When the Devil Enters

An Italian town is plagued by mysterious fires for years, leading scientists, law enforcement, and the Catholic church to get involved.

Source: The Atavist
Published: Nov 18, 2016
Length: 46 minutes (11,586 words)

Obama Reckons with a Trump Presidency

David Remnick follows President Obama in the days leading up to, and after, a shocking presidential election.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Nov 18, 2016
Length: 43 minutes (10,924 words)

When Public Goes Private, as Trump Wants: What Happens?

Diane Ravitch on the future of charter schools and public schools under President-Elect Trump.

Published: Nov 18, 2016
Length: 19 minutes (4,752 words)

The Agony and the Angst: An Oral History of My So-Called Life

“Television is a very different world now. But you know what? The show had the perfect life.” Winnie Holzman, the creator of “My So-Called Life,” tells the story behind the show, along with crew and cast members including Wilson Cruz, Devon Odessa, and Devon Gummersall.

Source: Elle
Published: Nov 16, 2016
Length: 15 minutes (3,959 words)

Visiting Your Leg

Once a body part is removed from its original owner, who does it belong to? Scientists and bioethicists tend to disagree.

Source: Aeon
Published: Nov 16, 2016
Length: 15 minutes (3,900 words)

J.D. Vance, the False Prophet of Blue America

“No one wrote escape narratives about Staten Island. Few plumbed the psyches of suburban Trumpists. And no one examined why Democratic Buchanan County had become Republican. Instead, the media class fixated on the spectacle of white trash Appalachia, with Vance as its representative-in-exile.”

Published: Nov 17, 2016
Length: 9 minutes (2,297 words)

Theranos Whistleblower Shook the Company—And His Family

In 2014, Tyler Shultz anonymously emailed a complaint to New York officials who administered a proficiency-testing program in which Theranos, a once promising blood testing company, was enrolled. Shultz complained that Theranos doctored research and ignored failed quality-control checks, and warned his grandfather, former Secretary of State George Shultz, who was serving as a company director, about his misgivings. Their relationship would become strained.

Published: Nov 16, 2016
Length: 12 minutes (3,129 words)

A Conversation With Dan Ariely About What Shapes our Motivations

Dan Ariely on building an understanding of how humans behave from the ground up.

Source: Longreads
Published: Nov 17, 2016
Length: 14 minutes (3,711 words)

With Child

Kiera Feldman reports from South Dakota, one of the most restrictive states in the country when it comes to ending a pregnancy.

Published: Nov 17, 2016
Length: 24 minutes (6,193 words)

The Alphabet That Will Save a People From Disappearing

When they were younger, brothers Abdoulaye and Ibrahima Barry invented a script for their native language, Fulani. They have spent most of their lives getting their new alphabet—called Adlam—adopted widely, added to Unicode, and are now working to get it on your smartphone.

Published: Nov 16, 2016
Length: 13 minutes (3,408 words)