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The Sunday Long Read Podcast

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About this Podcast:

Pulitzer-winning reporter Don Van Natta Jr. and journalist Jacob Feldman chat with writers and editors from across the industry as an audio extension of The Sunday Long Read e-mail newsletter.

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What is The Sunday Long Read Podcast about?

Pulitzer-winning reporter Don Van Natta Jr. and journalist Jacob Feldman chat with writers and editors from across the industry as an audio extension of The Sunday Long Read e-mail newsletter.

What has The Sunday Long Read Podcast covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Tablet's editor on opinion writing and Gen Z’s newfound love of print" (13 December 2025, 46 minutes), "Journalist Bradley Hope talks narrative writing and the future of AI" (17 October 2025, 48 minutes), and "“Proximity is power”: Max Blau on mixing investigative and feature writing (Live at UGA)" (26 September 2025, 71 minutes).

How often does The Sunday Long Read Podcast publish?

The Sunday Long Read Podcast publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 44 minutes across 68 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on The Sunday Long Read Podcast?

Booking probability for The Sunday Long Read Podcast is 23%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Sunday Long Read Podcast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Sunday Long Read Podcast's contact route on record: verified email.

Who should pitch The Sunday Long Read Podcast?

The strongest fits for The Sunday Long Read Podcast are News, Magazine & Book Publishing. The Sunday Long Read Podcast has an arts audience.

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    Tablet's editor on opinion writing and Gen Z’s newfound love of print

    Dec 13, 202546 minS0

    <p>Q&A: Tablet Magazine's EIC on opinion writing and Gen Z’s newfound love of print </p> <p>In a new Sunday Long Read podcast episode, Alana Newhouse, the editor-in-chief of Tablet Magazine, unpacks one of the...

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    Journalist Bradley Hope talks narrative writing and the future of AI

    Oct 17, 202548 minS0

    <p>Journalist Bradley Hope talks narrative writing and the future of AI</p> <p>In a new Q&A with the Sunday Long Read, journalist Bradley Hope chats about his recent story for WIRED: a deep dive into the deadly sinking...

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    “Proximity is power” : Max Blau on mixing investigative and feature writing (Live at UGA)

    Sep 26, 20251h 11mS0

    <p>Sunday Long Read co-founder Jacob Feldman talks with ProPublica’s Max Blau in a wide-ranging conversation about his piece “I Don’t Want to Die”: Needing Mental Health Care, He Got Trapped in His Insurer’s Ghost...

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    What does Hampton Inn’s popularity say about us, with Bloomberg’s Patrick Clark

    Aug 29, 202528 minS0

    <p>The Sunday Long Read chats with Bloomberg’s Patrick Clark about one of his latest articles: a deep dive into the hotel chain Hampton Inn, and why its reputation as being "rigorously OK” has led, unexpectedly, to...

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    Thinking about your sun exposure this summer? Journalist Rowan Jacobsen has answers

    Jul 12, 202545 minS0

    <p>Q&A: Thinking about your sun exposure this summer? Journalist Rowan Jacobsen has answers</p> <p>As summer officially kicks off, Behind the Story host Amanda Ulrich chats with fellow journalist Rowan Jacobsen about...

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    Talking ’60s rock and the art of the celebrity interview with Geoff Edgers

    May 23, 202553 minS0

    <p>Talking ’60s rock and the art of the celebrity interview with Geoff Edgers</p> <p>Behind the Story host and journalist Amanda Ulrich chats with The Washington Post’s Geoff Edgers about everything music and pop...

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    Behind the Story : Rhana Natour on the plight of Palestinian child amputees

    Apr 25, 202542 minS0

    <p>SLR podcast host and writer Amanda Ulrich talks with fellow journalist Rhana Natour about her National Magazine Award-winning story, "Coming to America." That piece, written for The Atavist Magazine last year, tells...

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    Behind the Story: Writer Natalia Galicza unveils the horrors of solitary confinement

    Mar 28, 202540 minS0

    <p>Host and journalist Amanda Ulrich chats with fellow writer Natalia Galicza of Deseret Magazine about her reporting on solitary confinement, the future of long-form journalism, and Natalia's surprise at being selected...

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    Behind The Story : James Robenalt

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    <p>In a new piece for Vanity Fair, author and presidential historian James Robenalt, who has written about commanders in chief from Warren G. Harding to Donald J. Trump, uncovers the full story of JFK and Jackie’s...

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    Behind The Story : Caity Weaver

    Jan 11, 202532 minS0

    <p>The first time Caity Weaver, a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine, heard about the legend of Zozobra, she stumbled upon it almost by accident. Back in 2018, Weaver and her now-husband happened to be visiting...

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    SLR Podcast Classics : Wright Thompson & Seth Wickersham

    Dec 29, 20241h 17mS0

    <p>This holiday season, we are rereleasing some of our favorite Sunday Long Read Podcast episodes of all time. A few years ago, SLR cofounder Don Van Natta Jr. spoke to his friends and colleagues, Wright Thompson and...

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    SLR Podcast Classics : Jeanne Marie Laskas

    Dec 22, 202448 minS0

    <p>This holiday season, we are rereleasing some of our favorite Sunday Long Read Podcast episodes of all time. Around five years ago, SLR cofounder Jacob Feldman spoke to journalist Jeanne Marie Laskas about her GQ...

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    Behind The Story : Lizzie Presser

    Dec 11, 202429 minS0

    In one of her latest longform articles for ProPublica, reporter Lizzie Presser tells the story of teenagers caught on opposite sides of the drug trade: those who are selling opioids and those who are using them. In an...

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    Behind The Story: ‘What’s the Deal with Republicans and Steakhouses?’

    Nov 2, 202433 minS0

    Why do steakhouses have such a stranglehold on Republicans in Washington D.C.? Washingtonian's Jessica Sidman joined one of the party members to find out and ended up having “the most Washington night of my entire life...

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    What’s Truly a “True Story” in Hollywood (with Naomi Despres & John Gatins)

    Jul 26, 202443 minS0

    <p>In March, after years of work, producer Naomi Despres and screenwriter John Gatins released “Little Wing,” the story of a young pigeon racer, first told by Susan Orlean, in The New Yorker. In this episode of The...

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    Texas Monthly's adaptation boom (with Megan Creydt)

    Jul 12, 202436 minS0

    <p>Over the last few years, Texas Monthly has had a booming success on the big and small screen, turning impeccable stories into films and TV series. In an interview with The Sunday Long Read’s Jacob Feldman, Texas...

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    Speaking To The Nerds (with Marc Bernardin)

    Jun 28, 202445 minS0

    <p>A self-described “Star War Kid” and “nerd,” Marc Bernardin left journalism a few years ago to follow his dream: becoming a television writer. Bernardin explains to host Jacob Feldman why nerd culture took over...

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    The Art of Big Audience Storytelling (with Jessica Pressler)

    Jun 13, 202438 minS0

    <p>In a span of only three years, two of Jessica Pressler’s New York Magazine stories ended up on screen, a journey that involved a playdate with Julia Stiles in Queens. In an interview with Don Van Natta Jr., Pressler...

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    Take a Joke, Episode 4: Edith Zimmerman

    Nov 9, 202339 minS0

    <p>Edith Zimmerman rocketed to media stardom early in her career. Her editing of the influential and hilarious website The Hairpin got her a place on Forbes’ 30 under 30—at only twenty-eight, she was a “much sought...

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    Take A Joke, Episode 3: Matt Shearer

    Nov 4, 202345 minS0

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