Pocket Hits: Best Long Reads of 2024

The Texan Doctor and the Disappeared Saudi Princesses. The Lure of Divorce.

December 30, 2024 Pocket's Greatest Hits: Long Reads The Newsletter's Best Long Reads of 2024, Including A High School Imposter, Saudi Princesses, and Toxic Tesla Culture 1   The Lure of Divorce Seven years into my marriage, I hit a breaking point. Since then, I've had to decide whether life would be better without my husband in it. The Cut Emily Gould Save 2   What Boeing Did to All the Guys Who Remember How to Build a Plane Boeing was in a perpetual state of unlearning all the lessons it had absorbed over a 90-year ascent to the pinnacle of global manufacturing. American Prospect Maureen Tkacik Save 3   His Best Friend Was a 250-Pound Warthog. One Day, It Decided to Kill Him. Austin Riley spent decades raising exotic animals in the Texas Hill Country. In a split second, the animal he thought he knew best changed his life forever. Texas Monthly Peter Holley Save 4   The Secret Lives of Shelby Hewitt, 32-Year-Old High School Imposter Why did a state social worker pose as a teen in three Boston schools and a treatment center? And how could nobody notice for so long? The Boston Globe Patricia Wen Save 5   The Titan Submersible Disaster Shocked the World. The Exclusive Inside Story Is More Disturbing Than Anyone Imagined A year after OceanGate's sub imploded, thousands of leaked documents and interviews with ex-employees reveal how the company's CEO cut corners, ignored warnings, and lied in his fatal quest to reach the Titanic. WIRED Mark Harris Save 6   How Four Posts on Instagram Destroyed Her Life On Oct. 7, an Israeli college student opened her phone. What she did next landed her in prison. The New York Times Staff Save 7   The Toxic Culture at Tesla The factory floors at America's top seller of electric vehicles are rife with racial harassment, sexual abuse, and injuries on the job. The Nation Bryce Covert Save 8   She Was Accused of Faking an Incriminating Video of Teenage Cheerleaders. The Problem? Nothing Was Fake After All. The moral panic following Raffaella Spone's 'deepfake' video spread around the world. She talks for the first time about being the centre of a story in which nothing was as it seemed. The Guardian Jenny Kleeman Save 9   The Texan Doctor and the Disappeared Saudi Princesses Four daughters in the royal family were kept drugged and imprisoned for almost two decades. A physician who tried to free them speaks out for the first time. The New Yorker Heidi Blake Save 10   Fergie Chambers is Heir to One of America's Richest Families — and Determined to See the U.S. Fall He's a scion of wealth, a loud and proud Communist, and a "professional revolutionary" who has been on the front lines from Standing Rock to Cop City — and made plenty of enemies along the way. Rolling Stone David Peisner Save Thanks for reading! If you enjoyed this newsletter, please share it with a friend. Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe now to get Pocket in your inbox every day. Take Pocket everywhere You're receiving this email because you subscribed to Pocket. Unsubscribe • Manage Preferences • Privacy Policy • Help Center • Advertise © 2024 Mozilla Corporation, 149 New Montgomery St, 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105