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A timely and revealing update of some of the most groundbreaking narrative journalism ever published by Esquire since its founding in 1933. Presented by PRX and Esquire Magazine.

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United States

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A timely and revealing update of some of the most groundbreaking narrative journalism ever published by Esquire since its founding in 1933. Presented by PRX and Esquire Magazine.

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@esquire

Language:

English


Episodes

The Crack-Up, by F. Scott Fitzgerald

10/17/2016
F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Crack-Up," a series of essays from 1936 about his alcoholism and mental breakdown, set off a genre of confessional writing that persists and thrives today.

The Brain That Changed Everything, by Luke Dittrich

10/10/2016
When a surgeon cut into Henry Molaison’s skull to treat him for epilepsy, he inadvertently created the most important brain-research subject of our time—a man who could no longer remember, who taught us everything we know about memory. Six decades later, another daring researcher is cutting into Henry’s brain. Another revolution in brain science is about to begin.

The Brain That Changed Everything, By Luke Dittrich

10/10/2016
When a surgeon cut into Henry Molaison’s skull to treat him for epilepsy, he inadvertently created the most important brain-research subject of our time—a man who could no longer remember, who taught us everything we know about memory. Six decades later, another daring researcher is cutting into Henry’s brain. Another revolution in brain science is about to begin.

Duration:00:34:50

“I, Stalkerazzi” and “Angelina Jolie and the Torture of Fame,” by John H. Richardson

10/3/2016
John H. Richardson on our cultural infatuation with celebrity and the humanity that lurks on both sides of the camera lens.

Nureyev Dancing In His Own Shadow, by Elizabeth Kaye

9/26/2016
At the end of a glorious career, the defiant legend takes refuge in his most cherished partner—himself.

Frank Sinatra Has a Cold, by Gay Talese

9/19/2016
And some of the most important people in some of the most important places in New York, New Jersey, Southern California and Las Vegas are suddenly developing postnasal drip

Styron’s Choices, by Philip Caputo

9/12/2016
The artist’s life demands solitude, sensitivity, and often a little something to get him through the night. The very same things can destroy him

The Falling Man, by Tom Junod

9/6/2016
Do you remember this photograph?

The American Male at Age Ten, by Susan Orlean

8/29/2016
What it feels like to be a boy in America.

My Father, the Bachelor, by Martha Sherrill

8/22/2016
He was a beautiful man, and someone had to liberate these women from their marriages. When he died, women grieved. Lots and lots of women.

Edwin Moses, by Mark Kram

8/8/2016
A Hurdler in Inner Space.

My Father’s Life, by Raymond Carver

7/25/2016
When he looks back at his father, he sees a dim figure losing its substance to sickness, and when the past is a cipher, there is no redeeming the present. There is only living it.

America’s Most Powerful Lunch, by Lee Eisenberg

7/11/2016
The closing of the Four Seasons, home of the “power lunch.”

Michael Bay, by Jeanne Marie Laskas

6/27/2016
Do you smell that? That’s another Michael Bay movie burning up the box office. And if that bothers you, if you think he’s just another schlockmeister with fancy cars and testosterone problems, all he can say is, shame on you. Shame on you!

The Old Man and the River, by Pete Dexter

6/13/2016
Norman Maclean taught Shakespeare until he was seventy, then wrote a timeless story worthy of the bard himself.

“I, Stalkerazzi” and “Angelina Jolie and the Torture of Fame,” by John H. Richardson

5/31/2016
John H. Richardson on our cultural infatuation with celebrity and the humanity that lurks on both sides of the camera lens.

The Shooter, by Phil Bronstein

5/16/2016
The man who shot and killed Osama bin Laden tells his story for the first time.

The Plane at the Bottom of the Ocean, by Bucky McMahon

5/2/2016
In the year 2015, with GPS and satellites and global surveillance everywhere all the time, how does a massive airplane simply go missing?

What Do You Think of Ted Williams Now? by Richard Ben Cramer

4/18/2016
The furious saga of Teddy Ballgame.

Old, by Mike Sager

4/4/2016
Boy oh boy oh boy, Sanberg. You’re 92. And you’ve been old longer than you’ve been anything else.