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On our October 11, 2019 roundtable episode of the Longreads Podcast, Head of Audience Catherine Cusick, Editor-in-Chief Mike Dang, and Essays Editor Sari Botton share what they’ve been reading.
This week, the editors discuss recent stories in The Atlantic, The Cut, and HuffPost.
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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)
11:06 One Night at Mount Sinai. (Lisa Miller, October 15, 2019, The Cut)
16:16 The ‘Glass Floor’ Is Keeping America’s Richest Idiots At The Top. (Michael Hobbes, October 13, 2019, HuffPost)
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