The Grief Artist

“In the wake of a loss comes the urge to create.”

Published: Jan 6, 2021
Length: 20 minutes (5,018 words)

QAnon and the Cultification of the American Right

“The conspiracy theory has become a theology of right-wing rebellion.”

Published: Feb 1, 2021
Length: 24 minutes (6,170 words)

After the Crash, They Said I Was Fine. I Wasn’t.

“And now here I was, being pulled from a helicopter, powerless. Exposed. Broken. I had fallen out of the sky in more ways than one that day.”Erin Tierney

Source: Outside
Published: Feb 3, 2021
Length: 35 minutes (8,944 words)

Inside the Mind of Jeff Bezos

“The way that Amazon does business – its pressuring of suppliers, its systematic annihilation of retail competitors, its incessant harvesting of its customers’ data, its treatment of its own workers as little better than machines – is, of course, inseparable from the personal wealth of its founder, Jeff Bezos, who earlier this week stepped down as CEO of the company.”

Source: The Guardian
Published: Feb 3, 2021
Length: 27 minutes (6,816 words)

How a Young Activist Is Helping Pope Francis Battle Climate Change

“Molly Burhans wants the Catholic Church to put its assets—which include farms, forests, oil wells, and millions of acres of land—to better use. But, first, she has to map them.”

Author: David Owen
Source: The New Yorker
Published: Feb 1, 2021
Length: 27 minutes (6,802 words)

The Original Karen​

On “colonial nostalgia and Nairobi’s Out of Africa industry.”

Source: The Drift
Published: Feb 1, 2021
Length: 17 minutes (4,259 words)

The Geography Closest In

In her debut memoir, Miranda Ward explores the unique place of almost-motherhood — an uncertain landscape characterized by waiting, wanting, hoping, and not-knowing.

Source: Longreads
Published: Jan 26, 2021
Length: 17 minutes (4,339 words)

Repetitive Stress

“On injury, compensation, and living with pain.”

Source: Longreads
Published: Feb 2, 2021
Length: 25 minutes (6,376 words)

He Wants to Save Classics From Whiteness. Can the Field Survive?

Dan-el Padilla Peralta “believes that classics is so entangled with white supremacy as to be inseparable from it.”

Published: Feb 2, 2021
Length: 33 minutes (8,461 words)

The Race to Dismantle Trump’s Immigration Policies

“Trump transformed immigration through hundreds of quiet measures. Before they can be reversed, they have to be uncovered.”

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Feb 1, 2021
Length: 32 minutes (8,060 words)