The internal battles and the decisions Jon Stewart made after taking over The Daily Show from Craig Kilborn.
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Longreads Goes to the Movies: A Reading List
Five stories about movies, for your reading pleasure.
Posted inEditor's Pick
An Oral History of ‘We Built This City,’ the Worst Song of All Time
Warning: This link autoplays the song. It will be stuck in your head all day.
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Walking Through the Past Into New Motherhood
A new mother struggles to make sense of intergenerational trauma, biological memory and the guilty privilege of passing as white even though she is Jewish.
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Angels in America: The Complete Oral History
Twenty-five years after its premiere, the behind-the-scenes story of Tony Kushner’s landmark play.
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Announcing New Writers and Expanded Coverage
A note on our recent work, and some exciting announcements for what’s up next on Longreads.
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Queens of Infamy: Njinga
The Portuguese colonizers of West Central Africa learned it the hard way: you mess with the Queen of Ndongo and Matamba at your own peril.
Posted inArts & Culture, Profiles & Interviews, Story, Uncategorized
What Happens Between What Seems Like All the Facts: On Interviewing Artists
Curator Michael Auping on the forty years he spent interviewing artists in their studios.
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Prince’s Closest Friends Share Their Best Prince Stories
An oral history of Prince’s life and career, as told by his friends.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story
A History of American Protest Music: Come By Here
How cultural appropriation and erasure turned an African American spiritual into a white campfire sing-along.
