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Jonah Weiner, contributing editor at Rolling Stone, pop critic at Slate, and contributor to The New York Times Magazine and The New Yorker, interviewed by Aaron Lammer.

Show notes and links:

@jonahweiner

jonahweiner.com

Weiner on Longform

"Prying Eyes" (New Yorker • Oct 2012)

"Kanye West Has a Goblet" (Slate • Aug 2010)

"The Brilliance of Dwarf Fortress" (New York Times Magazine • Dec 2008)

Interview: Vanessa Grigoriadis (The Writearound • Sep 2011)

The Writearound

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David Samuels, contributing editor at Harper's and frequent contributor to The New Yorker and The Atlantic, interviewed by Evan Ratliff.

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Samuels on Longform

Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Anthology)

"Wild Things" (Harper's • June 2012)

"Atomic John" (The New Yorker • Dec 2008)

"Let’s Die Together" (The Atlantic • May 2007)

"Dr. Kush" (The New Yorker • Jul 2008)

"Barack and Hamid's Excellent Adventure" (Harper's • Jul 2010)

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Adrian Chen, staff writer at Gawker and editor at The New Inquiry, interviewed by Max Linsky.

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@adrianchen

"Unmasking Reddit’s Violentacrez, the Biggest Troll on the Web" (Gawker • Oct 2012)

"The Long, Fake Life of J.S. Dirr" (Gawker • Jun 2012)

"Finding Goatse: The Mystery Man Behind the Most Disturbing Internet Meme in History" (Gawker • Apr 2012)

"The Mercenary Techie Who Troubleshoots for Drug Dealers and Jealous Lovers" (Gawker • Jan 2012)

The New Inquiry

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Mina Kimes, writer at Fortune, interviewed by Aaron Lammer.

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@minakimes

Kimes on Longform

"Bad to the Bone: A Medical Horror Story" (Fortune • Sep 2012)

"America's Hottest Export: Weapons" (Fortune • Feb 2011)

"Why J&J's Headache Won't Go Away" (Fortune • Mar 2008)

"Railroads: Cartel or Free Market Success Story?" (Fortune • Sep 2011)

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Joshuah Bearman discusses "The Great Escape," his article about a CIA operation in Iran that became the basis for the new film Argo.

Show notes:

@mysecondempire

Jones on Longform

"The Honor System" (Esquire • Sep 2012)

"Animals" (Esquire • Mar 2012)

"The Things That Carried Him" (Esquire • Mar 2008)

"TV's Crowning Moment of Awesome" (Esquire • Jul 2010)

"Roger Ebert: The Essential Man" (Esquire • Mar 2010)

Decât o Revistă magazine

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Before a live audience in Bucharest hosted by the Romanian magazine Decât o Revistă, Evan Ratliff interviews Chris Jones.

Show notes:

@mysecondempire

Jones on Longform

"The Honor System" (Esquire • Sep 2012)

"Animals" (Esquire • Mar 2012)

"The Things That Carried Him" (Esquire • Mar 2008)

"TV's Crowning Moment of Awesome" (Esquire • Jul 2010)

"Roger Ebert: The Essential Man" (Esquire • Mar 2010)

Decât o Revistă magazine

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Jeanne Marie Laskas, author of the new book Hidden America and correspondent for GQ, interviewed by Max Linsky.

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@jmlaskas

jeannemarielaskas.com

Laskas on Longform

Hidden America: From Coal Miners to Cowboys, an Extraordinary Exploration of the Unseen People Who Make This Country Work

"Guns 'R Us" (GQ • Sep 2012)

"Underworld" (GQ • Apr 2007)

"Traffic" (GQ • Apr 2009)

"Empire of Ice" (GQ • Sep 2008)

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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, author of A Sense of Direction, interviewed by Aaron Lammer.

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GideonLK.com

Lewis-Kraus on Longform

A Sense of Direction on Amazon

"In Search of the Living, Purring, Singing Heart of the Online Cat-Industrial Complex" (Wired • Aug 2012)

"Tokeville: On the Frontiers of Federalism and Dope" (Harper's • Dec 2009)

"The Last Book Party" (Harper's • Mar 2009)

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Ta-Nehisi Coates, senior editor at The Atlantic and author of The Beatiful Struggle, interviewed by Evan Ratliff.

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Coates on Longform

Coates's blog for The Atlantic

"Fear of a Black President" (The Atlantic • Aug 2012)

"'This Is How We Lost to the White Man'" (The Atlantic • May 2008)

"Confessions of a Black Mr. Mom" (Washington Monthly • March 2002)

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Max Linsky talks with Mac McClelland, human rights reporter for Mother Jones.

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@MacMcClelland

McClelland on Longform

"For Us Surrender Is Out of the Question" (Mother Jones • Mar 2010)

"I Was a Warehouse Wage Slave" (Mother Jones • Feb 2012)

"The Love That Dares" (Mother Jones • Jan 2012)

"I'm Gonna Need You to Fight Me on This" (GOOD • Jun 2011)

Welcome to Haiti's Reconstruction Hell (Mother Jones • Jan 2011)

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