Episode 95: Wesley Morris

Wesley Morris, a Pulitzer Prize winner, covers film at Grantland. "That's what writing about race and popular culture is for me: it's crime reporting. It's not me looking for an agenda when I go to the movies ... but I feel a moral responsibility to report a crime being committed. That's what I'm forced to do over and over again." Thanks to this week's sponsors, Warby Parker and TinyLetter. Show notes: @wesley_morris Morris's Grantland archive [1:15] Reba modeling Warby Parker [37:15] "The Cultural Crater of 12 Years a Slave" (Grantland • Oct 2013) [39:15] "Strange Fruitvale" (Grantland • Jul 2013) [39:15] Longform Podcast #89: Alice Gregory [40:00] Longform Podcast #7: Ta-Nehisi Coates [40:00] "The Case for Reparations" (Ta-Nehisi Coates • The Atlantic • May 2014) [55:30] "The Unstoppable Scarlett Johansson" (Anthony Lane • New Yorker • Mar 2014) [47:30] Molly Lambert's Grantland archive Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices