A Hunger for Tomatoes

There’s a lot of history, a lot of love, and not a little human suffering behind that juicy tomato and mayo sandwich.

Published: Sep 18, 2018
Length: 28 minutes (7,187 words)

The Great Mortality

Don’t joke about the black Egyptian sarcophagus unleashing a plague that will kill us all, because the next pandemic is heading for us.

Source: Real Life Mag
Published: Sep 24, 2018
Length: 21 minutes (5,253 words)

How Russia Helped Swing the Election for Trump

“I’m not arguing that Russians pulled the voting levers. I’m arguing that they persuaded enough people to either vote a certain way or not vote at all.”

Author: Jane Mayer
Source: The New Yorker
Published: Sep 25, 2018
Length: 27 minutes (6,925 words)

The Pure Joy of HGTV’s ‘My Lottery Dream Home’

Finally, a shelter show we can just watch instead of hate-watch.

Source: Curbed
Published: Sep 21, 2018
Length: 7 minutes (1,856 words)

Where Soccer Gets Made

Colonialism may have introduced football to what is now Sialkot, Pakistan, but local craftsmanship and ingenuity turned the town into the world’s leading producer of soccer balls and other lucrative exports.

Published: Feb 11, 2018
Length: 10 minutes (2,684 words)

The Disappeared

“For Miguel’s family and many others terrorized by MS-13, the police response came too late, and remains too little.”

Source: ProPublica
Published: Sep 20, 2018
Length: 34 minutes (8,606 words)

Speak Truth to Power

We must speak truth to the power of all that threatens to keep women and girls silent in the face of sexual violence.

Source: Longreads
Published: Sep 24, 2018
Length: 25 minutes (6,472 words)

Finding Comfort in Small Spaces

In this personal essay, Jessica Gross considers her preference for certain types of confinement.

Source: Longreads
Published: Sep 24, 2018
Length: 11 minutes (2,864 words)

Going All In: An Oral History of ‘Rounders’

“How two first-time screenwriters, a guy from Montana, and a pair of up-and-coming movie stars made the greatest poker movie ever.”

Source: The Ringer
Published: Sep 20, 2018
Length: 44 minutes (11,214 words)

A Prescription for Forgetting

A personal essay in which Diane Mehta tries to manage anxiety with meditation that requires her to discard all her memories.

Published: Sep 21, 2018
Length: 14 minutes (3,706 words)