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, T

Normal Sucks: A Conversation with Jonathan Mooney

Dec 17th, 2019 40m 50s

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 dem

Connecting Online and Loving Malformations

Dec 13th, 2019 34m 59s

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 pur

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

Dec 10th, 2019 45m 53s

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

Reporting Crime or Turning to Crime

Dec 6th, 2019 33m 12s

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.” (Pam

What’s Happening to My Body? by Devorah Heitner

1 Dec 3rd, 2019 26m 41s

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

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

Nov 29th, 2019 33m 10s

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 conver

Longwrites Round Table: Family Stories

Nov 26th, 2019 40m 13s

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 fur

Open Secrets: Celebrity Sexuality and Athletic Abuse

Nov 22nd, 2019 36m 40s

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’ upco

Writing the Mother Wound: Essays On Mothering

Nov 19th, 2019 38m 19s

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 th

OK Listener, We'll Talk About OK Boomer

Nov 15th, 2019 26m 47s

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 musing

Sarah Marshall and Michael Hobbes Explain Why We’re Wrong

Nov 12th, 2019 51m 44s

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 t

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

Nov 8th, 2019 40m 41s

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 Un

The Hole in My Soul: A Reading by Sara Eckel

Nov 5th, 2019 32m 28s

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

The Questions That We're Not Asking

Nov 1st, 2019 36m 39s

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 t

Fact-Checker Round Table: The New Yorker Edition

Oct 29th, 2019 50m 1s

Fact-Checkers assemble! Sean Lavery, Director of Research for newyorker.com joins Longreads Head of Fact-Checking, Matt Giles, and Longreads Fact-Checker Samantha Schuyler to talk about the pressures of publishing online and how The New Yorker

The Names You Know and The Names You Don't: Editors Roundtable

Oct 25th, 2019 40m 8s

Head of Audience Catherine Cusick, Contributing Editor Aaron Gilbreath, and Head of Fact-Checking Matt Giles share what they've been reading and nominate stories for the Weekly Top 5 Longreads. This week: [1:51] “The Writer as Influencer”

The Silence Between Us

Oct 22nd, 2019 30m 47s

This week, we are rebroadcasting Longreads Books Editor Dana Snitzky's conversation with with Ibram X. Kendi, New York times Best Selling Author and 2019 Guggenhiem Fellow. This episode is a production of Longreads and Charts & Leisure, produce

Less Work, More Friends, No Consequences: Editors Roundtable

Oct 18th, 2019 30m 47s

Head of Audience Catherine Cusick, Editor-in-Chief Mike Dang, and Essays Editor Sari Botton share what they've been reading and nominate stories for the Weekly Top 5 Longreads. This week: [0:51] “Why You Never See Your Friends Anymore.” (J

The Strongest Woman in the Room: A Reading by Kitty Sheehan

Oct 15th, 2019 27m 45s

A daughter recounts her family’s worst day, through her mother’s eyes. 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

Stories About Stories: Editors Roundtable

Oct 11th, 2019 34m 59s

Head of Audience Catherine Cusick, Longreads Head of Fact-Checking Matt Giles, and Contributing Editor Aaron Gilbreath share what they've been reading and nominate stories for the Weekly Top 5 Longreads. This week: [1:13] "An Unseen Victim

Living With Dolly Parton (Ep. 1 Rebroadcast)

Oct 8th, 2019 43m 39s

This week, because it is feeling very timely, a rebroadcast of our very first episode. Living With Dolly Parton is an audio adaptation of one of Longreads' most read features of 2018, written by Jessica Wilkerson. This episode is a production

Climate of the Future, Music of the Past: Editors Roundtable

Oct 4th, 2019 33m 5s

Audience Editor Catherine Cusick, Longreads Head of Fact-Checking Matt Giles, and Contributing Editor Danielle Jackson share what they've been reading and nominate stories for the Weekly Top 5 Longreads. This week: [01:12] “The Nightmare

Longreads 10th Anniversary Celebration!

Oct 1st, 2019 1h 24m

On Monday, September 23rd, Longreads held our 10th anniversary celebration at Housing Works Bookstore in Manhattan. We wish you all could have been there! So, we are sharing the full audio from the event. Join us as we celebrate a milestone and

Democracy Needs Healing Crystals: Editors Round Table

Sep 27th, 2019 32m 45s

Audience Editor Catherine Cusick, Longreads Head of Fact-Checking Matt Giles, and Contributing Editor Aaron Gilbreath share what they've been reading and nominate stories for the Weekly Top 5 Longreads. This week: [0:45]“Will Hunter Bide