Catherine Cusick, Matt Giles, Krista Stevens and Kelly Stout share what they've been reading and nominate stories for the Weekly Top 5 Longreads.

This week:

The Secret Oral History of Bennington: The 1980s' Most Decadent College from Esquire

'The Hills' Made Reality TV What It Is. Now It's Back. at The New York Times Magazine

Lakers 2.0: The failed reboot of the NBA's crown jewel from ESPN

Shady Numbers And Bad Business: Inside The Esports Bubble at Kotaku

Canada's saddest grow-op: My humiliating adventures in growing marijuana from The Globe And Mail

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