At The Paris Review, Megan Mayhew Bergman looks to history to define what makes an adventurous woman.
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‘They Would Try to Love Whoever Killed Her, and Forgive.’
In 1985, a girl was abducted and left to die in Winnipeg’s severe cold. While her parents, Cliff and Wilma Derksen, did not yet know the killer’s identity, they made a decision to forgive.
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Haute Cuisine Has a Low Wage Problem
How an army of unpaid apprentices keeps the world’s best restaurants afloat.
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Ending Depression With a Push of a Button, But Only For a Moment
For people with severe, depression, deep-brain stimulation offers an uncertain but potentially life-altering solution.
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His Heart, Her Hands: A Pianist Helps a Musician with Fading Memory to Save the Songs in His Head
Steve Goodwin was a talented musician, but he never recorded or wrote anything down. As his memory began to fade, his family found a professional pianist to help save the music in his head.
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His Heart, Her Hands: A Pianist Helps a Musician with Fading Memory to Save the Songs in His Head
Steve Goodwin was a talented musician, but he never recorded or wrote anything down. As his memory began to fade, his family found a professional pianist to help save the music in his head.
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The (Film) Revolution Will Be Streamed
“We have to get rid of the romantic part.”
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‘S-Town’ Host Brian Reed Talks Ethics in Journalism
Katie Kilkenny interviews S-Town host Brian Reed on ethics and his approach to reporting on the popular investigative podcast.
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On the Hunt for the Romanov Easter Eggs
Kind of takes the thrill out of your Cadbury Creme, your Kinder Surprise.
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Queer and Black and Hiking the Appalachian Trail: Rahawa Haile on Going it Alone
In hiking the Appalachian Trail solo as a queer black woman, Rahawa Haile wants “to be a role model to black women who are interested in the outdoors, including myself.”