Frank Sinatra Has a Cold

Published in April 1966, one of the most celebrated magazine stories ever published, a pioneering example of what came to be called New Journalism.

Author: Gay Talese
Source: Esquire
Published: Oct 8, 2007
Length: 60 minutes (15,069 words)

The Great American Bubble Machine

From tech stocks to high gas prices, Goldman Sachs has engineered every major market manipulation since the Great Depression — and they’re about to do it again

Source: Rolling Stone
Published: Apr 5, 2010
Length: 38 minutes (9,726 words)

Independent’s Day

Obama doesn’t want to look back, but Attorney General Eric Holder may probe Bush-era torture anyway.

Source: Newsweek
Published: Jul 11, 2009
Length: 14 minutes (3,622 words)

How Teenagers Consume Media: the report that shook the City

Source: The Guardian
Published: Jul 13, 2009
Length: 9 minutes (2,275 words)

Gay Talese, The Art of Nonfiction No. 2

“I also use full shirt boards when I’m writing my outlines. I’ve been doing this since the fifties.”

Published: Jul 1, 2009
Length: 14 minutes (3,603 words)

English Lesson

Her Oxford pen pal wanted a different message

Source: Washington Post
Published: Jul 12, 2009
Length: 14 minutes (3,603 words)

Year Two

Source: Furbo.org
Published: Jul 28, 2009
Length: 13 minutes (3,362 words)

Against comprehensive reform — of anything

History shows that piecemeal reform is better than a Big Bang. That goes for most of the Democrats’ domestic agenda

Source: Salon
Published: Jul 14, 2009
Length: 6 minutes (1,586 words)

Enter Laughing

Senator Franken’s long journey.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Jul 20, 2009
Length: 24 minutes (6,224 words)

Dave Eggers & Vendela Vida

Source: Interview
Published: Jul 28, 2009
Length: 11 minutes (2,831 words)