Hot Pants, Love Potions, and the Go-go Genesis of Southwest Airlines

“Fifty years ago this month, the Dallas-based carrier first took flight. Those who were there reflect on its past as it confronts a future shaped by the pandemic.”

Source: Texas Monthly
Published: Jun 3, 2021
Length: 23 minutes (5,892 words)

Three Days in the Theater of Old-Growth Logging and Protest

“A drama 150 years in the making is playing out as logging companies and police clash with First Nations and protesters over one of British Columbia’s last remaining stands of unprotected old-growth forest.”

Source: Hakai Magazine
Published: Jun 1, 2021
Length: 24 minutes (6,100 words)

Border Acts

An immersive theatrical performance reveals a side of Ciudad Juárez rarely seen by outsiders.

Source: The Believer
Published: Jun 1, 2021
Length: 31 minutes (7,800 words)

We’re Gonna Carry That Weight a Long Time

“David Farrier reflects on the immense burden of materials that mark our place on Earth.”

Published: May 12, 2021
Length: 12 minutes (3,090 words)

How America’s Abortion Wars Went Global

“In Colombia, women are discovering that the United States controls their reproductive rights.”

Source: UnHerd
Published: Jun 1, 2021
Length: 10 minutes (2,600 words)

Nikole Hannah-Jones, a Mega-Donor, and the Future of Journalism

“UNC-Chapel Hill’s largest journalism-school donor warned against Nikole Hannah-Jones’ hiring. Their divergent views represent a new front in the debate over objectivity and the future of the field.”

Source: The Assembly
Published: May 30, 2021
Length: 12 minutes (3,000 words)

The State of Waiting

Separated by war, boundaries, and immigration policies they cannot control, one young Yemeni couple refuses to give up on love.

Source: Longreads
Published: May 27, 2021
Length: 24 minutes (6,168 words)

When the Techies Took Over Tahoe

“Cross-country skiing past a trail post carved with the words “Locals Only” doesn’t feel good. Neither does being evicted mid-pandemic because someone with more money wants to move in. Both beg a very American question that’s long been asked at the intersection of rural and urban, between the haves and have-nots.”

Source: Outside
Published: Apr 15, 2021
Length: 19 minutes (4,804 words)

The Scars To Prove It

“In Kashechewan, the effects of the residential schools are hard to avoid. You see them in the eight-year-olds who scan the dirt roads looking for cigarette butts to smoke. You see them in Kristal, asking me if I want to accompany her to an empty house to watch porn.”

Source: Hazlitt
Published: Jan 16, 2021
Length: 13 minutes (3,351 words)

Cooking Backwards

“On becoming a kitchen archivist.”

Published: May 24, 2021
Length: 16 minutes (4,044 words)