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 Biden Jeopardize His Father's Campaign?" (Adam Entous, July 1, 2019, The New Yorker)

[13:33] "Dark Crystals." (Tess McClure, September 17, 2019, The Guardian)

[21:26] "These 5 Places Tried Bold Political Experiments. Did They Work?" (Amelia Lester, Jill Filipovic, Todd N. Tucker, Astra Taylor, Ruairi Arrieta-Kenna, September 21, 2019, Politico)

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