The best articles on the web, recommended daily (2010-2022) Weekly conversations with non-fiction writers on @longformpodcast (2012-2024)
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15 years ago I tried to vanish, in an experiment to explore the role of tech in privacy and surveillance. Older and not-wiser, I'm back with a sequel.
This time, I replicated myself, and set my AI replicas loose in the world.
The podcast is called Shell Game. Ep 1, out now.
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Longform Podcast #585: John Jeremiah Sullivan, contributing writer for @nytmag and author of “Pulphead” and the forthcoming “The Prime Minister of Paradise”
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This is our final episode. Thanks for listening.
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Longform Podcast #583: Jay Caspian Kang (@jaycaspiankang), staff writer at The New Yorker and co-host of “Time to Say Goodbye”
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Longform Podcast #582: Joseph Cox (@josephfcox), co-founder of 404 Media and author of “Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever”
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Longform Podcast #581: Tavi Gevinson (@tavitulle), writer, actor, founder of “Rookie,” and author of “Fan Fiction”
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Longform Podcast #580: Rachel Khong (@rachelkhong), journalist and author of the novels “Goodbye, Vitamin” and “Real Americans”
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Longform Podcast #579: Kelsey McKinney (@mckinneykelsey), features writer and co-owner at @DefectorMedia, host of “Normal Gossip,” and author of the upcoming book “You Didn't Hear This From Me”
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If you're around NYC on Thursday eve, come see @HigginbothamA and I chopping it up at @bookculture about his new narrative history of the Challenger disaster: tinyurl.com/4sptkjhp. Out today, this book is un-put-downable, whether you know the basic story or not.
This Thursday, May 16th, I'll be appearing @bookculture in NYC to discuss CHALLENGER with my friend @ev_rat If you're in the neighborhood, please join us! Details: tinyurl.com/4sptkjhp
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Longform Podcast #578: Lissa Soep, audio producer, editor, and author of "Other People’s Words: Friendship, Loss, and the Conversations That Never End"
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If you're a reporter who likes to investigate, you need to listen to @longform's conversations with this year's George Polk Awards winners. I look forward to these every year. The conversations energize me and offer a glimpse into the minds of insanely talented journalists.
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The final interview in our series with winners of this year’s @PolkAwards:
Jason Motlagh (@JasonMotlagh), journalist and filmmaker, who won the Sydney Schanberg Prize for “This Will End in Blood and Ashes,” an account of the collapse of order in Haiti
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Today in our series of interviews with this year’s @PolkAwards winners:
Brian Howey (@steelandballast), who won the Justice Reporting award after exposing a deceptive police tactic widely used in California.
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The pull quote @longform chose says everything you need to know about my current headspace 🤣
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“Where does it leave me? It leaves me with a searing anger that is going to propel me to the next thing.”
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Next in our series with winners of this year’s @PolkAwards:
Meribah Knight (@meribah) of Nashville Public Radio, who won the Polk Award for Podcasting for “The Kids of Rutherford County,” a series revealing one county’s approach to juvenile discipline
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Next in our series of interviews with winners of this year’s @PolkAwards:
Jesse Coburn (@Jesse_Coburn), investigative reporter for @StreetsblogNYC, who won the Local Reporting award for his series on the black market for temporary license plates
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This week on the show: interviews with winners of this year’s @PolkAwards
First up: Amel Guettatfi (@AGuettatfi) + Julia Steers (@jcsteers), who won the Television Reporting award for “Inside Wagner,” their Vice News investigation of Russian mercenaries
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