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On our August 30, 2019 roundtable episode of the Longreads Podcast, Audience Editor Catherine Cusick, Essays Editor Sari Botton, and Senior Editor Kelly Stout share what theyโ€™ve been reading and nominate stories for the Weekly Top 5 Longreads.

This week, the editors discuss stories in Jezebel, Governing, and The New Yorker.


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0:39 โ€œThe Last Popeyes Chicken Sandwich in Americaโ€ (Megan Reynolds, August 28, 2019, Jezebel)

9:48 โ€œAddicted to Fines.โ€ (Mike Maciag, September 2019, Governing)

21:35 โ€œSilicon Valleyโ€™s Crisis of Conscience.โ€ (Andrew Marantz, August 19, 2019, The New Yorker)

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