The Strange Case of Anna Stubblefield

A tenured professor at Rutgers told a family she could help a severely disabled man communicate with them. Her relationship with him led to a criminal trial.

Published: Oct 20, 2015
Length: 43 minutes (10,985 words)

How to Catch a Match Fixer

An investigation into match fixing in the sports world, and the company trying to stop it.

Source: Vice Magazine
Published: Oct 22, 2015
Length: 17 minutes (4,400 words)

Everything I Needed to Know about Poetry I Learned from K-Pop

A poet muses on growing up between cultures, the birth of K-pop, and authenticity.

Author: Mia You
Published: Oct 13, 2015
Length: 12 minutes (3,000 words)

The Laughs, Pathos, and Overwhelming Talent of Jan Hooks

One year after her death, a look back at the “Saturday Night Live” star’s life and career, and her decision to shun Hollywood.

Source: Grantland
Published: Oct 22, 2015
Length: 19 minutes (4,917 words)

The Fixer

Meet Marie Henein, the high-profile female defense attorney fighting to keep Jian Ghomeshi out of prison.

Source: Toronto Life
Published: Oct 20, 2015
Length: 32 minutes (8,040 words)

Get Up, Stand Up

Stephen writes about how the Black Lives Matter movement uses social media to organize, along with technology’s role in the civil rights movement of the ’60s.

Source: Wired
Published: Oct 21, 2015
Length: 10 minutes (2,544 words)

What Happened to the Boy Who Accidentally Shot His Sister Dead

In 1989, a ten-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his younger sister. It took a second for the gun to go off, and a lifetime for him to forgive himself.

Source: The Trace
Published: Oct 19, 2015
Length: 12 minutes (3,002 words)

Who Is Justin Trudeau?

Four stories about Canada’s next Prime Minister.

Author: Julia Wick
Source: Longreads
Published: Oct 20, 2015

Inside Stanford Business School’s Spiraling Sex Scandal

How a love triangle involving a dean and two married professors blew up at Stanford’s prestigious business school.

Source: Vanity Fair
Published: Oct 20, 2015
Length: 28 minutes (7,231 words)

Lost Girls

Sarah Dohrmann on women and prostitution in Morocco.

Published: Oct 19, 2015
Length: 29 minutes (7,314 words)