Does This Ex-Con Know the NBA Better Than LeBron?

A profile of disgraced NBA referee Tim Donaghy, who served time in prison for using his insider knowledge to place bets on basketball games.

Author: Pat Jordan
Published: Jun 14, 2015
Length: 15 minutes (3,981 words)

How Apple’s Transcendent Chihuahua Killed the Revolution

Few are excited about the Apple Watch—its burdens are too easily imagined. And yet we treat it as an inevitability. How did this happen?

Author: Ian Bogost
Published: Apr 1, 2015
Length: 22 minutes (5,539 words)

The Death Treatment

A Belgian law allows people suffering from terminal illnesses and severe psychological disorders to seek euthanasia, but the line becomes gray for non-terminal patients.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Jun 15, 2015
Length: 35 minutes (8,769 words)

My Drinking Years

An excerpt from Sarah Hepola’s forthcoming memoir Blackout.

Source: The Guardian
Published: Jun 13, 2015
Length: 15 minutes (3,914 words)

The Beginnings of Ivan Ramen

From Lucky Peach‘s long out of print inaugural issue, an essay about what it’s like to operate one of Japan’s finest ramen restaurants while being a white Jewish New Yorker who sneaks rye flour into his noodle dough.

Author: Ivan Orkin
Source: Lucky Peach
Published: Jul 1, 2011
Length: 9 minutes (2,492 words)

Six Stories About the Swimming Pool

Ready to grab your towel? Take a dip in these six stories about swimming pools.

Source: Longreads
Published: Jun 14, 2015

The $5 Billion Battle For The American Dinner Plate

Will the boxed-meal phenomenon—led by startups like Blue Apron, HelloFresh, and Plated—change the way we eat?

Source: Fast Company
Published: Jun 8, 2015
Length: 21 minutes (5,380 words)

Gawker’s Moment of Truth

A discussion of the future of Gawker Media. Employees recently voted to unionize—”the first at a major digital media company” to do so—and a $100 million lawsuit from Hulk Hogan is looming over the company.

Published: Jun 12, 2015
Length: 15 minutes (3,942 words)

The New Normal

A meditation on grief, from the late comedian Harris Wittels’ sister.

Source: Medium
Published: Jun 10, 2015
Length: 17 minutes (4,326 words)

The Unkillable Demon King

A profile of a 19-year-old Korean pro gamer who goes by the name Faker and has become known as one of the best players in League of Legends, the most popular computer game in the world.

Author: Mina Kimes
Source: ESPN
Published: Jun 10, 2015
Length: 23 minutes (5,789 words)