The Quiet German

How Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel went from research scientist to the most powerful woman in the world.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Nov 30, 2014
Length: 58 minutes (14,618 words)

Heroin Takes Over a House, and Mom

In one of New York City’s Staten Island neighborhoods, a mother becomes addicted to heroin and quickly turns her condominium into a drug den monitored by the police.

Published: Nov 29, 2014
Length: 16 minutes (4,219 words)

How Not to Get Away With Murder

Frank Howard hired a hit man—and then his extended family and their friends—to kill his wife. The criminals repeatedly told the police about their harebrained plans, who didn’t believe them. And then everything unraveled.

Source: D Magazine
Published: Nov 26, 2014
Length: 24 minutes (6,218 words)

Cheerleaders For Christ

“I tell people all the time I never really drank the water, but of course that’s not totally true.” Recollections of a former cheerleader at a Texas private school attached to a Baptist megachurch.

Source: adult-mag.com
Published: Nov 24, 2014
Length: 8 minutes (2,128 words)

Man on Fire

The story of Reverend Charles Moore, who set himself on fire in an empty parking lot in Grand Saline, Texas to make a statement.

Source: Texas Monthly
Published: Nov 24, 2014
Length: 35 minutes (8,778 words)

The Disgrace of Our Criminal Justice

Cole examines three books that highlight what is wrong with America’s justice system, and why incarceration rates are so high.

Author: David Cole
Published: Nov 30, 2014
Length: 15 minutes (3,770 words)

Finding John Updike

One man’s story of years of scavenging through John Updike’s trash.

Author: Paul Moran
Source: Texas Monthly
Published: Nov 22, 2014

Burdens of Grief

Memorial sites have been a part of human culture since biblical times. The rise of spontaneous memorial sites often raise hard decisions.

Published: Nov 24, 2014
Length: 10 minutes (2,587 words)

Death of a Family Farm

The perils of a father-son business: Tony Azevedo has stopped communicating with his son Adam as they make a difficult decision about their company.

Source: Fast Company
Published: Nov 26, 2014
Length: 9 minutes (2,493 words)

Platinum: A Singer Visits a Women’s Prison

Singer Thao Nguyen’s chance encounter with a woman who hasn’t given up.

Source: Radio Silence
Published: Nov 26, 2014
Length: 6 minutes (1,500 words)