Click here for audio-related links and here for stuttering-related links.
Narrative journalism sites
The Sunday Long Read, curated by Don Van Natta Jr. and Andrew Feldblum, sends out a weekly newsletter with links to the week’s best journalism.
Longreads has a regular newsletter too.
Nieman Storyboard, run by Harvard’s Nieman Foundation and edited by the legendary Jacqui Banaszynski, promotes important conversation about narrative non-fiction, including “Why’s this so good?” dissections.
Wired editor Nick Thompson has a good periodic newsletter of interesting reads. So do Kirsten Martin (a.k.a. The News Gal) and Longreads founder Mark Armstrong.
The hosts of Longform podcast talk with nonfiction writers about their work.
Barry’s favorite stories by others
A five-year running list, updated each December.
Outstanding journalists
Podcasts that tell stories over multiple episodes
A Killing in Waikiki (Offshore, Season 1)
Chameleon: Hollywood Con Queen
The Blood Calls (Offshore, Season 3)
Favorite radio stations
Click here for a music-heavy list.
Interviews with Barry
Politics & Polls: Barry discusses voting rights in North Carolina with Julian Zelizer and Sam Wang, Princeton University, in 2018. Listen here.
Living in Poverty: a 2010 conversation between Barry and Prime Time Radio’s Mike Cuthbert about seniors at the economic margin. Includes audio clips of three family matriarchs interviewed by Barry. Listen below.
Background Briefing: Barry discusses private military companies with Ian Masters, KPFK-FM, Los Angeles in 2004. Listen below.
Barry has been active in the stuttering self-help community for three decades. Click here to read to hear him discuss his journey in a 2021 interview with Allegra Michael.
Here’s a list of work about stuttering by people who stutter. It includes books, essays, poetry, and video.
