The Untold Stories of Wes Studi

“Wes starring in films that have nothing to do with Native American heritage is something we acutely desire: to be allowed to play parts without having to authenticate our realness as Indians.”

Source: GQ
Published: Jul 22, 2021
Length: 18 minutes (4,676 words)

The Day the Good Internet Died

“Did a Good Internet ever even exist, or am I just nostalgic for my youth?”

Source: The Ringer
Published: Jul 21, 2021
Length: 12 minutes (3,211 words)

A Personal History of the C-Section

“When my daughter’s delivery went off the script I had imagined, it made me wonder about what we ask from our birth stories.”

Published: Jul 21, 2021
Length: 18 minutes (4,623 words)

The Scream

“Is this the end for Muslims in India?”

Source: The Baffler
Published: Jul 10, 2021
Length: 13 minutes (3,300 words)

Conjuring Love: A Conversation with Kiese Laymon

“The same ingredients are a part of all of us. They’re just shaped and distributed differently.”

Published: Jul 13, 2021
Length: 17 minutes (4,485 words)

The Barn

“In 1955, just past daybreak, a Chevrolet truck pulled up to an unmarked building. A 14-year-old child was in the back. Hi name was Emmett Till.”

Source: The Atlantic
Published: Jul 22, 2021
Length: 29 minutes (7,350 words)

Is Kanoa Igarashi the LeBron of Surfing?

“I think Kanoa is rightly looking at this moment”—when he will represent Japan in the Olympics, the most-watched sporting event on earth—“and thinking, This is when I can be, honest to goodness, for a few days, the biggest athlete on earth.””

 

 

 

Source: Outside
Published: Jul 19, 2021
Length: 14 minutes (3,656 words)

Penniless: Why a Victoria Man Has Gone Two Decades Without Money

“His last purchases—beer, cigarettes, pot—occurred 18 years ago, he says, on his 31st birthday. He claims he hasn’t spent any money since. It’s true, his friends have told me. No money at all.”

 

Source: Capital Daily
Published: Jul 14, 2021
Length: 26 minutes (6,687 words)

Why Did We Invade Iraq?

“The most complete account we are likely to get of the deceptions and duplicities that led to war leaves some crucial mysteries unsolved.”

Published: Jul 1, 2021
Length: 15 minutes (3,828 words)

Leon Bridges After Dark

“On the eve of his third album release, the Grammy-winning artist talks with unparalleled candor about the toll of stardom—and how his best friends saved his life.”

Source: Texas Monthly
Published: Jul 19, 2021
Length: 43 minutes (10,772 words)