Longform

Evan Ratliff talks with Jon Mooallem, contributor at the New York Times Magazine and author of an upcoming book about people and wild animals. Show notes: @jmooallem jonmooallem.com Mooallem on Longform "Twelve Easy Pieces" (New York Times Magazine • Feb 2006) "What's a Monkey to Do in Tampa?" (New York Times Magazine • Aug 2012) "Who Invented the High Five?" (ESPN the Magazine • July 2011) "Rescue Flight" (New York Times Magazine • Feb 2009) "Can Animals Be Gay?" (New York Times Magazine • Mar 2010) "The BP-Spill Baby-Turtle Brigade" (New York Times Magazine • Oct 2010) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

David Grann, staff writer at The New Yorker, talks with Max Linsky. Show notes: @davidgrann davidgrann.com Grann on Longform "The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon" (Amazon) "Crimetown, U.S.A." (The New Republic • July 2000) "The Yankee Comandante" (New Yorker • May 2012) "The Squid Hunter" (New Yorker • May 2004) "Trial By Fire" (New Yorker • Sep 2009) "The Chameleon" (New Yorker • Aug 2008) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A contributing editor at Rolling Stone and the author of Inside Scientology, Reitman talks to Aaron Lammer about her career and offers advice to young writers. Show notes: @janetreitman janetreitman.com Reitman on Longform "Inside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion" (Amazon) "Confessions of an Ivy League Frat Boy: Inside Dartmouth's Hazing Abuses" (Rolling Stone • Mar 2012) "Sex and Scandal at Duke" (Rolling Stone • June 2006) "Baghdad Follies" (Rolling Stone • July 2004) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, Evan Ratliff talks to Matthieu Aikins (Harper's, The Atlantic) on the eve of his move to Kabul.  Show notes: @mattaikins maikins.com Matthieu Aikins on Longform "The Master of Spin Boldak" (Harper's • Dec 2009) "The Siege of September 13" (GQ • Mar 2012) "Our Man in Kandahar" (The Atlantic • Nov 2011) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices