The Catch

“The men call up to Sofiane, telling him that he and his brother have to jump. Guelord shouts that the younger boy needs to go first. Sofiane should throw him down.”

Source: BBC
Published: Jan 7, 2021
Length: 9 minutes (2,427 words)

Protected

They asked who wants to play hockey? I said: ‘What is hockey?’” Abdallah said.

“My teacher explained it and I thought it was fun, so I started playing hockey.”

Source: Open Canada
Published: Dec 16, 2020
Length: 59 minutes (14,924 words)

The American Abyss

“A historian of fascism and political atrocity on Trump, the mob, and what comes next.”

Published: Jan 9, 2021
Length: 18 minutes (4,500 words)

Keeping Watch Over Seabirds at the World’s Edge

“In Alaska, one of the longest-running and most comprehensive seabird monitoring projects is equal parts tedium, adventure, truth, and beauty.”

Source: Hakai Magazine
Published: Jan 5, 2021
Length: 23 minutes (5,900 words)

A Plague of Madness

Terry Gilliam’s 1995 film 12 Monkeys showed us a bleak future, one in which a virus had wiped out most of humankind. Twenty-five years on, the film’s creators revisit their visionary film.

Source: The Ringer
Published: Jan 5, 2021
Length: 26 minutes (6,543 words)

The Last Two Northern White Rhinos On Earth

“What will we lose when Najin and Fatu die?”

Published: Jan 6, 2021
Length: 30 minutes (7,680 words)

Almost Home

Pete Candler reflects on growing up in the South, legacy, and a place rooted in white supremacy.

Published: Dec 3, 2020
Length: 27 minutes (6,828 words)

The Longest Year

“Maybe this lockdown is a pause that will give us time to ask: Why? Why do I need all these things? Why do I need to consume?

I have been in self-isolation for 28 days now.  I have been living out of a suitcase. All the clothes I needed for the month have fit into the suitcase. And it has been enough.”

Author: Om Malik
Source: OM
Published:
Length: 80 minutes (20,000 words)

An Oral History of the National Brotherhood of Skiers

“In March, the group made news after its summit in Sun Valley, Idaho, had a devastating encounter with the coronavirus—scores of members fell ill, and four died. Now it’s wrestling with how to leverage the momentum of a national reckoning with racism.”

Source: Outside
Published: Jan 5, 2021
Length: 18 minutes (4,585 words)

Upirngasaq (Arctic Spring)

“Everyone benefits from a frozen Arctic. The future of the Arctic environment, and the Inuit it supports, is inextricably tied to the future of the planet.”

Source: Granta
Published: Nov 19, 2020
Length: 24 minutes (6,082 words)