On our August 16, 2019 roundtable episode of the Longreads Podcast, 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, the editors discuss stories in The New York Times Magazine, Eater, and Hakai Magazine.
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3:05 “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)
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