The Promise That Tested My Parents Until the End

“As long as he is here, their story, however unlikely, is not yet over. She cries because the end of him is the end of a possibility. And I think, not for the first time, how little I still know about love.”

Source: GQ
Published: Nov 23, 2020
Length: 15 minutes (3,852 words)

Now Here We Go Again, We See the Crystal Visions

“With the help of Fleetwood Mac, the mailman, and 68 high school students, the author of Heavy finds hope for the future.”

Source: Vanity Fair
Published: Nov 19, 2020
Length: 6 minutes (1,565 words)

From Narnia to Brexit: CS Lewis, the Novels, and This Country of England

“A children’s story,” wrote Lewis, “is the best art form for something you have to say.”

Author: Mark Jones
Source: Independent
Published: Nov 13, 2020
Length: 9 minutes (2,356 words)

Illuminating Kirinyaga: Meaning and Knowing in Mount Kenya’s Forests

“Anyone can walk in the woods, but who truly knows them?” Tristan McConnell writes about the shrinking mountain forests of Mount Kenya, and the people there with a deep understanding of the land and the trees.

Published: Nov 18, 2020
Length: 20 minutes (5,070 words)

The Cost of Convenience

“South Korea’s Coupang promised to make e-commerce lightning fast. A Covid-19 outbreak at one of its warehouses shows that its workers paid the price.”

Author: Max Kim
Source: Rest of World
Published: Nov 17, 2020
Length: 18 minutes (4,560 words)

What’s Wrong with Jeb’s Brain?

“BASE-jumping pioneer Jeb Corliss is one of the original madmen, a fiend for the extreme who has miraculously survived multiple crash landings in a sport that rarely allows second chances. Now, at 44, with a self-diagnosed psychological disorder, he’s embarking on his most fraught journey yet: into the depths of his own mind.”

Source: Outside
Published: Nov 18, 2020
Length: 18 minutes (4,602 words)

People Are Dying After Joining a ‘Pro-Choice’ Suicide Forum. How Much Is the Site to Blame?

“Loss survivors are demanding an end to the site, and provoking a conversation about how little we know about the internet and suicide risk.”

Source: Vice Magazine
Published: Nov 19, 2020
Length: 37 minutes (9,350 words)

I Live With a Digital Security Threat Inside My Body

“A device connected to my heart could save my life. It could also be hacked.”

Source: OneZero
Published: Nov 18, 2020
Length: 17 minutes (4,353 words)

The Last Children of Down Syndrome

In 2019, only 18 babies in Denmark were born with Down syndrome. Prenatal testing is changing who gets born and who doesn’t.

Source: The Atlantic
Published: Nov 18, 2020
Length: 31 minutes (7,888 words)

You Can’t Run Away from Homesickness

“How did we go from acknowledging and treating homesickness to ridiculing it at worst and overlooking it at best?”

Source: The Walrus
Published: Nov 18, 2020
Length: 15 minutes (3,930 words)