Wow. Clickhole.

A behind-the-scenes look at Clickhole, a spinoff site from the Onion that was designed to mock the internet and has succeeded in creating satirical stories that have gone viral.

Author: Dan Kois
Source: Slate
Published: Jun 8, 2015
Length: 15 minutes (3,925 words)

James Is a Girl

Jennifer Egan’s 1996 New York Times Magazine profile of a teenage model.

Published: Feb 4, 1996
Length: 31 minutes (7,883 words)

SEAL Team 6: A Secret History of Quiet Killings and Blurred Lines

Navy SEAL Team 6 is one of the U.S.’s most mythologized military organizations. It has been in charge of carrying out clandestine intelligence operations, including the killing of Osama bin Laden, but the group has also had very little oversight.

Published: Jun 6, 2015
Length: 31 minutes (7,794 words)

Now, It’s Personal

Inside the high-drama battle between Hollywood’s top talent agencies.

Published: Jun 3, 2015
Length: 18 minutes (4,650 words)

The Cost of Telling Your Truth, Publicly

Jillian Lauren on the challenges of holding nothing back as a writer—about her time in a harem, her life as a sex worker, and the fallout from her family’s response to her memoirs.

Source: Longreads
Published: Jun 8, 2015
Length: 7 minutes (1,858 words)

The Secret Life and Death of a Hockey Analytics Pioneer

Tore Purdy was a major pioneer in the world of hockey analytics, but many of those closest to him had no idea about his role as a blogger.

Source: ESPN
Published: May 29, 2015
Length: 12 minutes (3,000 words)

Session In Progress: Five Stories About Therapy

Here are five stories about different people experiencing different kinds of therapy.

Source: Longreads
Published: Jun 7, 2015

The Life of a Clown

A profile of a man who makes his living as a professional clown.

Author: Mike Sager
Source: Esquire
Published: Jun 4, 2015
Length: 15 minutes (3,855 words)

The Agency

Adrian Chen takes a trip to Russia to search for a massive army of internet trolls—who then turn their sights on him.

Published: Jun 4, 2015
Length: 33 minutes (8,452 words)

The Power Brokers

How the Clintons built their foundation into a $2 billion global empire.

Source: Washington Post
Published: Jun 2, 2015
Length: 20 minutes (5,000 words)