stellar Sounds in Tallahassee Florida.  

Audience Editor Catherine Cusick, Essays Editor Sari Botton, and Contributing Editor Aaron Gilbreath share what they've been reading and nominate stories for the Weekly Top 5 Longreads.      This week:    “Broken Teeth and All” (Olivia A. Cole, July 23, Gay Magazine) “Alan Dershowitz, Devil's Advocate”  (Connie Bruck, July 29, 2019, The New Yorker) “On Silence (or, Speak Again)” (Elissa Bassist, July 2019, Longreads) “One Night Wonder”  (Isaac Butler, July 2019, Topic) Produced by Longreads and Charts & Leisure.

Fact-Checkers assemble! Longreads Head of Fact-Checking, Matt Giles, leads a discussion on who and what we find credible. Joining Matt are Longreads Fact-Checkers Ethan Chiel and Samantha Schuyler, plus special guest Alex Yablon. This episode is a production of Longreads and Charts & Leisure. Produced by Jason Oberholtzer and Mike Rugnetta. Mixed by Michael Simonelli. Recorded at Fortunate Horse studio in Brooklyn NY.  Longreads' theme music was written and performed by Brian Donohoe.  

Audience Editor Catherine Cusick, Editor-in-Chief Mike Dang, and Senior Editor Kelly Stout share what they've been reading and nominate stories for the Weekly Top 5 Longreads.    This week: [3:37] “Losing The News.” (Brent Cunningham, July 23, 2019, Pacific Standard) [13:05] “The Crane Wife.” (CJ Hauser, July 16, 2019, The Paris Review) [23:59] “The Teens Who Play Dead to Save Lives.” (Andy Wright, July 2019, Topic)   Produced by Longreads and Charts & Leisure.

Colin Dickey remembers a departed friend and a tree that won’t die. This episode is a production of Longreads and Charts & Leisure, produced by Jason Oberholtzer, with help from Sari Botton. Hosted by Catherine Cusick. Mixed and scored with original music by Jason Oberholtzer and Michael Simonelli. Clips include: Siegfried, Fritz Lang Passacaglia in D Minor, Dieterich Buxtehude; performed by Mattias Eisenberg on the Silbermann Organ at St. Georgenkirche, Röthe (1994) Chaiyya Chaiyyam, A. R. Rahman; performing with the Berklee Indian Ensemble, October 24, 2014 Die Winterreise No 5 Der Lindenbaum, Franz Schubert; performed by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau  

Catherine Cusick, Krista Stevens and Dana Snitzky share what they've been reading and nominate stories for the Weekly Top 5 Longreads.   This week:   Introduction: “This City is Killing Me” from Belt THE NEUROLOGIST WHO HACKED HIS BRAIN—AND ALMOST LOST HIS MIND in Wired Going Down the Pipes at Topic   Produced by Longreads and Charts & Leisure.

Bundyville Season Two is out! Listen here to the first episode from season two of the award-winning podcast from Longreads, in partnership with Oregon Public Broadcasting. Then subscribe and listen to the rest of of the season, out now at Longreads.com/Bundyville

Sari Botton, Catherine Cusick, Aaron Gilbreath and Kelly Stout share what they've been reading and nominate stories for the Weekly Top 5 Longreads.   This week: The Battle of Grace Church at The Cut New Coke Didn't Fail. It Was Murdered. from Mother Jones Progressive Boomers Are Making It Impossible For Cities To Fix The Housing Crisis at HuffPost A retired teacher found some seahorses off Long Beach. Then he built a secret world for them from the L.A. Times   Produced by Longreads and Charts & Leisure.   

Marcia Aldrich and Jill Talbot read their essay These Rooms Alone, about a choice they both made about their respective pregnancies 20 years apart. This episode is a production of Longreads and Charts & Leisure, produced by Mike Rugnetta with help from Jason Oberholtzer and Krista Stevens. Hosted by Catherine Cusick. Mixed and scored with original music by Mike Rugnetta and Michael Simonelli. Recorded at Barn Media Arts Studio on Bainbridge Island, WA by Bob Ross and at KNTU at the University at North Texas in Denton by Mark Lambert. Longreads' theme music was written and performed by Brian Donohoe.

In the premiere episode of What Are You Reading? Dana Snitzky speaks with Elizabeth Rush, author and the National Science Foundation’s 2019 Antarctic Artist and Writer, about ... what she is reading!   This episode is a production of Longreads and Charts & Leisure, produced by Whitney Donaldson & Jason Oberholtzer with help from Dana Snitzky. Hosted by Catherine Cusick.   Mixed by Michael Simonelli.   Longreads' theme music was written and performed by Brian Donohoe.

Catherine Cusick, Soraya Roberts and Sari Botton share what they've been reading and nominate stories for the Weekly Top 5 Longreads. This week: Hideous Men at The Cut Times Public Editor: Ignoring a scoop that’s not your own from Columbia Journalism Review Our Top Editor Revisits How We Handled E. Jean Carroll’s Allegations Against Trump at The New York Times If I Made $4 a Word, This Article Would be Worth $10,000 on Longreads Critics: Endgame on Longreads The Hiding Place: Inside The World's First Long-term Storage Facility for Highly Radioactive Nuclear Waste at Pacific Standard 'The Underland Is a Deeply Human Realm': Getting Down with Robert Macfarlane on Longreads Produced by Longreads and Charts & Leisure.

Matthew Salesses reads his Longreads essay To Grieve Is to Carry Another Time, about how the loss of his wife lead him to a deep consideration of how we experience time. This episode is a production of Longreads and Charts & Leisure, produced by Mike Rugnetta, with help from Sari Botton and Jason Oberholtzer. Hosted by Catherine Cusick.   Mixed and scored with original music by Mike Rugnetta & Michael Simonelli. Recorded at The Sound Box in Cedar Rapids, IA   Longreads' theme music was written and performed by Brian Donohoe.