Longreads Podcast
1) Don’t Let Old Wounds Die Out
Head of Audience Catherine Cusick, Head of Fact-Checking Matt Giles, and Freelance Writer Nick Chrastil share what they've been reading and working on. This week: [1:01] “Your Honor, Can I Tell The Wh...Show More
2) Normal Sucks: A Conversation with Jonathan Mooney
Longreads Founder Mark Armstrong speaks with award winning writer, entrepreneur, and activist Jonathan Mooney, author of the book Normal Sucks, about ways in which we can reorient how we think about d...Show More
3) Connecting Online and Loving Malformations
Head of Audience Catherine Cusick, Contributing Editor Aaron Gilbreath, Essays Editor Sari Botton, and The Rumpus Editor-in-Chief Marisa Siegel share what they've been reading and working on this week...Show More
4) Anyone's Son: A Family's Quest For Justice
Cody Dalton Eyre, a 20-year-old Alaskan Native, was having a mental health crisis on Christmas Eve, 2017 when his mother called 911 for help. So why did police officers end up shooting and killing him...Show More
5) Reporting Crime or Turning to Crime
Head of Audience Catherine Cusick and Head of Fact-Checking Matt Giles share what they've been reading and working on this week. This week: [2:40] “He’s a Liar, a Con Artist and a Snitch. His Testimo...Show More
6) What’s Happening to My Body? by Devorah Heitner
Devorah Heitner reflects on the ways she is reclaiming her relationship to her own body while grappling with the legacy of her mother’s poor body image and early death. This episode is a production of...Show More
7) Under The Influence: Jakiya Brown and Akilah Hughes On Where The Influencer Economy Has Arrived
To reflect on her three-part Longreads series Under The Influence, Culture Columnist Soraya Roberts continues to explore how influencers operate in the online ecosystem, how identity fits in, and what...Show More
8) Longwrites Round Table: Family Stories
In our first "Longwrites" discussion of the pieces which take years to write, Longreads' Head of Fact-Checking Matt Giles, sits down with James Williamson and Tim Requarth to discuss time spent render...Show More
9) Open Secrets: Celebrity Sexuality and Athletic Abuse
Editor-in-Chief Mike Dang, Contributing Editor Danielle Jackson, Culture Columnist Soraya Roberts, and The Believer’s Deputy and Co-Interview Editor Niela Orr share what they've been reading and worki...Show More
10) Writing the Mother Wound: Essays On Mothering
Longreads Contributing Editor Danielle Jackson speaks with writer and creator of the Writing Our Lives workshop Vanessa Martir about Writing The Mother Wound, a series of essays they co-produced on mo...Show More