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"Let’s call it the “male glance,” the narrative corollary to the male gaze. We all have it, and it’s ruining our ability to see good art." 'The Male Glance' / Written by Lili Loofbourow / VQR Online / Spring 2018 / Narrated by Drew Bontadelli greenreads: long-form magazine pieces narrated, in support of our planet ---> NRDC https://act.nrdc.org/donate/donate-one-time/ https://www.greenreads.net

"From 2011 to 2013, the most elite forces in the U.S. military, supported by the CIA and other elements of the intelligence community, set out to destroy the Taliban and al Qaeda forces that remained hidden among the soaring peaks and plunging valleys of the Hindu Kush, along Afghanistan’s northeastern border with Pakistan. Dubbed Operation Haymaker, the campaign has been described as a potential model for the future of American warfare: special operations units, partnered with embedded intelligence elements running a network of informants, pinpointing members of violent organizations, then drawing up plans to eliminate those targets from the battlefield, either by capturing or killing them." 'Manhunting in the Hindu Kush' / Written by Ryan Devereaux with additional reporting by Jeremy Scahill & Margot Williams / The Intercept / Oct. 15, 2015 / Narrated by Drew Bontadelli greenreads: long-form magazine pieces narrated, in support of our planet ---> NRDC https://act.nrdc.org/donate/donate-one-time/ https://www.greenreads.net

"[ProPublica's] Documenting Hate database shows that the terrorizing of people where they live is alive and well decades after the civil rights movement." “Get Out”: Black Families Harassed in Their Own Homes / Written by Rahima Nasa and Rachel Glickhouse / ProPublica / Jan. 7, 2019 / Narrated by Drew Bontadelli

"After their mother was deported to Mexico, the Marin siblings faced an impossible choice: Stay or go." 'Losing Gloria' / Written by Lizzie Presser / The California Sunday Magazine / June 1, 2017 / Narrated by Drew Bontadelli greenreads: long-form magazine pieces narrated, in support of our planet ---> NRDC https://act.nrdc.org/donate/donate-one-time/ https://www.greenreads.net

"Cody Spafford found both solace and redemption in the kitchen of Seattle’s most celebrated restaurant. What turned a promising chef into a bank robber?" 'The Brief, Extraordinary Life of Cody Spafford' / Written by Allecia Vermillion / Seattle Met / March 10, 2015 / Narrated by Drew Bontadelli greenreads: long-form magazine pieces narrated, in support of our planet ---> NRDC https://act.nrdc.org/donate/donate-one-time/ https://www.greenreads.net

"There's no telling how many guns we have in America—and when one gets used in a crime, no way for the cops to connect it to its owner. The only place the police can turn for help is a Kafkaesque agency in West Virginia, where, thanks to the gun lobby, computers are illegal and detective work is absurdly antiquated. On purpose. Thing is, the geniuses who work there are quietly inventing ways to do the impossible." 'Inside the Federal Bureau of Way Too Many Guns' / Written by Jeanne Marie Laskas / GQ / Aug. 30, 2016 / Narrated by Drew Bontadelli greenreads: long-form magazine pieces narrated, in support of our planet ---> NRDC https://act.nrdc.org/donate/donate-one-time/ https://www.greenreads.net

"They’re spending nights in their car, on the run from the same shadowy cabal—“the Hollywood Star Whackers”—who may have killed Heath Ledger, possibly sabotaged Jeremy Piven, and could now be targeting Lindsay Lohan. No, this is not the plot of Oscar nominee and Golden Globe winner Randy Quaid’s latest movie. It is what he and his wife, Evi, swear is really happening to them. With the Quaids in Canada, the author probes their nightmare reality, which has alienated friends and family, and turned the couple into outlaws." Additional reporting by Ted Travelstead, Alison Forbes, and Laura Griffin. 'The Quaid Conspiracy' / Written by Nancy Jo Sales / Vanity Fair / Dec. 1, 2010 / Narrated by Drew Bontadelli greenreads: long-form magazine pieces narrated, in support of our planet ---> NRDC https://act.nrdc.org/donate/donate-one-time/ https://www.greenreads.net

"Pocahontas may seem like a strange vehicle for discussing our gay villains. But Disney gets inventive when they need to circumvent white people’s historical responsibility for genocidal atrocities — and queerness is a useful scapegoat." 'Deconstructing Disney: Queer Coding & Masculinity in Pocahontas' / Written by Jeanna Kadlec / Longreads / April 2021 / Narrated by Drew Bontadelli greenreads: long-form magazine pieces narrated, in support of our planet ---> NRDC https://act.nrdc.org/donate/donate-one-time/ https://www.greenreads.net

"There’s a growing business crafting law enforcement narratives about police shootings and officer misconduct." 'Meet the California PR Firm Helping Cops Fight Off Bad Press' / Written by Scott Morris / The Appeal & The Vallejo Sun / Nov. 30, 2021 / Narrated by Drew Bontadelli greenreads: long-form magazine pieces narrated, in support of our planet ---> NRDC https://act.nrdc.org/donate/donate-one-time/ https://www.greenreads.net

"The minor leagues have been testing the Automated Ball-Strike System. But isn’t yelling and screaming about bad calls half the fun of baseball?" 'Invasion of the Robot Umpires' / Written by Zach Helfand / The New Yorker / Aug. 23, 2021 / Narrated by Drew Bontadelli greenreads: long-form magazine pieces narrated, in support of our planet ---> NRDC https://act.nrdc.org/donate/donate-one-time/ https://www.greenreads.net

"Facing an influx of refugees, the residents of Algiers Point could have pulled together food, water and medical supplies for the flood victims. Instead, a group of white residents, convinced that crime would arrive with the human exodus, sought to seal off the area, blocking the roads in and out of the neighborhood by dragging lumber and downed trees into the streets. They stockpiled handguns, assault rifles, shotguns and at least one Uzi and began patrolling the streets in pickup trucks and SUVs. The newly formed militia, a loose band of about 15 to 30 residents, most of them men, all of them white, was looking for thieves, outlaws or, as one member put it, anyone who simply 'didn't belong.'" 'Post-Katrina, White Vigilantes Shot African-Americans With Impunity' / Written by A.C. Thompson / ProPublica & The Nation / Dec. 19, 2008 / Narrated by Drew Bontadelli greenreads: long-form magazine pieces narrated, in support of our planet ---> NRDC https://act.nrdc.org/donate/donate-one-time/ https://www.greenreads.net

"The high country of southern Australia is “remote and beautiful and unpredictable,” a place where visitors can be swallowed up without a sound." 'As Hikers Vanish, These Mountains Hold Tight to Their Mysteries' / Written by Yan Zhuang / The New York Times / Aug. 4, 2021 / Narrated by Drew Bontadelli greenreads: long-form magazine pieces narrated, in support of our planet ---> NRDC https://act.nrdc.org/donate/donate-one-time/ https://www.greenreads.net

"Justin Zhu’s $2 billion startup was doing great, but an unorthodox style and tension with investors cost him his job." 'LSD, Cargo Shorts, and the Fall of a High-Flying Tech CEO' / Written by Sarah McBride / Bloomberg / May 3, 2021 / Narrated by Drew Bontadelli greenreads: long-form magazine pieces narrated, in support of our planet ---> NRDC https://act.nrdc.org/donate/donate-one-time/ https://www.greenreads.net

"Like many in Hollywood, Allison Mack sought spiritual guidance outside the mainstream. But 12 years after checking out a women's empowerment seminar, she stands accused of recruiting "slaves" and branding women with a hot cauterizing pen. Through interviews with close friends and ex-members of the Nxivm cult, THR reveals how a charismatic fan favorite allegedly morphed into the leader's No. 2 and explores the persistent allure and pernicious effect of cults on entertainment." 'Her Darkest Role: Actress Allison Mack’s Descent From ‘Smallville’ to Sex Cult' / Written by Scott Johnson & Rebecca Sun / The Hollywood Reporter / May 16, 2018 / Narrated by Drew Bontadelli greenreads: long-form magazine pieces narrated, in support of our planet ---> NRDC https://act.nrdc.org/donate/donate-one-time/ https://www.greenreads.net

"Extreme heat causes a cascade of climate chaos, and the way we deal with it — air conditioning — is only cooking our planet faster. Is there a better way to cool ourselves down?" 'Our Air-Conditioned Nightmare' / Written by Jeff Goodell / Rolling Stone / June 22, 2021 / Narrated by Drew Bontadelli greenreads: long-form magazine pieces narrated, in support of our planet ---> NRDC https://act.nrdc.org/donate/donate-one-time/ https://www.greenreads.net

"Camden, New Jersey, is America's most dangerous city, a once proud place now ravaged by addiction and poverty and guns and decay. It's also a really unlikely place to start a Little League. Kathy Dobie spends a season of heroism and survival with the coaches, players, moms, dreamers, retired gangbangers, and wised-up ex-cons who believe in baseball's power to transform the hood." 'The Undefeated Champions of Defeat City' / Written by Kathy Dobie / GQ / May 12, 2014 / Narrated by Drew Bontadelli greenreads: long-form magazine pieces narrated, in support of our planet ---> NRDC https://act.nrdc.org/donate/donate-one-time/ https://www.greenreads.net

"The company produces successful movies, TV shows, e-readers and speakers, but gaming has proven difficult to crack." 'Amazon Can Make Just About Anything—Except a Good Video Game' / Written by Jason Schreier & Priya Anand / Bloomberg / Jan. 29, 2021 / Narrated by Drew Bontadelli greenreads: long-form magazine pieces narrated, in support of our planet ---> NRDC https://act.nrdc.org/donate/donate-one-time/ https://www.greenreads.net

"We're still trying to eliminate sweatshops and child labor by buying right. But that's not how the world works in 2015." 'The Myth of the Ethical Shopper' / Written by Michael Hobbes / HuffPost Highline / July 15, 2015 / Narrated by Drew Bontadelli 'Michael Hobbes is a human rights consultant in Berlin. He’s written for The New Republic, Slate and The Huffington Post.' greenreads: long-form magazine pieces narrated, in support of our planet ---> NRDC https://act.nrdc.org/donate/donate-one-time/ https://www.greenreads.net

"In St. Louis, Missouri, an effort to manage enormous caseloads left hundreds of the city's poorest without a lawyer." 'Who Gets a Public Defender?' / Written by Steven Hsieh / Pacific Standard / Nov. 18, 2015 / Narrated by Drew Bontadelli greenreads: long-form magazine pieces narrated, in support of our planet ---> NRDC https://act.nrdc.org/donate/donate-one-time/ https://www.greenreads.net

"When a man was killed in Malibu Creek State Park last summer while camping with his two young daughters, it sent the placid Southern California community into hysterics—spawning amateur sleuths, conspiracy theories, and public paranoia. Was it related to a rash of unsolved incidents in the area? But while the tragedy’s aftermath publicly played out like a new season of Serial, there was also a family left picking up the pieces after a seemingly random act of violence. This is a story about what happens when lightning strikes in the most chilling manner imaginable." 'The Unsolved Mystery of the Malibu Creek Murder' / Written by Zach Baron / GQ / June 20, 2019 / Narrated by Drew Bontadelli greenreads: long-form magazine pieces narrated, in support of our planet ---> NRDC https://act.nrdc.org/donate/donate-one-time/ https://www.greenreads.net