Audience Editor Catherine Cusick, Editor-in-Chief Mike Dang, and Senior Editor Kelly Stout share what they've been reading and nominate stories for the Weekly Top 5 Longreads.

This week:

[04:35] "Strike with the Band" (Kate Wagner, September 1, 2019, The Baffler)

[13:40] "King of Pop." (Willy Staley, August 29, 2019, The New York Times Magazine)

[20:58] "Twelve Words." (Brian Trapp, Sept / Oct, 2019, Kenyan Review)

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