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Longform was an American media company founded in Brooklyn, New York City, in April 2010 by journalists Max Linsky and Aaron Lammer.[1] It operated a longform article recommendation service until January 2022, and hosted an interview podcast with journalists talking about their craft until June 2024.[2] PodcastThe Longform Podcast, hosted by Linsky and Lammer, along with Evan Ratliff, was launched in 2012 in a makeshift studio at the offices of The Atavist Magazine.[3] It consisted of interviews with journalists talking about their craft.[4] Its 585 episodes[5] were published weekly, with the hosts alternating.[3] Each episode interviewed one journalist, sometimes discussing a singular story they'd written and other times their entire oeuvre.[5] It joined the Vox Media Podcast Network in August 2021.[6] It published its last episode in June 2024, at which time The New York Times wrote that it had become "required listening for aspiring and early-career writers who were eager to learn about how the people they looked up to — from veterans of legacy publications to bloggers at new media start-ups — made it to where they were."[3] Owen Lewis, writing for Defector, praised Linsky's "knack for asking unflinching and unexpected questions in a style that comes off as more curious than intrusive".[7] Nicholas Quah wrote for Vulture, "What Longform has created is a historical record of American nonfiction that's so monumental it should really be housed at a university somewhere."[8] He asked various journalists for their favorite episodes, which included one where Linsky interviewed writer Sam Fragoso while accidentally high on edibles.[8] EpisodesArticle recommendation serviceLongform operated a longform article recommendation service from its founding until January 2022.[2] Its referral sources included the dating website OkCupid, where people shared their love of the site.[10] From 2014 to 2017, it maintained an app for readers to browse its picks.[8] References
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