Episode 47: Steve Kandell

Published: June 26, 2013, 4:43 p.m.

Steve Kandell is the longfom editor at BuzzFeed.\n\n"What would be the sort of longer, narrative nonfiction, journalistic equivalent of something that would have the same effect on you as a bunch of cat GIFs? And not because it's cute, but it's the kind of thing that makes you go, 'OK, I need a lot of other people to see this.'"\n\nThanks to TinyLetter for sponsoring this week's episode.\n\nShow notes:\n@SteveKandell\n"David Lee Roth Will Not Go Quietly" (BuzzFeed \u2022 Apr 2012)\n[7:30] "The Movie Set That Ate Itsef" (Michael Idov \u2022 GQ \u2022 November 2011)\n[7:45] "Here Is What Happens When You Cast Lindsay Lohan in Your Movie" (Stephen Rodrick \u2022 New York Times Magazine \u2022 January 2013)\n[16:35] "How 'Golden Eagle Snatches Kid' Ruled the Internet" (Chris Stokel-Walker \u2022 BuzzFeed \u2022 February 2013)\n[17:35] "The Ghosts of Jonesboro: Fifteen Years After A School Shooting, a Small Town Is Still Recovering" (David Peisner \u2022 BuzzFeed \u2022 March 2013)\n[23:40] "Atari Teenage Riot: The Inside Story of Pong and the Video Game Industry's Big Bang" (Chris Stokel-Walker \u2022 BuzzFeed \u2022 November 2012)\n[24:30] "Dispatches from the Front Line of Florida's Wild Python Hunt" (Amanda Petrusich \u2022 BuzzFeed \u2022 February 2013)\n[27:00] "When A Ten-Year Old Kills His Nazi Father, Who's To Blame?" (Natasha Vargas-Cooper \u2022 BuzzFeed \u2022 February 2013)\n[34:30] "Why Did Jodon Romero Kill Himself on Live Television?" (Jessica Testa \u2022 BuzzFeed \u2022 May 2013)\n[35:40] "How A War Hero Became A Serial Bank Robber" (Scott Johnson \u2022 BuzzFeed \u2022 March 2013)\n[36:10] "Deep Inside the Biggest Little Dildo Factory in America" (Natasha Vargas-Cooper \u2022 BuzzFeed \u2022 May 2013)\n[41:30] "Ben Mathis-Lilly's Brilliant Tirade on New Media" (Storify)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices