Burn After Reading

Meet the man who wrote and then disowned The Anarchist Cookbook.

Published: Feb 27, 2015
Length: 18 minutes (4,520 words)

American Deserter

Canada used to be the safest place for a war deserter to go, but for the AWOL U.S. soldiers who lost faith in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, it’s where they are most at risk.

Published: Feb 23, 2015
Length: 26 minutes (6,680 words)

MC Jin’s Second Chance

More than a decade ago, Chinese-American rap artist MC Jin was on the verge of success after signing a record deal with Ruff Ryders, the label that developed artists like Eve, DMX, and Jadakiss. His first album was panned. Can he make a comeback?

Author: Jean Ho
Source: BuzzFeed
Published: Feb 22, 2015
Length: 15 minutes (3,910 words)

Kitchen Rhythm: A Year in a Parisian Pâtisserie

An Oxford grad learns to navigate boiling sugar, sleep deprivation, and exacting pastry chefs with whom she can barely communicate.

Source: Vintage
Published: Feb 26, 2015
Length: 13 minutes (3,378 words)

Almost Famous

A profile of the legendary Robert Christgau, who spent three decades as the Village Voice‘s rock critic.

Source: Deadspin
Published: Feb 23, 2015
Length: 12 minutes (3,050 words)

The Show Must Go On

Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon on the anger and pain of performing with her then husband after their marriage had fallen apart.

Author: Kim Gordon
Published: Feb 22, 2015
Length: 9 minutes (2,265 words)

The Holy Junk Heap

Some 300,000 Jewish documents were hidden in a closet in Cairo for hundreds of years. They were discovered by the lady adventurer twins Agnes Lewis and Margaret Gibson and the legendary Rabbinical scholar Solomon Schechter. Here is their story.

Source: Longreads
Published: Feb 25, 2015
Length: 19 minutes (4,838 words)

Are You Man Enough for the Men’s Rights Movement?

Sharlet reports from the first national gathering of a large group of “men’s rights activists,” who are convinced that the male species is being endangered by feminists.

Source: GQ
Published: Feb 25, 2015
Length: 21 minutes (5,403 words)

When Your Father Is a Serial Killer, Forgiveness Is Not Tidy

Kerri Rawson had always known her father Dennis Rader to be a good man and loving father; a decade ago she learned he was also the BTK serial killer. Needless to say, her world was upended.

Author: Roy Wenzl
Published: Feb 22, 2015
Length: 18 minutes (4,500 words)

The Lawyer Negotiating the Bike War

Liability lawyer and former professional bike racer Megan Hottman spends her working hours representing cyclists who’ve been injured by reckless drivers. Hottman takes the occasionally unpopular opinion that—in the perpetual conflict between two wheels and four—bike riders themselves are a part of the problem, and they need to step up and be a part of the solution.

Source: Outside
Published: Feb 17, 2015