Farewell to the Longform Podcast

June 26, 2024 4:22 PM

The Longform podcast has ended after 12 years. The final two episodes have been posted, including an interview with John Jeremiah Sullivan and a bonus mailbag episode in which the three hosts - Aaron Lammer, Max Linsky, and Evan Ratliff - discuss the end of the show and receive some questions and messages from the audience. The New York Times talked to the hosts last week. The web site, Longform.org, from which the podcast sprang in 2012, was known for recommending longform writing from 2010 to 2021. As discussed in the mailbag episode, their plan is to leave the archives of both the web site and podcast up and available for readers and listeners to enjoy.
posted by Jeff Morris (5 comments total)

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posted by HearHere at 6:03 PM on June 26 [1 favorite]

Drat. I didn't listen to the podcast much, but I really enjoyed the stories they found. And I ended up reading/buying several of the pieces written by the podcast guests.

I know about Longreads and The Sunday Longread (both are very good), but does anyone know of similar sites for long form journalism/stories?
posted by Kibbutz at 9:51 PM on June 26 [1 favorite]

I'll go out on a limb and say that hbomberguy, Dan Olson and Jenny Nicholson do long form journalism (some of the time). I don't know if their work is available anywhere other than youtube, and a lot of it requires the visual aspect (although some don't).
posted by Gorgik at 7:01 AM on June 27

@Kibbutz

The Browser and Instapaper are my other two sources along with Longreads and The Sunday Longread.
posted by indianbadger1 at 10:11 AM on June 27

Kibbutz: I second indianbadger1, particularly on The Browser. It's a paid site, but I have received incredible value from it over the years.
posted by Jeff Morris at 10:32 AM on June 27