The First Cut

“I was 19 years old when I realised I was circumcised.” A debate about circumcision.

Source: Aeon
Published: Sep 9, 2014
Length: 15 minutes (3,852 words)

A Very European Hero

The Economist explores the origins and evolution of Tintin.

Source: The Economist
Published: Dec 18, 2008
Length: 11 minutes (2,842 words)

Guns in America: A Comprehensive Look — Our College Pick

“News21 presents its findings with empathy but without judgment, a rarity in a media culture where reporting is often presented through the lens of a particular point of view.”

Source: Longreads
Published: Sep 10, 2014

What Life Is Like When You’re Born on a Commune

Erika Anderson on her early years at “the Farm,” and what the ultimately shattered promise of a utopian community meant to her family.

Source: Vanity Fair
Published: Aug 28, 2014
Length: 7 minutes (1,829 words)

“The Knowledge”

Want to drive a cab in London? First you must master “The Knowledge,” a real-time, street-level test of memorization skills that covers 20,000 streets and 25,000 landmarks.

Author: Roff Smith
Published: Aug 8, 2014
Length: 19 minutes (4,990 words)

Instant Gratification

How instant gratification is “undermining the essential structures of everyday life.”

Published: Sep 8, 2014
Length: 24 minutes (6,021 words)

Excarnation in Texas

A visit to the Forensic Anthropology Center in San Marcos, Texas, which contains the largest of America’s five “body farms” — research facilities where families or individuals donate their bodies for scientific studies.

Author: Alex Mar
Source: Oxford American
Published: Sep 8, 2014
Length: 47 minutes (11,868 words)

The Click Clique

How a 26-year-old from Dallas turned fashion blogging into big business, creating an empire in the process.

Source: Texas Monthly
Published: Sep 1, 2014
Length: 25 minutes (6,414 words)

Blind Curve

A mother visits her young son in a psychiatric ward.

Source: Brain, Child
Published: Sep 5, 2014
Length: 11 minutes (2,888 words)

The Real Cliff Huxtable

“For decades, Bill Cosby was America’s ideal dad. His real life was more complicated.” A critical look at the new Mark Whitaker biography, Cosby: His Life and Times, and what it leaves out.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Sep 8, 2014
Length: 23 minutes (5,820 words)