Stranger Than Fiction

“How an aspiring poet in Brooklyn became a tool in a right-wing propaganda blitz linked to Falun Gong.”

Source: The Atavist
Published: Oct 23, 2020
Length: 51 minutes (12,750 words)

The Pretender

People in Blooming Prairie, Minnesota, thought Lois Reiss was a nice wife and grandmother. If she had a vice, it was playing the slots. Then she committed murder.

Source: The Atavist
Published: Sep 30, 2020
Length: 37 minutes (9,400 words)

The Free and the Brave

“A patriotic parade, a bloody brawl, and the origins of U.S. law enforcement’s war on the political left.”

Source: The Atavist
Published: Aug 31, 2020
Length: 32 minutes (8,000 words)

Do You Hear the People Sing?

“Brutality and resistance on the front lines of Hong Kong’s battle for democracy.”

Source: The Atavist
Published: Jul 31, 2020
Length: 34 minutes (8,500 words)

The Long Walk

“When a group of Black mothers in Ohio were told to wait for school integration, they started marching every day in protest. They kept going for nearly 18 months.”

Source: The Atavist
Published: Jun 30, 2020
Length: 44 minutes (11,200 words)

Long May They Reign

“A butterfly named Flamingo, an epic migration, and the crusade to save one of America’s most iconic species.”

Source: The Atavist
Published: May 31, 2020
Length: 38 minutes (9,500 words)

The Bard

A freak accident and a circus hypnotist helped Aleksander Kulisiewicz develop a remarkable power of memory. At 21, imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp, he began mentally archiving the music he heard men singing. To save the songs of the Holocaust, he first had to save himself.

Source: The Atavist
Published: Apr 30, 2020
Length: 33 minutes (8,400 words)

Revive

A fatal overdose, a stunning coincidence, and a mother’s long quest to heal.

Author: Max Blau
Source: The Atavist
Published: Mar 31, 2020
Length: 32 minutes (8,000 words)

Deliverance

A telekinetic teenager became a convicted killer. Can a group of strangers prove that Christina Boyer is really a victim of injustice?

Source: The Atavist
Published: Feb 28, 2020
Length: 48 minutes (12,000 words)

The Ghost Hunter

For hundreds of years, there were rumors of a shipwrecked treasure on the Oregon coast. But no one found anything, until Cameron La Follette began digging. A real-life “Goonies” adventure.

Source: The Atavist
Published: Jan 31, 2020
Length: 34 minutes (8,600 words)