Gawker’s Moment of Truth

A discussion of the future of Gawker Media. Employees recently voted to unionize—”the first at a major digital media company” to do so—and a $100 million lawsuit from Hulk Hogan is looming over the company.

Published: Jun 12, 2015
Length: 15 minutes (3,942 words)

James Is a Girl

Jennifer Egan’s 1996 New York Times Magazine profile of a teenage model.

Published: Feb 4, 1996
Length: 31 minutes (7,883 words)

SEAL Team 6: A Secret History of Quiet Killings and Blurred Lines

Navy SEAL Team 6 is one of the U.S.’s most mythologized military organizations. It has been in charge of carrying out clandestine intelligence operations, including the killing of Osama bin Laden, but the group has also had very little oversight.

Published: Jun 6, 2015
Length: 31 minutes (7,794 words)

The Agency

Adrian Chen takes a trip to Russia to search for a massive army of internet trolls—who then turn their sights on him.

Published: Jun 4, 2015
Length: 33 minutes (8,452 words)

In Europe, Fake Jobs Can Have Real Benefits

Unemployed Europeans can work fake jobs at thousands of fake companies, all of which make up an elaborate training network that effectively operates as a parallel economic universe.

Published: May 29, 2015
Length: 11 minutes (2,790 words)

A Choice for Recovering Addicts: Relapse or Homelessness

A New York Times investigation into a system of housing called “three-quarter homes” run by a company called the “Back on Track Group,” which profits off the poor and desperate.

Author: Kim Barker
Published: May 30, 2015
Length: 29 minutes (7,277 words)

Judy Blume Knows All Your Secrets

A profile of the author of “Deenie,” “Forever…” and many other books that conveyed the emotional experiences of adolescence for multiple generations of readers.

Published: May 18, 2015
Length: 16 minutes (4,203 words)

A Life in Motion, Stopped Cold

Brazilian gymnast Laís Souza had already competed in the Olympics twice when she was recruited into the relatively new sport of aerial skiing. Souza took on the new sport at warp-speed, qualifying for the Sochi 2014 Winter Games just seven months after she began her aerials career. But then disaster struck.

Published: May 13, 2015
Length: 35 minutes (8,900 words)

The Last Day of Her Life

Sandy Bem discovered she had Alzheimer’s and resolved to end her life before she lost her mind.

Published: May 14, 2015
Length: 32 minutes (8,149 words)

Where Would the Kardashians Be Without Kris Jenner?

The matriarch of reality TV’s most famous family has done more than just create a strange new form of family business—she’s changed the nature of celebrity.

Published: May 8, 2015
Length: 17 minutes (4,250 words)