Spacebase Was The Place: The Life Of Ras G, Blunted Saint Of The L.A. Beat Scene

A self-taught, prolific, intuitive, musician, he embodied and embraced the totality of Black musical history, blew speakers and mystified listeners, and his unconvential approach to making shit bumping made him what some call “the closest Los Angeles has come to producing a Sun Ra.”

Author: Max Bell
Source: NPR
Published: Aug 6, 2019
Length: 9 minutes (2,298 words)

How North Korean Hackers Rob Banks Around the World

The Hermit Kingdom is pulling off massive, technologically advanced bank heists that funnel tens of millions into the regime’s pocket.

Source: Wired
Published: Feb 28, 2020
Length: 17 minutes (4,269 words)

If Miscarriage is So Normal, Why Doesn’t Anybody Talk About It?

When she loses a pregnancy, Anna Lea Hand searches in vain for vital advice and information.

Source: Longreads
Published: Mar 2, 2020
Length: 27 minutes (6,996 words)

Margery Kempe Had 14 Children and She Still Invented the Memoir

“Here’s what we can learn from Margery Kempe, patron saint of writing mothers: cry if you must, then bulldoze your own path.”

Published: Feb 27, 2020
Length: 11 minutes (2,916 words)

A Brutal Murder, a Wearable Witness, and an Unlikely Suspect

Karen Navarra was a quiet woman in her sixties who lived alone. She was found beaten to death. The neighbors didn’t see anything. But her Fitbit did.

Source: Wired
Published: Sep 17, 2019
Length: 29 minutes (7,400 words)

The man who refused to freeze to death

The story of Guðlaugur Friðþórsson, an Icelandic fisherman who survived a six-hour swim in 5-degree water.

Source: BBC
Published: Feb 27, 2020
Length: 12 minutes (3,005 words)

Deliverance

A telekinetic teenager became a convicted killer. Can a group of strangers prove that Christina Boyer is really a victim of injustice?

Source: The Atavist
Published: Feb 28, 2020
Length: 48 minutes (12,000 words)

Abortion Clinics Are Getting Nickel-and-Dimed Out of Business

From legal battles to securing vendors to getting the walls painted, every budget line is a struggle.
Source: Businessweek
Published: Feb 27, 2020
Length: 13 minutes (3,427 words)

The Bible That Oozed Oil

A small Georgia town, a prophecy about Donald Trump, and the story of how a miracle fell apart.

Source: Slate
Published: Feb 27, 2020
Length: 19 minutes (4,852 words)

The Disappeared

The girl, now 17, has been in U.S. immigration custody since she was 10 years old. She’s become a long-term resident of what’s supposed to be a short-term system. 

Source: Reveal News
Published: Feb 18, 2020
Length: 36 minutes (9,179 words)