The Avenger

Ken Dornstein’s brother David was killed in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, and he’s spent most of his life searching for the truth.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Sep 21, 2015
Length: 41 minutes (10,307 words)

The Death and Life of Atlantic City

Paumgarten reports on the series of financial troubles that has befallen Atlantic City, which has struggled in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and several casino closings.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Aug 31, 2015
Length: 39 minutes (9,981 words)

The Ghostly Love Triangle of the Mission School

Married artists Margaret Kilgallen and Barry McGee were progenitors of San Francisco’s Mission School movement. After Kilgallen died at 33, Clare Rojas married her husband, adopted her daughter, and inherited an artistic legacy.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Aug 10, 2015
Length: 23 minutes (5,950 words)

The Cop

A profile of Darren Wilson, the former police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson. Says Wilson, “I’m not going to keep living in the past about what Ferguson did. It’s out of my control.”

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Aug 3, 2015
Length: 42 minutes (10,715 words)

Joe Gould’s Teeth

Jill Lepore searches for the longest book ever written.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Jul 23, 2015
Length: 42 minutes (10,528 words)

The Really Big One

Scientists predict that a devastating earthquake and tsunami could destroy cities throughout the Pacific Northwest. A look at worst-case scenarios for the Cascadia subduction zone.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Jul 13, 2015
Length: 24 minutes (6,074 words)

The Death Treatment

A Belgian law allows people suffering from terminal illnesses and severe psychological disorders to seek euthanasia, but the line becomes gray for non-terminal patients.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Jun 15, 2015
Length: 35 minutes (8,769 words)

Tuesdays with Zinsser

Mark Singer remembers his former teacher, On Writing Well author William Zinsser, who died May 12.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: May 20, 2015
Length: 7 minutes (1,814 words)

To Have and To Hold

Jill Lepore explores the privacy arguments in the Supreme Court that defined reproductive rights versus the equality arguments that defined the fight for gay marriage.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: May 18, 2015
Length: 20 minutes (5,204 words)

Tomorrow’s Advance Man

A profile of Netscape cofounder and Andreessen Horowitz venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, and a look at the current risks and rewards of tech VC funding.

Author: Tad Friend
Source: The New Yorker
Published: May 11, 2015
Length: 54 minutes (13,580 words)