The First Slavery Museum

For reasons that no one can quite explain, a wealthy white New Orleans man has spent the last fifteen years and more than $8 million of his personal fortune building the first museum in America dedicated to telling the story of slavery.

Published: Feb 26, 2015
Length: 21 minutes (5,370 words)

The National Front’s Post-Charlie Hebdo Moment

The National Front, a French ultranationalist fringe party once known for its ties to anti-Semitism, is shedding its controversial image and gaining momentum.

Published: Feb 18, 2015
Length: 26 minutes (6,515 words)

An Unlikely Path to Jihad

A young man’s journey from a middle-class Cairo neighborhood to the ISIS killing fields in Syria.

Published: Feb 18, 2015
Length: 8 minutes (2,153 words)

My Dad the Pornographer

Andrew Jefferson Offutt V published more than 400 pornographic novels using 17 different pseudonyms. After he died, his son Chris sorted through his belongings and learned more about his father’s private life.

Published: Feb 5, 2015
Length: 19 minutes (4,991 words)

The Fire on the 57 Bus in Oakland

Sasha Fleischman—who identifies as agender, neither male nor female—was set on fire by a fellow teenager while riding a city bus home from school. With the flick of a lighter, two families lives were changed forever.

Published: Jan 29, 2015
Length: 27 minutes (6,973 words)

The Rewards of a Literary Marriage

A profile of the writers Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne from the New York Times magazine, circa 1987.

Published: Feb 8, 1987
Length: 25 minutes (6,450 words)

Tom Brady Cannot Stop

Inside the life and obsessive habits of Tom Brady—a 37-year-old star quarterback in a business where few play past the age of 40.

Published: Jan 27, 2015
Length: 33 minutes (8,352 words)

In Vino Veritas. In Napa, Deceit.

After opening a fancy winery a California vintner finds himself deeply in debt. What happened next—falsely bottles, stolen grapes, and criminal charges—have shaken an industry “built on romance, expensive land, hard labor and a whole lot of faith.”

Author: Vindu Goel
Published: Jan 24, 2015
Length: 14 minutes (3,700 words)

The Megyn Kelly Moment

A profile of Fox News’ newest star, Megyn Kelly, and how her approach has brought praise from unlikely corners.

Published: Jan 21, 2015
Length: 28 minutes (7,048 words)

The Jet Set Life of Karl Lagerfeld’s Favorite Male Model — for Now

A profile of model Brad Kroenig, close friend and muse to designer Karl Lagerfeld, as he jets from his young son’s little league practice in suburban New Jersey to fashion shows in Dubai.

Published: Jan 17, 2015
Length: 21 minutes (5,400 words)