Chris Heath, winner of the 2013 National Magazine Award for Reporting, is a staff writer at GQ.

"I present myself as someone who is going to be rigorous and honest. And if you can engage in the way I'm asking you to engage, then I hope you will recognize yourself in a more truthful way in this story than you usually do. And maybe even, with a bit of luck, more than you ever have before. That's what I bring. That's my offer."

Thanks to TinyLetter and the Literary Reportage Department at NYU's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute for sponsoring this week's episode.

Show notes:

Heath's GQ archive

[15:25] "The Crazy True Story of the Zanesville Zoo Escape" (GQ • March 2012)

[27:40] "Graduation Day" (GQ • July 2011)

[40:00] "Ricky Gervais's GQ Interview: The Comedy Issue" (GQ • May 2013)

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