Matthew Power, freelance writer and contributing editor at Harper's.
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@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"
44 min
627
Episode 28: Joel Lovell
Joel Lovell, deputy editor of The New York Times Magazine.
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@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
48 min
628
Episode 27: Joshua Topolsky
Joshua Topolsky, editor-in-chief of The Verge.
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@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
35 min
629
Episode 26: Jennifer Gonnerman
Jennifer Gonnerman, contributing editor at New York and contributing writer for Mother Jones.
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JenniferGonnerman.com
Gonnerman on Longform
[5:00] Wayne Barrett's Village Voice Archive
[10:30] "The House Where They Live: Inside the Sex-Offe
50 min
630
Episode 25: Susan Orlean
Susan Orlean, staff writer at The New Yorker.
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@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
44 min
631
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."
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@stephenro
23 min
632
Episode 23: Starlee Kine
Starlee Kine, contributor to This American Life and the New York Times Magazine.
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@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
44 min
633
Episode 22: Charles Duhigg
Charles Duhigg, New York Times reporter and author of The Power of Habit.
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@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
44 min
634
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
34 min
635
Episode 20: Patrick Radden Keefe
Patrick Radden Keefe, staff writer at The New Yorker.
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@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
44 min
636
Episode 19: Choire Sicha
Choire Sicha, co-founder of The Awl, interviewed by Aaron Lammer.
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@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)
37 min
637
Episode 18: Mike Sager
Mike Sager, writer-at-large for Esquire and founder of The Sager Group, interviewed by Max Linsky.
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@therealsager
Sager on Longform
thesagergroup.net
Sager's latest collection: The Someone You're Not
The Sager Group's first anthology: Nex
40 min
638
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
36 min
639
Episode 16: Pamela Colloff
Pamela Colloff, executive editor and staff writer at Texas Monthly, interviewed by Max Linsky.
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@pamelacolloff
Colloff on Longform
"The Innocent Man" (Texas Monthly • Nov-Dec 2012)
"Innocence Lost" (Texas Monthly • Oct 2010)
"Innocence Fou
42 min
640
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.
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@jonahweiner
jonahweiner.com
Weiner on Longform
"Prying Eye
39 min
641
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.
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Samuels on Longform
Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Anthology)
"Wild Things" (Harper's • June 2012)
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53 min
642
Episode 13: Adrian Chen
Adrian Chen, staff writer at Gawker and editor at The New Inquiry, interviewed by Max Linsky.
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@adrianchen
"Unmasking Reddit’s Violentacrez, the Biggest Troll on the Web" (Gawker • Oct 2012)
"The Long, Fake Life of J.S. Dirr" (Gawker • Jun
46 min
643
Episode 12: Mina Kimes
Mina Kimes, writer at Fortune, interviewed by Aaron Lammer.
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@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
40 min
644
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.
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@mysecondempire
Jones on Longform
"The Honor System" (Esquire • Sep 2012)
"Animals" (Esquire • Mar 2012)
30 min
645
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
59 min
646
Episode 9: Jeanne Marie Laskas
Jeanne Marie Laskas, author of the new book Hidden America and correspondent for GQ, interviewed by Max Linsky.
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@jmlaskas
jeannemarielaskas.com
Laskas on Longform
Hidden America: From Coal Miners to Cowboys, an Extraordinary Exploration o
45 min
647
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
47 min
648
Episode 7: Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates, senior editor at The Atlantic and author of The Beatiful Struggle, interviewed by Evan Ratliff.
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Coates on Longform
Coates's blog for The Atlantic
"Fear of a Black President" (The Atlantic • Aug 2012)
"'This Is How We Los
59 min
649
Episode 6: Mac McClelland
Max Linsky talks with Mac McClelland, human rights reporter for Mother Jones.
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@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
52 min
650
Episode 5: Paul Ford
Aaron Lammer talks with writer and programmer Paul Ford.
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@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