Head of Audience Catherine Cusick, Head of Fact-Checking Matt Giles, and Freelance Writer Nick Chrastil share what they've been reading and working on. This week: [1:01] “Your Honor, Can I Tell The Whole Story?” (Nick Chrastil, December 2019, The Atavist and The Lens) [19:36] “Inside Wayne LaPierre’s Battle for the N.R.A.” (Danny Hakim, December 18, 2019, The New York Times Magazine) Produced by Longreads and Charts & Leisure.

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Don’t Let Old Wounds Die Out

Longreads Founder Mark Armstrong speaks with award winning writer, entrepreneur, and activist Jonathan Mooney, author of the book Normal Sucks, about ways in which we can reorient how we think about diversity in education and how to reframe demoralizing systems of learning that aren't working for differently abled children. This episode is a production of Longreads and Charts & Leisure, produced by Mike Rugnetta with help from Mark Armstrong and Jason Oberholtzer. Hosted by Catherine Cusick. Mixed by Michael Simonelli. Longreads' theme music is written and performed by Brian Donohoe.

Normal Sucks: A Conversation with Jonathan Mooney

Head of Audience Catherine Cusick, Contributing Editor Aaron Gilbreath, Essays Editor Sari Botton, and The Rumpus Editor-in-Chief Marisa Siegel share what they've been reading and working on this week.  This week: [5:06] “This is small talk purgatory': what Tinder taught me about love.” (CJ Hauser, December 7, 2019, The Guardian) [12:56] “Spines of the Finwomen.” (Lidia Yuknavitch, October 31, 2019, The Rumpus) [20:50] Aaron’s Music Corner Produced by Longreads and Charts & Leisure.

Connecting Online and Loving Malformations

Cody Dalton Eyre, a 20-year-old Alaskan Native, was having a mental health crisis on Christmas Eve, 2017 when his mother called 911 for help. So why did police officers end up shooting and killing him? Writer Wudan Yan and Longreads' Editor In Chief Mike Dang discuss the reporting of Anyone's Son, published this week on Longreads. This episode is a production of Longreads and Charts & Leisure, produced by Mike Rugnetta with help from Mike Dang and Jason Oberholtzer. Hosted by Catherine Cusick. Mixed and scored with original music by Michael Simonelli. Longreads' theme music is written and performed by Brian Donohoe.

Anyone's Son: A Family's Quest For Justice

Head of Audience Catherine Cusick and Head of Fact-Checking Matt Giles share what they've been reading and working on this week.  This week: [2:40] “He’s a Liar, a Con Artist and a Snitch. His Testimony Could Soon Send a Man to His Death.” (Pamela Colloff, December 4, 2019, ProPublica) [2:56] “Worked at Vice Then Went to Jail”: How a Bunch of Canadian Hipsters Wound Up Smuggling Cocaine (and Getting Caught)” (Kate Knibbs, December 2, 2019, The Ringer) [29:00] Sign up to get email updates from Pamela Colloff about her investigation into jailhouse informants and how she reported the story. Produced by Longreads and Charts & Leisure.

Reporting Crime or Turning to Crime

Devorah Heitner reflects on the ways she is reclaiming her relationship to her own body while grappling with the legacy of her mother’s poor body image and early death. This episode is a production of Longreads and Charts & Leisure, produced by Jason Oberholtzer, with help from Sari Botton. Hosted by Catherine Cusick. Mixed and scored with original music by Jason Oberholtzer and Michael Simonelli.

What’s Happening to My Body? by Devorah Heitner

To reflect on her three-part Longreads series Under The Influence, Culture Columnist Soraya Roberts continues to explore how influencers operate in the online ecosystem, how identity fits in, and what has changed over the last decade, in conversation with influencers-and-more Jakiya Brown and Akilah Hughes.  This episode is a production of Longreads and Charts & Leisure, produced by Jason Oberholtzer with help from Garrett Crowe and Soraya Roberts. Hosted by Catherine Cusick. Mixed by Michael Simonelli. Longreads' theme music is written and performed by Brian Donohoe.

Under The Influence: Jakiya Brown and Akilah Hughes On Where The Influencer Economy Has Arrived

In our first "Longwrites" discussion of the pieces which take years to write, Longreads' Head of Fact-Checking Matt Giles, sits down with James Williamson and Tim Requarth to discuss time spent rendering tales about relatives. A few bits of further reading/viewing:  How Stanislavski Reinvented the Craft of Acting "Be Yourself" Is Terrible Advice — Leah Finnegan Trump’s Role in Son’s Failed Deal May Yield First Test for a State Regulator — Barry Meier A Disciplined, Charging Army — Frances FitzGerald An Odd Kind Of Fame — Malcolm Macmillan This episode is a production of Longreads and Charts & Leisure, produced by Mike Rugnetta. Mixed by Michael Simonelli. Longreads' theme music is written and performed by Brian Donohoe.

Longwrites Round Table: Family Stories

Editor-in-Chief Mike Dang, Contributing Editor Danielle Jackson, Culture Columnist Soraya Roberts, and The Believer’s Deputy and Co-Interview Editor Niela Orr share what they've been reading and working on.  This week: [01:31]  Longreads’ upcoming music series. [05:02] A Song for You: My Life with Whitney Houston by Robyn Crawford [25:19]  I Was the Fastest Girl in America, Until I Joined Nike. (Mary Cain, November 7, 2019, The New York Times) Produced by Longreads and Charts & Leisure.

Open Secrets: Celebrity Sexuality and Athletic Abuse

Longreads Contributing Editor Danielle Jackson speaks with writer and creator of the Writing Our Lives workshop Vanessa Martir about Writing The Mother Wound, a series of essays they co-produced on mothering. The two also share excerpts from the series, read by their authors. This episode is a production of Longreads and Charts & Leisure, produced by Mike Rugnetta, with help from Danielle Jackson and Jason Oberholtzer. Mixed and scored with original music by Michael Simonelli.  Longreads' theme music is written and performed by Brian Donohoe.

Writing the Mother Wound: Essays On Mothering

Head of Audience Catherine Cusick, Contributing Editor Aaron Gilbreath, and visiting Nieman Foundation fellow & NYT Styles Internet culture reporter Taylor Lorenz share what they've been reading and working on.    This week: [01:00] Some musings on TikTok, Vine & Instagram [03:50] ‘OK Boomer’ Marks the End of Friendly Generational Relations (Taylor Lorenz, October 29, 2019, The New York Times) [09:30] What Makes a Person Patriotic? (Jacqui Shine, October 28, 2019, The New York Times Magazine) [19:06] Aaron's Nerdy Music Segment   Produced by Longreads and Charts & Leisure.

OK Listener, We'll Talk About OK Boomer

We might remember famous scandals like the Amy Fisher case or the murder of Kitty Genovese. But take a closer look, and the story is very different. Longreads founder Mark Armstrong speaks with the hosts of the “You’re Wrong About...” podcast to understand why. This episode is a production of Longreads and Charts & Leisure, produced by Mark Armstrong and Jason Oberholtzer. Hosted by Catherine Cusick. Mixed by Michael Simonelli. Longreads' theme music was written and performed by Brian Donohoe.

Sarah Marshall and Michael Hobbes Explain Why We’re Wrong

Head of Audience Catherine Cusick, Head of Fact-Checking Matt Giles, Books Editor Dana Snitzky, and Culture Columnist Soraya Roberts share what they've been reading and working on.    This week: [0:30] R.I.P. Deadspin [10:40] “I Accidentally Uncovered a Nationwide Scam on Airbnb” (Allie Conti, October 31, 2019, Vice) [19:35] “Whitney Houston’s Longtime Confidante Breaks Her Silence” (Jon Caramanica, November 7, 2019, The New York Times) [23:14] “Under The Influence: White Lies” (Soraya Roberts, October 2019, Longreads) [29:51] Profiling Wakefield Press   Produced by Longreads and Charts & Leisure.

Influence: Who Gains It and Who Wields It and Who Abuses It

Sara Eckel surprised her agnostic parents by becoming a born-again Christian at age 10. It was the first of many attempts to believe. This episode is a production of Longreads and Charts & Leisure, produced by Jason Oberholtzer, with help from Sari Botton. Hosted by Catherine Cusick. Mixed and scored with original music by Jason Oberholtzer and Michael Simonelli. Longreads' theme music was written and performed by Brian Donohoe.

The Hole in My Soul: A Reading by Sara Eckel

Head of Audience Catherine Cusick, Essays Editor Sari Botton, and Contributing Editor Danielle Jackson share what they've been reading and nominate stories for the Weekly Top 5 Longreads.      This week: [2:18] “Who Gave You the Right to Tell that Story?” (Lila Shapiro, October 30 2019, Vulture) [5:35] "How To Unlearn Everything"(Alexander Chee, October 30 2019, Vulture) [8:08] “Fascinated to Presume: In Defense of Fiction” (Zadie Smith, October 24, 2019, The New York Review Of Books) [16:02] “Ten Years Ago, I Called Out David Letterman. This Month, We Sat Down to Talk.” (Nell Scovell, October 30, 2019, Vanity Fair) [25:15] "Is it time for American cities to stop growing?" (Vinnie Rotondaro, October 14, 2019, Vox)   Produced by Longreads and Charts & Leisure.

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