The D.I.Y. Foreign-Aid Revolution

It’s not only presidents and United Nations officials who chip away at global challenges. Passionate individuals with great ideas can do the same, especially in the age of the Internet and social media.

Published: Oct 20, 2010
Length: 19 minutes (4,756 words)

Private Manning and the Making of Wikileaks

The Inside Story of the Oklahoman Behind the Biggest Military Intelligence Leak Ever

Source: This Land Press
Published: Sep 23, 2010
Length: 18 minutes (4,728 words)

R. Crumb, The Art of Comics No. 1

“The Jews won’t like it because you actually portray God. And the fact that I show people actually having sex, that’s going to eliminate a lot of the Christians.”

Author: Ted Widmer
Published: Jun 1, 2010
Length: 47 minutes (11,802 words)

Desert Storm: Harry Reid and Sharron Angle square off in Nevada

Harry Reid is the most powerful man in the Senate. Can the far right bring him down?

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Oct 25, 2010
Length: 30 minutes (7,629 words)

True to type: How we fell in love with our letters

Excerpt: Simon Garfield looks at the history of typefaces, the obsessive care taken over their design – and the role they play in shaping our lives

Source: The Guardian
Published: Oct 17, 2010
Length: 19 minutes (4,869 words)

The Elusive Small-House Utopia

Will Americans re-evaluate cultural assumptions that equate ever-larger houses with success and stability?

Published: Oct 15, 2010
Length: 11 minutes (2,845 words)

Death of a Fulton Fish Market Fixture

Known as Annie, she was a fixture for decades of the Fulton Fish Market. Few knew her real name, Gloria Wasserman, or of her past.

Author: Dan Barry
Published: Oct 17, 2010
Length: 9 minutes (2,332 words)

John Sculley On Steve Jobs, The Full Interview Transcript

“He was a person of huge vision. But he was also a person that believed in the precise detail of every step. He was methodical and careful about everything — a perfectionist to the end.”

Source: Cult of Mac
Published: Oct 14, 2010
Length: 33 minutes (8,322 words)

Are You Sure You Want to Quit The World?

If you were desperate and hopeless enough to log on to a suicide chat room in recent years, there was a good chance a mysterious woman named Li Dao would find you, befriend you, and gently urge you to take your own life.

Author: Nadya Labi
Source: GQ
Published: Oct 1, 2010
Length: 25 minutes (6,284 words)

The comedy TV writer who helped elect Richard Nixon

Nixon said … that appearing on Laugh-In is what got him elected – and I believe that. And I’ve had to live with that. – George Schlatter, Creator of Laugh-In

Source: WFMU
Published: Sep 19, 2010
Length: 47 minutes (11,800 words)