The Outline World Dispatch
Tired of the daily news doom and gloom? Looking to explore curious stories instead? Every Monday through Thursday, we bring a story on the theme of Power, Culture, and the Future, handpicked from The Outline. We guarantee you’ll feel smarter and more hydrated.
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Banning the worst place on the internet
Jon Christian takes us inside r/NoMorals, an unruly subreddit, and what led to its shutdown.
6 min
102
3/7/18: Boldly queer, or not
Ann-Derrick Gaillot gazes into the new Queer Eye reboot on Netflix. The Fab Five is back honey.
15 min
103
3/6/18: Seamlessly sliding into hell
Brandy Jensen questions the advertising practices of a food delivery app. Are we lazy, incompetent misanthropes after all?
10 min
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3/5/18: Breaking Monopoly
Jeremy Gordon played Monopoly with real money and crime, and we recorded it on tape.
15 min
105
3/1/18: Vibey as hell
Drew Millard explains to us the Environments app, the chillest showcase of legendary field recordings.
11 min
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2/28/18: Hollywood is failing Mo'Nique
Ann-Derrick Gaillot wonders if solidarity include black female comedians?
13 min
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2/27/18: Self-storage scam
Gaby Del Valle had the self-storage experience from hell, so she figured out why.
11 min
108
2/26/18: Weed writing blows
Kieran Delamont surveys the past, present, and future of marijuana journalism.
13 min
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2/22/18: The math of Tinder
The math of Tinder
8 min
110
2/21/18: Do text based therapy apps really work?
Do text based therapy apps really work?
14 min
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2/20/18: The ageless joy of Kingdom Hearts
The ageless joy of Kingdom Hearts
15 min
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2/15/18: Instagram's depression ads
Instagram's depression ads
6 min
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2/14/18: Mapping queer memories
Mapping queer memories
6 min
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2/13/18: Predicting hurricanes & child marriage...
Predicting hurricanes & child marriage laws
11 min
115
We met Lil Yachty
Gaby Del Valle takes us inside New York Fashion week, and Joshua Topolsky remembers his childhood through a tweet from Germany.
10 min
116
The perfect wave
Aaron Colton figures out if man-made waves change the soul of surfing?
9 min
117
Gators taught me about death
Paris Martineau shows us the best way to cheat at HQ Trivia. Also Paris and Gaby Del Valle give a loving tribute to their home state, the one they love to hate, Florida.
15 min
118
Everybody poops
Jon Christian finds a professor that is using Black Mirror as a teachable moment, Jeremy Gordon relays that awkward moment on the way to the bathroom, and Sarah Souli brings you a whistling language.
9 min
119
From activist to ICE target
Gaby Del Valle reports on how one man ended up on ICE's radar. Plus, Paris Martineau thinks her Alexa should take a chill pill.
8 min
120
Flagging the play
We tackle America’s biggest night for sports, through ethics and Marxism of course.
14 min
121
The truth is I never left you
A star performer tugs at Aaron's heartstrings, and an industry still insists on demonizing fat people.
14 min
122
We can't quit plastic bags
We're all guilty of using too many plastic bags. Why did a proposed ban in New York fall flat?
7 min
123
Lambo, guaranteed
We take you inside the weirdest group chat ever, full of Lambo dreams and even bigger scams.
5 min
124
Can you keep a secret?
Behind a LinkedIn message, and an electric fence, were two people that spoke up.
14 min
125
What a disaster
What a disaster
3 min