Esquire Classic Podcast

Esquire Classic Podcast


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The Brain That Changed Everything, by Luke Dittrich
October 10, 2016

When a surgeon cut into Henry Molaison’s skull to treat him for epilepsy, he inadvertently created the most important brain-research subject of our time—a man who could no longer remember, who taught us everything we know about memory.

“I, Stalkerazzi” and “Angelina Jolie and the Torture of Fame,” by John H. Richardson
October 03, 2016

John H. Richardson on our cultural infatuation with celebrity and the humanity that lurks on both sides of the camera lens.

Nureyev Dancing In His Own Shadow, by Elizabeth Kaye
September 26, 2016

At the end of a glorious career, the defiant legend takes refuge in his most cherished partner—himself.

Frank Sinatra Has a Cold, by Gay Talese
September 19, 2016

And some of the most important people in some of the most important places in New York, New Jersey, Southern California and Las Vegas are suddenly developing postnasal drip

Styron’s Choices, by Philip Caputo
September 12, 2016

The artist’s life demands solitude, sensitivity, and often a little something to get him through the night. The very same things can destroy him

The Falling Man, by Tom Junod
September 06, 2016

Do you remember this photograph?

The American Male at Age Ten, by Susan Orlean
August 29, 2016

What it feels like to be a boy in America.

My Father, the Bachelor, by Martha Sherrill
August 22, 2016

He was a beautiful man, and someone had to liberate these women from their marriages. When he died, women grieved. Lots and lots of women.

A Few Words About Breasts, by Nora Ephron
August 15, 2016

Shaping up absurd.

Edwin Moses, by Mark Kram
August 08, 2016

A Hurdler in Inner Space.