Playing with History: What Sid Meier’s Video Game Empire Got Right and Wrong About ‘Civilization’

Twenty-five years ago, Meier turned human history into a video game, and sold 33 million copies along the way. With the launch of Civilization VI, Kanishk Tharoor takes a closer look at its impact.

Source: Kill Screen
Published: Oct 26, 2016
Length: 12 minutes (3,204 words)

South Beach’s Elite Pay Thousands for IV Therapy Even Though Critics Say It’s a Scam

In recent years, IV drips have become a status symbol, and osteopathic doctor, bodybuilder, and former model Ivan Rusilko is at the forefront of the craze.

Source: Miami New Times
Published: Oct 25, 2016
Length: 19 minutes (4,935 words)

Dr. Death

An investigation of neurosurgeon Christopher Duntsch, a madman with a scalpel.

Source: D Magazine
Published: Oct 24, 2016
Length: 26 minutes (6,622 words)

Excerpt: ‘The Red Car’ by Marcy Dermansky

“The car had upset me. Judy had found a parking space right in front of the restaurant and I could see the red car from our table. Taunting me.”

Source: Longreads
Published: Oct 25, 2016
Length: 11 minutes (2,933 words)

The Iconoclast

A profile of Jim Allison, a scientist whose research in immunology has helped pioneer new breakthrough cancer treatments.

Source: Texas Monthly
Published: Oct 21, 2016
Length: 42 minutes (10,576 words)

King-Killers in America (and the American Who Avenged the King)

When Charles II regained the throne, he launched a global manhunt for the judges who had sentenced his father to death.

Source: Pegasus Books
Published: Oct 25, 2016
Length: 26 minutes (6,559 words)

Collector’s Item: What was the Princess Diana Beanie Baby?

Planning to finance your retirement with your Beanie Baby collection? Think again.

Published: Oct 24, 2016
Length: 8 minutes (2,001 words)

Eight Women in Love

“When she met him, she was holding a bowl of tabbouleh. He wasn’t famous at the time. Just a promising upstart in the Ba’ath party. And she liked everything about him from the start. His blue silk suit. His golden eyes.” The women left in the wake of eight of modern history’s worst despots.

Author: Shawn Wen
Source: n+1
Published: Oct 17, 2016
Length: 11 minutes (2,834 words)

Canadian Mining’s Dark Heart

For one Canadian mining company, measuring the real price of gold requires counting environmental destruction and large scale sexual violence against women.

Source: The Walrus
Published: Oct 24, 2016
Length: 30 minutes (7,515 words)

The Way We Walk: A Reading List

In the following essays, Antonia Malachik discusses the cultural implications of our aversion to walking; Garnette Cadogan relates how his walks are coded by his skin color, depending on where in the world he is; Adee Braun praises the New York eat-and-walk, and more.

Source: Longreads
Published: Oct 24, 2016