Josh Levin is the national editor at Slate. He is the host of the podcast Hang Up and Listen and the author of The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth. “I think it’s a strength to make a thing, one that people might have thought was familiar, feel strange. And reminding people —in general, in life—that you don’t really know as much as you think you know. I think that carries over into any kind of storytelling.” Thanks to Mailchimp, Squarespace, and Pitt Writers for sponsoring this week's episode. @josh_levin Levin on Longform [01:48] The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth (Little, Brown and Company • 2019) [01:52] “The Welfare Queen” (Slate • 2013) [02:47] The Mastermind: Drugs. Empire. Murder. Betrayal. (Evan Ratliff • Random House • 2019) [03:25] Levin’s Archive at Slate [04:55] Other Magazines Column [05:03] Today’s Papers [07:25] “Little League Bullies” (Slate • 2007) [10:38] Dahlia Lithwick at Slate [12:22] Paul Ford on the Longform Podcast [13:00] Hang Up And Listen [13:17] Slow Burn [14:01] The Queen podcast [14:33] Jet Article on Linda Taylor (Jet • 1974) [pdf] [42:08] ”Dispatches From the R.Kelly Trial” (Slate • 2008)

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