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Interviews with writers, journalists, filmmakers, and podcasters about how they do their work. Hosted by Aaron Lammer, Max Linsky, and Evan Ratliff.

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Episode 29: Matthew Power
Matthew Power, freelance writer and contributing editor at Harper's. Show notes: @matthew_power matthewpower.net Power's Harper's archive Power's complete archive [2:00] "Excuse Us While We Kiss the Sky" (GQ • March 2013) [10:30] "Mississippi Drift"
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Episode 28: Joel Lovell
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
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Episode 27: Joshua Topolsky
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
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Episode 26: Jennifer Gonnerman
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-Offe
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Episode 25: Susan Orlean
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" (N
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Episode 24: Stephen Rodrick
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: @stephenro
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Episode 23: Starlee Kine
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
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Episode 22: Charles Duhigg
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 i
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Episode 21: Eli Sanders
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 Stran
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Episode 20: Patrick Radden Keefe
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 o
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Episode 19: Choire Sicha
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)
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Episode 18: Mike Sager
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: Nex
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Episode 17: Joshua Davis
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
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Episode 16: Pamela Colloff
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 Fou
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Episode 15: Jonah Weiner
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 Eye
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Episode 14: David Samuels
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) "
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Episode 13: Adrian Chen
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
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Episode 12: Mina Kimes
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
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Episode 11: Joshuah Bearman
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)
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Episode 10: Chris Jones (Live in Romania)
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
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Episode 9: Jeanne Marie Laskas
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 o
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Episode 8: Gideon Lewis-Kraus
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" (W
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Episode 7: Ta-Nehisi Coates
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 Los
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Episode 6: Mac McClelland
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 201
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Episode 5: Paul Ford
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
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