For your weekend road trip:
Thurgood Marshall through the eyes of his former law clerk in @NYTmag, Merrick Garland vs. Trump’s mob by @riceid for @NYMag, @CaitlinPacific’s thoughts on why you really need to quit Twitter from @TheAtlantic, and more!
https://t.co/qG07Zaxv7w
Even before the pandemic, American culture was embracing numbness as an antidote for the overload of digital capitalism. But is it a real escape — or another trap? Listen to @chaykak’s narrated story here and on @audmapp. https://t.co/NJapUZ7sOm
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was stabbed in Harlem in 1958. Al Howard, a former police officer, helped save his life. This is the rarely told story of what happened that night. Listen to the narrated story here and on @audmapp. https://t.co/rOkyU6OJIf
The Points Guy has created an empire dedicated to maximizing credit-card rewards and airline miles. What are they worth in a global pandemic? Listen to @jamiekeiles’s narrated story here and on @audmapp https://t.co/GFQJTC7Xk7
The untold story of the patrolman who took charge when Martin Luther King Jr. was stabbed in Harlem. Narrated, in honor of MLK Day, by yours truly. Listen here or @audmapp. https://t.co/hfBrms45zU
At Buzzfeed in 2015, he helped make groundbreaking, viral content. In 2021, he went live from inside the trashed office of a senator. Listen to @benyt's narrated story here and on @audmapp. https://t.co/j7f4XkTrVJ
Armed with a handgun, a fake ID card and disguises, Miriam Rodríguez was a one-woman detective squad, defying a system where criminal impunity often prevails. Listen to @azamsahmed’s narrated article here and on @audmapp. https://t.co/ixjWlZ1szj
The virus has killed American Indians at especially high rates, robbing tribes of precious bonds and repositories of language and tradition. Listen to the narrated story here and on @audmapp. https://t.co/YIELISfQ5O
🎧 What will we lose when Najin and Fatu, the last two northern white rhinos left alive on this planet, die? Listen to @shamblanderson’s narrated story on The Sunday Read and @audmapp. https://t.co/InG6NLu866
Black women navigating America’s fine-dining world say they suffer both racism and sexism. How have high-end restaurants failed Black female chefs? Listen to @korshawilson’s narrated story here and on @audmapp. https://t.co/PY7bouRYol
.@TimothyDSnyder, a historian of fascism and political atrocity, explores Trump, the mob and what comes next. Listen to his narrated story here and on @audmapp. https://t.co/ou9rr9xGPn
The sperm kings of America have a problem: too much demand. So women are joining unregulated Facebook groups to find willing donors. Listen to @NellieBowles’s narrated story here and on @audmapp. https://t.co/cg5Kcei8wz
The ability of a handful of people to control our public discourse has never been more obvious. Listen to @kevinroose's narrated story here and on @audmapp. https://t.co/HSXNH2etIF
Thrilled to learn @audmapp features this piece I wrote for @BitterSouth about Louisiana's Angola Prison. So cool to listen to great journalism and writing out loud! Thanks!
https://t.co/GNiLNznf3M
@justjuliawhelan I have been trying to make time to read this article:
https://t.co/yfsZAjH5gF
for days, cannot make it happen. Thank you and @audmapp for turning it into a really great spoken piece! Looking forward to finally 'reading' it.
@audmapp is the best app. I just added ~12 articles to my queue, each ~15min-1h. Atlantic, Vanity Fair, New Yorker, Wired, Rolling Stone, New York Times and NY Mag (I don’t have subscriptions to half of those). I am charging my earbuds and ready for some Edoardo and Julia! ❤️📰