greenreads

"Let’s call it the “male glance,” the narrative corollary to the male gaze. We all have it, and it’s ruining our ability to see good art."

'The Male Glance' / Written by Lili Loofbourow / VQR Online / Spring 2018 / Narrated by Drew Bontadelli

greenreads: long-form magazine pieces narrated, in support of our planet ---> NRDC https://act.nrdc.org/donate/donate-one-time/

https://www.greenreads.net

"From 2011 to 2013, the most elite forces in the U.S. military, supported by the CIA and other elements of the intelligence community, set out to destroy the Taliban and al Qaeda forces that remained hidden among the soaring peaks and plunging valleys of the Hindu Kush, along Afghanistan’s northeastern border with Pakistan. Dubbed Operation Haymaker, the campaign has been described as a potential model for the future of American warfare: special operations units, partnered with embedded intelligence elements running a network of informants, pinpointing members of violent organizations, then drawing up plans to eliminate those targets from the battlefield, either by capturing or killing them."

'Manhunting in the Hindu Kush' / Written by Ryan Devereaux with additional reporting by Jeremy Scahill & Margot Williams / The Intercept / Oct. 15, 2015 / Narrated by Drew Bontadelli

greenreads: long-form magazine pieces narrated, in support of our planet ---> NRDC https://act.nrdc.org/donate/donate-one-time/

https://www.greenreads.net

"[ProPublica's] Documenting Hate database shows that the terrorizing of people where they live is alive and well decades after the civil rights movement."

“Get Out”: Black Families Harassed in Their Own Homes / Written by Rahima Nasa and Rachel Glickhouse / ProPublica / Jan. 7, 2019 / Narrated by Drew Bontadelli

"After their mother was deported to Mexico, the Marin siblings faced an impossible choice: Stay or go."

'Losing Gloria' / Written by Lizzie Presser / The California Sunday Magazine / June 1, 2017 / Narrated by Drew Bontadelli

greenreads: long-form magazine pieces narrated, in support of our planet ---> NRDC https://act.nrdc.org/donate/donate-one-time/

https://www.greenreads.net

"Cody Spafford found both solace and redemption in the kitchen of Seattle’s most celebrated restaurant. What turned a promising chef into a bank robber?"

'The Brief, Extraordinary Life of Cody Spafford' / Written by Allecia Vermillion / Seattle Met / March 10, 2015 / Narrated by Drew Bontadelli

greenreads: long-form magazine pieces narrated, in support of our planet ---> NRDC https://act.nrdc.org/donate/donate-one-time/

https://www.greenreads.net

"There's no telling how many guns we have in America—and when one gets used in a crime, no way for the cops to connect it to its owner. The only place the police can turn for help is a Kafkaesque agency in West Virginia, where, thanks to the gun lobby, computers are illegal and detective work is absurdly antiquated. On purpose. Thing is, the geniuses who work there are quietly inventing ways to do the impossible."

'Inside the Federal Bureau of Way Too Many Guns' / Written by Jeanne Marie Laskas / GQ / Aug. 30, 2016 / Narrated by Drew Bontadelli

greenreads: long-form magazine pieces narrated, in support of our planet ---> NRDC https://act.nrdc.org/donate/donate-one-time/

https://www.greenreads.net

"They’re spending nights in their car, on the run from the same shadowy cabal—“the Hollywood Star Whackers”—who may have killed Heath Ledger, possibly sabotaged Jeremy Piven, and could now be targeting Lindsay Lohan. No, this is not the plot of Oscar nominee and Golden Globe winner Randy Quaid’s latest movie. It is what he and his wife, Evi, swear is really happening to them. With the Quaids in Canada, the author probes their nightmare reality, which has alienated friends and family, and turned the couple into outlaws."

Additional reporting by Ted Travelstead, Alison Forbes, and Laura Griffin.

'The Quaid Conspiracy' / Written by Nancy Jo Sales / Vanity Fair / Dec. 1, 2010 / Narrated by Drew Bontadelli

greenreads: long-form magazine pieces narrated, in support of our planet ---> NRDC https://act.nrdc.org/donate/donate-one-time/

https://www.greenreads.net

"Pocahontas may seem like a strange vehicle for discussing our gay villains. But Disney gets inventive when they need to circumvent white people’s historical responsibility for genocidal atrocities — and queerness is a useful scapegoat."

'Deconstructing Disney: Queer Coding & Masculinity in Pocahontas' / Written by Jeanna Kadlec / Longreads / April 2021 / Narrated by Drew Bontadelli

greenreads: long-form magazine pieces narrated, in support of our planet ---> NRDC https://act.nrdc.org/donate/donate-one-time/

https://www.greenreads.net

"There’s a growing business crafting law enforcement narratives about police shootings and officer misconduct."

'Meet the California PR Firm Helping Cops Fight Off Bad Press' / Written by Scott Morris / The Appeal & The Vallejo Sun / Nov. 30, 2021 / Narrated by Drew Bontadelli

greenreads: long-form magazine pieces narrated, in support of our planet ---> NRDC https://act.nrdc.org/donate/donate-one-time/

https://www.greenreads.net

"The minor leagues have been testing the Automated Ball-Strike System. But isn’t yelling and screaming about bad calls half the fun of baseball?"

'Invasion of the Robot Umpires' / Written by Zach Helfand / The New Yorker / Aug. 23, 2021 / Narrated by Drew Bontadelli

greenreads: long-form magazine pieces narrated, in support of our planet ---> NRDC https://act.nrdc.org/donate/donate-one-time/

https://www.greenreads.net