The Sunday Long Read Podcast

It was about time The Sunday Long Read Podcast caught up with Taffy Brodesser-Akner, who extended her lead in list appea... Read more

Kevin Van Valkenburg is a senior writer at ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com, where he writes primarily about football and ... Read more

Where is Rachel Syme's favorite people-watching perch in New York City? What would her ideal beat be? One of our favorit... Read more

DVN: How many writers are you mentoring right now?SS: I think like 600.Don and Shea discuss how he first resorted to wri... Read more

Will Leitch founded Deadspin nearly 14 years ago. Since 2008, Leitch has written and worked outside of the site, most re... Read more

A reporter's reporter, Sy Hersh characterizes his work this way: "I'm constantly walking into editors’ offices and throw... Read more

“It seemed like everyone knew what to think but me.” Elaina Plott landed not one but two stories in the Sunday Long Re... Read more

"The clock doesn't run out until the very end," says Tommy Tomlinson, author of the new book "The Elephant in the Room: ... Read more

Jessica Contrera covers a wide range of topics as a narrative reporter for the Washington Post and in this week's podcas... Read more

Gideon Lewis-Kraus is a writer at large for the New York Times Magazine, a contributing writer at WIRED, and a contribut... Read more

The best-selling author, GQ correspondent, and National Magazine Award Finalist is the latest guest on The Sunday Long R... Read more

Fresh off his guest-editing turn, BuzzFeed News editor-in-chief Ben Smith chatted with Don about how the term "Ben Smith... Read more

Christopher Goffard, now at The Los Angeles Times, is an experienced journalist of over 20 years. Most recently, he's th... Read more

"If you don’t want to tell me something it makes me very interested in what it is.” Jessica Pressler is a staff writer a... Read more

“There are two ways I view toughness and the virtue of it.” BuzzFeed News reporter Albert Samaha has a new book out abou... Read more

Jo Piazza is a journalist, podcaster, author of fiction and nonfiction books, and writer of personal essays. Her latest ... Read more

Steve Almond says of writing: “The idea is that you are trying to show the reader somebody whose life is in disequilibri... Read more

"We're all a product of our path to the current moment, and my path is a little bit different," Michael says. He has wor... Read more

If you worked in media in New York in the mid 2000s, you read the Fishbowl on MediaBistro. Our podcast guest today is th... Read more

In the middle of his Twitter hiatus, two-time National Magazine Award winner Chris Jones (left) chats with Don Van Natta... Read more