not to get serious on main but it was a god-damn honour publishing Behrouz Boochani over at The Story this week. what a piece.

MrBeast makes bad content that people can’t stop watching. And—knowingly or not—he uses these five psychological strategies to do it. thestory.au/articles/how-m…

In this excerpt from her memoir on growing up with a famous comedian as a father, writer Lorinimus reflects on the mornings she spent in that most fertile ground for storytelling: the parental bed. thestory.au/articles/lorin…

I was thinking about this generational tendency (captured by Naomi Klein's NO LOGO) again after reading this excellent explainer from Chris Harrigan about why YT never shows me Mr Beast vids.

Conservatives have long dominated the political battlefield with simple slogans (and simpler thinking). PR legend David Fenton, whose campaigns helped reverse the nuclear arms race and end apartheid in South Africa, says it's time the left did the same. thestory.au/articles/david…

Last month, the group behind #nanowrimo called banning AI from its annual novel-writing challenge “classist and ableist”. Authors revolted—sparking debate about the very nature of creativity, writes new display name of some kind. thestory.au/articles/ai-ch…

Three times a week, writer Ryan Broderick attempts to make sense of the internet in his wildly popular Garbage Day newsletter. We asked him how he stays sane, finds the story in the noise, and turns writing emails into a full-time job. thestory.au/articles/ryan-…

got to chat (via email) with one of the best to ever do it, restoring my faith in the exchange of short informational messages between at least two people over a computer network

The brain behind Maria Popova reads widely on every subject under the sun—then weaves what she's read into impossibly long essays of her own. Would reading her entire output make you a more enlightened human? Writer @kirstendrysdale decided to find out. thestory.au/articles/life-…

In the wake of 2023’s ‘media apocalypse’, a plucky band of resistance websites has decided to fight back. Have journalist-run co-operatives like Defector, 404 Media and Hell Gate *subscribe today!* finally cracked the content code? Writer James Shackell reports. thestory.au/articles/coope…

He was one of Amazon's most prolific product reviewers, writing over a million words for the platform over 16 prolific years. But when poet and author Kevin Killian died in 2019, he left behind something more profound than just shopping advice. thestory.au/articles/amazo…

The news is infinite. Your cortisol levels are finite. As America's democratic experiment faces its next chaotic act, here's a media diet field guide for processing political reality without losing your grip on it. thestory.au/articles/media…

The Stack: We celebrate 15 years of Delayed Gratification, plus we hear from Chris Harrigan of new Australian title The Story and speak with Claire Hazan, the head of editorial content for GQ France monocle.com/radio/shows/th…