A Sentimental Education

Two years ago, Tilda Swinton co-founded a school for her twins to attend—the kind of school with “no exams, no tests, no hierarchies, no sitting at desks whenever possible.”

Published: Jun 14, 2015
Length: 13 minutes (3,323 words)

The Definitive History of Personal Style Blogs

A brief but exhaustive look at the evolution of personal style blogs, from BryanBoy to Man Repeller.

Source: Racked
Published: May 27, 2015
Length: 7 minutes (1,780 words)

Mr. and Mrs. B

When Alexander Chee was a struggling young writer, working as a cater-waiter for William F. and Pat Buckley.

Published: Jan 1, 2014
Length: 19 minutes (4,822 words)

Meet the Gay Mormon Men (and Their Wives) Beseeching SCOTUS to Save ‘Traditional’ Marriage

Gardner travels to Utah to talk to Danny Caldwell—a gay Mormon married to a woman named Erin—to try to understand why they are part of an amicus brief contesting the constitutional legalization of gay marriage.

Published: Jun 17, 2015
Length: 13 minutes (3,293 words)

On Chicken Tenders

A food writer explains her deep love for chicken tenders.

Published: Jun 12, 2015
Length: 6 minutes (1,740 words)

Chewing, We Hardly Knew Ye: A Soylent Reading List

These five writers muse on what it feels like — and means for us as a food-centric society — to be free from food.

Source: Longreads
Published: Jun 17, 2015

The Wetsuitman

Last winter two bodies washed ashore wearing identical wetsuits. They were found 67 days apart, in two separate countries. The effort to identify them reads like a crime thriller, crossing borders and delving deep into Europe’s migrant crisis.

Source: Dagbladet
Published: Jun 15, 2015
Length: 31 minutes (7,792 words)

An Unlikely Trade

For five years, Michael Erard worked full-time as a metaphor designer at a D.C. think tank. Here he meditates on the nature of metaphors and how they can be designed.

Source: Aeon
Published: Jun 9, 2015
Length: 12 minutes (3,172 words)

Alone

Sam Parker travels to a remote bothy in Scotland — quitting the Internet cold turkey — in a bid to find true solitude.

Author: Sam Parker
Source: Esquire
Published: Jun 10, 2015
Length: 14 minutes (3,599 words)

Silicon Valley High

A reflection on growing up in the shadow of Silicon Valley.

Published: Jun 8, 2015
Length: 12 minutes (3,100 words)