“On a long ramble through London, Phoebe Waller-Bridge talks about the journey from Fleabag to Indiana Jones, pausing only to greet birds and besotted fans.”
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Come One, Come All: A Reading List on Parks
The drama within our public spaces.
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Can Anyone Fix California?
“Climate. Housing. Crime. Depending on who you ask, the Golden State is a bellwether for progress, or a liberal hellscape. A journey through a land in crisis.”
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The Last Descent
“Though the world wouldn’t catch on until disaster struck, a tight-knit community of seafarers, explorers, and bold submariners worried for years that Stockton Rush’s OceanGate implosion was all but guaranteed.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
In this edition: the jaws of history; war and piece(s); the last day of camp; stay a while; picture me rollin’.
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The Vatican’s Secret Role in the Science of IVF
“More than half a century ago, men of science and men of faith gathered together to unlock the mysteries of female fertility. The answer: urine from the brides of Christ. And lo, those nuns gaveth.”
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The True Story of Laura Ingalls Is Wilder than Little House on the Prairie
“Netflix’s new adaptation of the beloved book series will probably leave out some of the most fascinating details from the author’s life—from Pa Ingalls’s ineptitude to the serial killers that stalked Kansas during her childhood.”
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Girls Will Be Girls: A Reading List on Consumerism in the Internet AgeÂ
Are the scores of girl personas on TikTok just a marketing campaign? Let’s do the (girl) math.
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Oprah Shamed James Frey. He’s Back Anyway.
“Twenty years after A Million Little Pieces became a national scandal, James Frey is ready for a new audience.”
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Lost Illusions: The Untold Story of the Hit Show’s Poisonous Culture
“The show was a groundbreaking smash, but behind the scenes it devolved into such toxicity that even co-showrunner Damon Lindelof now says of his leadership: ‘I failed.'”
