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Joel Lovell, deputy editor of The New York Times Magazine. Show notes: @lovelljoel Lovell's New York Times archive Lovell's GQ archive Lovell's This American Life archive [2:00] "George Saunders Has Written the Best Book You'll Read This Year" (Joel Lovell • New York Times Magazine • 2013) [8:20] "The Semplica-Girl Diaries" (George Saunders • New Yorker • 2012) [12:40] George Saunders on respect [...

Joshua Topolsky, editor-in-chief of The Verge. Show notes: @joshuatopolsky joshuatopolsky.com The Verge The Verge on Longform [3:45] "Spacewar" (Stewart Brand • Rolling Stone • 1972) [6:45] The Face magazine) [8:00] jasonsantamaria.com [9:00] "Condo at the End of the World" (Joseph L. Flatley • The Verge • Nov 2011) [9:30] "For Amusement Only: The Life and Death of the American Arcade" (Laura June...

Jennifer Gonnerman, contributing editor at New York and contributing writer for Mother Jones. Show notes: JenniferGonnerman.com Gonnerman on Longform [5:00] Wayne Barrett's Village Voice Archive [10:30] "The House Where They Live: Inside the Sex-Offender Cluster of One Long Island Town (New York • Dec 2007) [16:00] "Blood Brothers: How Felix Aponte’s Kidney Transplant to Friend Robert Sanchez Save...

Susan Orlean, staff writer at The New Yorker. Show notes: @susanorlean Orlean on Longform Interview Transcript The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup: My Encounters with Extraordinary People (Amazon) "Orchid Fever" (New Yorker • 1995) "Meet the Shaggs" (New Yorker • 1995) "Life's Swell" (New Yorker • 1995) "Thinking in the Rain" (New Yorker • 2008) "I Want This Apartment" (New Yorker • 1999) Rin Tin Ti...

A special episode with Stephen Rodrick, contritbuting writer at the New York Times Magazine and contributing editor at Men's Journal, to discuss his recent story "Here Is What Happens When You Cast Lindsay Lohan in Your Movie." Show notes: @stephenrodrick "Here Is What Happens When You Cast Lindsay Lohan in Your Movie" (New York Times Magazine • Jan 2013) The Magical Stranger: A Son's Journey into...

Starlee Kine, contributor to This American Life and the New York Times Magazine. Show notes: @StarleeKine Kine's archive on This American Life "Dr. Phil" (This American Life • August 2007) "Where's Walter?" (This American Life • February 2005) Kine's archive at the New York Times Journalism Is Not Narcissism (Hamilton Nolan • Gawker • January 2013) Elizabeth Wurtzel Confronts Her One-Night Stand o...

Charles Duhigg, New York Times reporter and author of The Power of Habit. Show notes: @cduhigg charlesduhigg.com "The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business" (Random House • Feb 2012) The iEconomy Series "How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work" (Duhigg and Kieth Bradsher • January 2012) "In China, Human Costs Are Built Into an iPad " (Duhigg and David Barboza • January 2012) The G...

Eli Sanders, associate editor at The Stranger and winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for feature writing. Show notes: @elijsanders elisanders.com "The Bravest Woman in Seattle" (The Stranger • June 2011) "The Great West Coast Newspaper War" (The Stranger • Mar 2010) "Gay Marriage's Jewish Pioneer" (Tablet • June 2012) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Patrick Radden Keefe, staff writer at The New Yorker. Show notes: @praddenkeefe patrickraddenkeefe.com Keefe on Longform Patrick Radden Keefe's books, Chatter and The Snakehead "Cocaine Incorporated" (New York Times Magazine • June 2012) "Revearsal of Fortune" (New Yorker • Jan 2012) "The Trafficker" (New Yorker • Feb 2010) "Welcome to Newburgh, Murder Capital of New York" (New York • Sep 2011) Le...

Choire Sicha, co-founder of The Awl, interviewed by Aaron Lammer. Show notes: @choire choiresicha.com The Awl on Longform The Awl Very Recent History: An Entirely Factual Account of a Year (c. 2009 A.D.) in a Large City (Amazon pre-order) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mike Sager, writer-at-large for Esquire and founder of The Sager Group, interviewed by Max Linsky.  Show notes: @therealsager Sager on Longform thesagergroup.net Sager's latest collection: The Someone You're Not The Sager Group's first anthology: Next Wave: America's New Generation of Great Literary Journalists (Featuring Justin Heckert, Pamela Colloff, Chris Jones and more) "The Devil and John Ho...

Joshua Davis, contributing editor at Wired and author of the new ebook John McAfee's Last Stand, interviewed by Aaron Lammer. Show notes: joshuadavis.net Davis on Longform @joshuadavisnow: On Twitter, Davis continues to report the McAfee story as it unfolds John McAfee's Last Stand (Kindle Single) Read an excerpt from John McAfee's Last Stand "The Hinterland": McAfee's blog, which he is updating w...

Pamela Colloff, executive editor and staff writer at Texas Monthly, interviewed by Max Linsky. Show notes: @pamelacolloff Colloff on Longform "The Innocent Man" (Texas Monthly • Nov-Dec 2012) "Innocence Lost" (Texas Monthly • Oct 2010) "Innocence Found" (Texas Monthly • Jan 2011) "Lip Shtick" (Texas Monthly • Sep 2003) "Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch" (Texas Monthly • Nov 2002) Learn more about your...

Jonah Weiner, contributing editor at Rolling Stone, pop critic at Slate, and contributor to The New York Times Magazine and The New Yorker, interviewed by Aaron Lammer. Show notes and links: @jonahweiner jonahweiner.com Weiner on Longform "Prying Eyes" (New Yorker • Oct 2012) "Kanye West Has a Goblet" (Slate • Aug 2010) "The Brilliance of Dwarf Fortress" (New York Times Magazine • Dec 2008) Interv...

David Samuels, contributing editor at Harper's and frequent contributor to The New Yorker and The Atlantic, interviewed by Evan Ratliff. Show notes: Samuels on Longform Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Anthology) "Wild Things" (Harper's • June 2012) "Atomic John" (The New Yorker • Dec 2008) "Let’s Die Together" (The Atlantic • May 2007) "Dr. Kush" (The New Yorker • Jul 2008) "Barack and Hamid's Exc...

Adrian Chen, staff writer at Gawker and editor at The New Inquiry, interviewed by Max Linsky. Show notes: @adrianchen "Unmasking Reddit’s Violentacrez, the Biggest Troll on the Web" (Gawker • Oct 2012) "The Long, Fake Life of J.S. Dirr" (Gawker • Jun 2012) "Finding Goatse: The Mystery Man Behind the Most Disturbing Internet Meme in History" (Gawker • Apr 2012) "The Mercenary Techie Who Troubleshoo...

Mina Kimes, writer at Fortune, interviewed by Aaron Lammer. Show notes: @minakimes Kimes on Longform "Bad to the Bone: A Medical Horror Story" (Fortune • Sep 2012) "America's Hottest Export: Weapons" (Fortune • Feb 2011) "Why J&J's Headache Won't Go Away" (Fortune • Mar 2008) "Railroads: Cartel or Free Market Success Story?" (Fortune • Sep 2011) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoic...

Joshuah Bearman discusses "The Great Escape," his article about a CIA operation in Iran that became the basis for the new film Argo. Show notes: @mysecondempire Jones on Longform "The Honor System" (Esquire • Sep 2012) "Animals" (Esquire • Mar 2012) "The Things That Carried Him" (Esquire • Mar 2008) "TV's Crowning Moment of Awesome" (Esquire • Jul 2010) "Roger Ebert: The Essential Man" (Esquire •...

Before a live audience in Bucharest hosted by the Romanian magazine Decât o Revistă, Evan Ratliff interviews Chris Jones. Show notes: @mysecondempire Jones on Longform "The Honor System" (Esquire • Sep 2012) "Animals" (Esquire • Mar 2012) "The Things That Carried Him" (Esquire • Mar 2008) "TV's Crowning Moment of Awesome" (Esquire • Jul 2010) "Roger Ebert: The Essential Man" (Esquire • Mar 2010) D...

Jeanne Marie Laskas, author of the new book Hidden America and correspondent for GQ, interviewed by Max Linsky. Show notes: @jmlaskas jeannemarielaskas.com Laskas on Longform Hidden America: From Coal Miners to Cowboys, an Extraordinary Exploration of the Unseen People Who Make This Country Work "Guns 'R Us" (GQ • Sep 2012) "Underworld" (GQ • Apr 2007) "Traffic" (GQ • Apr 2009) "Empire of Ice" (GQ...

Gideon Lewis-Kraus, author of A Sense of Direction, interviewed by Aaron Lammer. Show notes: GideonLK.com Lewis-Kraus on Longform A Sense of Direction on Amazon "In Search of the Living, Purring, Singing Heart of the Online Cat-Industrial Complex" (Wired • Aug 2012) "Tokeville: On the Frontiers of Federalism and Dope" (Harper's • Dec 2009) "The Last Book Party" (Harper's • Mar 2009) Learn more abo...

Ta-Nehisi Coates, senior editor at The Atlantic and author of The Beatiful Struggle, interviewed by Evan Ratliff. Show notes: Coates on Longform Coates's blog for The Atlantic "Fear of a Black President" (The Atlantic • Aug 2012) "'This Is How We Lost to the White Man'" (The Atlantic • May 2008) "Confessions of a Black Mr. Mom" (Washington Monthly • March 2002) Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...

Max Linsky talks with Mac McClelland, human rights reporter for Mother Jones. Show notes: @MacMcClelland McClelland on Longform "For Us Surrender Is Out of the Question" (Mother Jones • Mar 2010) "I Was a Warehouse Wage Slave" (Mother Jones • Feb 2012) "The Love That Dares" (Mother Jones • Jan 2012) "I'm Gonna Need You to Fight Me on This" (GOOD • Jun 2011) Welcome to Haiti's Reconstruction Hell (...

Aaron Lammer talks with writer and programmer Paul Ford. Show notes: @ftrain ftrain.com Ford on Longform "The Web Is a Customer Service Medium" (Ftrain.com • Jan 2011) "The Age of Mechanical Reproduction" (The Morning News • July 2011) "10 Timeframes" (Contents • June 2012) "Rotary Dial" (Ftrain.com • Aug 2012) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Evan Ratliff talks with Jon Mooallem, contributor at the New York Times Magazine and author of an upcoming book about people and wild animals. Show notes: @jmooallem jonmooallem.com Mooallem on Longform "Twelve Easy Pieces" (New York Times Magazine • Feb 2006) "What's a Monkey to Do in Tampa?" (New York Times Magazine • Aug 2012) "Who Invented the High Five?" (ESPN the Magazine • July 2011) "Rescu...