How all those elves made it into everyone's living room shelvesBy Adriene Hill, Mukta Mohan, and Daisy PalaciosDecember 24, 2015Mark Baylor/flickr/Creative CommonsThe "Elf on the Shelf" is relatively new but it's has quickly become a tradition in many households.POSTED IN: Christmas Books ListenreadDownloadDownload
Charting the 37 most important rap songs since 1979By Molly WoodDecember 04, 2015Illustration by Arturo Torres/Courtesy of Abrams BooksShea Serrano's book tracks influential songs, and the rise of rap overall. POSTED IN: Books rap rap music Music ListenreadDownloadDownload
Miranda July takes the Marketplace QuizBy Raghu ManavalanOctober 30, 2015Andrew Toth/Getty Images for The New Yorker FestivalArtist, writer, and director Miranda July takes our money-inspired personality quiz.POSTED IN: marketplace quiz film Books ListenreadDownloadDownload
E-book subscription services have tricky business modelBy Annie BaxterSeptember 22, 2015Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesThe e-book subscription service Oyster is calling it quits after a couple years.POSTED IN: e-books Amazon Scribd Oyster ListenreadDownloadDownload
The business of being nakedBy Eliza MillsJune 05, 2015Courtesy of Mark Haskell SmithNude tourism is an industry worth hundreds of millions of dollars per year.POSTED IN: nude tourism nudism Books authors Mark Smith naked ListenreadDownloadDownload
Shhh ... we're talking about Fight ClubBy Kai Ryssdal, Mukta Mohan, and Robert GarrovaMay 26, 2015Neilson Barnard/Getty ImagesWe're breaking the rules to talk about the sequel to Fight Club. POSTED IN: authors marketing comic books ListenreadDownloadDownload
Writing your way to the White HouseBy Nancy Marshall-GenzerMay 14, 2015Nancy Marshall-Genzer/MarketplaceThe campaign book has become a rite of passage for presidential hopefuls.POSTED IN: Congress election Books publishing presidential candidates ListenreadDownloadDownload
Jon Ronson on the renaissance of public shamingBy David Lazarus and Jenny AmentApril 17, 2015Wikipedia CommonsDealing with collective outrage in the digital age.POSTED IN: Jon Ronson public media social media authors Books public shaming trolling Internet ListenreadDownloadDownload
America's next financial crisis?By Kai RyssdalMarch 23, 2015Spencer Platt/Getty Images)Author Michael Lewis talks about high-frequency trading, a year after "Flash Boys"POSTED IN: high frequency trading Books Michael Lewis Wall Street ListenreadDownloadDownload