Podcasting and the Selling of Public Radio

Public radio, podcasting, and advertising on the free market.

Source: The Awl
Published: May 12, 2015
Length: 9 minutes (2,266 words)

How the Goffs Moved On

Twenty years ago, Irma Goff’s husband and three daughters were brutally murdered. After the media frenzy died down, the biggest challenge for her and her son became clear: how to keep on living.

Author: Cindy Rich
Published: May 7, 2015
Length: 17 minutes (4,270 words)

The Friend

Matthew Teague’s wife, Nicole, was only 34 years old and dying of cancer. This is the story of how a friendship, deep, true, and strong, became prophylactic against the dizzying litany of indignities involved in a slow, painful death.

Source: Esquire
Published: May 10, 2015
Length: 24 minutes (6,032 words)

How TV Sex Got Real

The idea that the sex we see depicted on television should look or feel anything like what goes on in our own bedrooms is a very recent development. Eliana Dockterman looks at how TV sex got real.

Source: Time Magazine
Published: May 12, 2015
Length: 14 minutes (3,718 words)

A Brief History of AOL

A short reading list on the many lives of AOL, which will be acquired by Verizon for $4.4 billion. Fifteen years ago, AOL acquired Time Warner for $165 billion.

Source: Longreads
Published: May 12, 2015

Between Generals: A Newly Translated Short Story by Antonio Tabucchi

The complicated history of one of New York City’s immigrants, a former Hungarian General who realizes he spent one of his best days with his worst enemies. This Longreads Exclusive is a newly translated short story from Time Ages in a Hurry, a collection by Antonio Tabucchi.

Source: Longreads
Published: May 12, 2015
Length: 12 minutes (3,194 words)

Into the Body of Another

Some states are jailing women for using drugs during pregnancy, but is incarceration the best approach?

Source: The Atlantic
Published: May 8, 2015
Length: 40 minutes (10,048 words)

Tomorrow’s Advance Man

A profile of Netscape cofounder and Andreessen Horowitz venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, and a look at the current risks and rewards of tech VC funding.

Author: Tad Friend
Source: The New Yorker
Published: May 11, 2015
Length: 54 minutes (13,580 words)

The Agony of the Body Artist

A dispatch from 1975: Roger Ebert on conceptual artist Chris Burden’s ground-breaking and then-controversial performance piece at the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art.

Published: May 25, 1975
Length: 8 minutes (2,130 words)

A Collection of Stories About Not Choosing Motherhood

These folks have given their decisions a lot of thought—choosing not to parent at all is as big a decision as choosing to have a baby, or two, or five. It isn’t flippant, or silly, or selfish, as you’ll read in these essays and interviews.

Source: Longreads
Published: May 10, 2015