This ‘Treasure’ Rewrote California History. It Was An Elaborate Hoax.

“There were whispers, though, that something wasn’t right. It was all very strange, almost too serendipitous.”

Author: Katie Dowd
Source: SF Gate
Published: Mar 1, 2021
Length: 6 minutes (1,695 words)

All That Heaven Allows

“Marc Jacobs’ American dream.”

Source: Ssense
Published: Mar 25, 2021
Length: 18 minutes (4,660 words)

If Aliens Exist, Here’s How We’ll Find Them

“We are near the end of Darwinian evolution, but technological evolution of intelligent beings is just beginning.”

Source: Nautilus
Published: Feb 24, 2021
Length: 12 minutes (3,105 words)

Notes from a Moab Trailer

“I didn’t hear from her. I had flings with other women, but nobody equaled her. Unable to maintain a relationship, I got a dog, a heeler mutt puppy I saw in a cardboard box at the supermarket. I named her Sadie. When Wendy returned a year or so later, she was with a new guy, a fisherman, long hair and a beard, engaged to marry.”

Source: Outside
Published: Mar 23, 2021
Length: 34 minutes (8,665 words)

Rocky Mount Is Dead. Long Live Rocky Mount.

“A deeply divided city has banked on a renaissance fueled by outside investment and historic preservation. But can its reinvention take place without reconciliation?”

Source: The Assembly
Published: Mar 24, 2021
Length: 18 minutes (4,600 words)

The Coal Plant Next Door

“Near America’s largest coal-fired power plant, toxins are showing up in drinking water and people have fallen ill. Thousands of pages of internal documents show how one giant energy company plans to avoid the cleanup costs.”

Author: Max Blau
Source: ProPublica
Published: Mar 22, 2021
Length: 39 minutes (9,852 words)

Hunting the Men Who Kill Women: Mexico’s Femicide Detective

“But if Guerrera was part of a movement of journalists chronicling the murders of women, she went one step further. She started trying to solve them, too.”

Source: The Guardian
Published: Feb 25, 2021
Length: 22 minutes (5,581 words)

Youn Yuh-jung Comes to America

“On the set of Minari, she was an old Korean lady.” E. Alex Jung interviews Oscar nominee Youn Yuh-jung.

Source: Vulture
Published: Mar 1, 2021
Length: 9 minutes (2,482 words)

The Untold Story of Queer Foster Families

“But these social workers, in some cases inadvertently, were creating something radical: state-supported queer families in an era of intense discrimination.”

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Feb 28, 2021
Length: 15 minutes (3,915 words)

Islands in the Stream

“Musicians are in peril, at the mercy of giant monopolies that profit off their work.”

Published: Mar 22, 2021
Length: 29 minutes (7,400 words)