Comedian and actor Robin Williams died today at the age of 63. Here are five in-depth interviews with him. 1. Robin Williams: ‘The Night Listener’ (Terry Gross, Fresh Air, Aug. 3, 2006) Terry Gross talks to Robin Williams, and, towards the end of the interview, asks him about depression: “Do I get sad? Oh yeah. […]
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How to Do Oral History the Right Way: Remembering the Baltimore Stallions, Our College Pick
Every week, Syracuse University professor Aileen Gallagher helps Longreads highlight the best of college journalism. Here’s this week’s pick.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Below, our favorite stories of the week. Kindle users, you can also get them as a Readlist. Sign up to receive this list free every Friday in your inbox. * * * 1. The Abortion Ministry of Dr. Willie Parker John H. Richardson | Esquire | July 30, 2014 | 33 minutes (8,280 words) words) […]
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Women Were Included in the Civil Rights Act as a Joke
And a racist joke, at that. But working women and black civil rights lawyers had the last laugh when they brought women’s workplace rights to the courts and won.
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‘West Wing’ Uncensored
An oral history of the beloved political series: Aaron Sorkin: Kivi knew about the meeting and said, “Hey, you know what would make a good series? That.” He was pointing at the poster for The American President. “But this time you’d focus on the staffers.” I told him I wasn’t going to be doing a […]
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Netscape, 20 Years Later
Chris Wilson: I still remember the very first time I got HTML content pulled over the network through Libwww and I was displaying it on my debugging monitor in my office at NCSA with Jon Mittelhauser sitting over my shoulder looking at it, and thinking that was amazing. I knew that it was going to […]
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Rocked: An Oral History of the 1989 World Series Earthquake
Former players, broadcasters, fans and city officials look back on the Giants-A’s series and the devastating 6.9 quake that rocked Candlestick Park and the Bay Area: “McGwire: We thought the whole place was burning up like in 1906. “George Thurlow, fan, upper deck: The mood of the crowd was jubilant and excited and Wow, that […]
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Keep the Things You Forgot: An Elliott Smith Oral History
Ten years after the singer-songwriter’s death, friends and bandmates tell the story of his life and career: “I had a copy of the finished cassette on me all the time and I was listening to it all the time. I had a lot of friends at Sub Pop and Matador and Cavity Search and all […]
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To Consider Myself a Human Being
How China remembers the Cultural Revolution.
