Here at Chicago Ideas, we’re constantly reading, researching and consuming—all as we work to put together a stellar lineup of programming. In Consumables, we share a few of our favorite places on the Internet each week.

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Return to Prison

In 2008, a clerical error led to Rene Lima-Marin’s release from prison—88 years earlier than intended. The Marshall Project, in collaboration with Matter, investigates in an important exploration of the line between justice and rehabilitation.

This Week on Your iPhone: Your emojis got so much better.

“Above My Pay Grade”

The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Report’s report on Rolling Stone’s “A Rape on Campus” is damning. It’s also filled with simple, sage advice that applies to everyone, journalist or not. 

Inside Jon Stewart’s Mind

How is Jon Stewart’s brain wired? New York Magazine talked to a neuroscientist to find out.

And Now: John Oliver

Using some good, old-fashioned Man on the Street interviewing skills, John Oliver uncovered a fact we’re sure the CIA is relieved to here: Most Americans can’t name Edward Snowden. Over at The Intercept, Glenn Greenwald argues this segment did more than just poke fun at individuals’ ignorance; it tapped into a growing vein of American political apathy.

The Gray Area

Is the abortion debate really as binary as the “pro-life” and “pro-choice” labels lead us to believe? Probably not, says Vox.

“To Do My Job, And Do It Well”

In an exclusive interview with Cosmopolitan, Chelsea Manning, convicted of leaking documents to WikiLeaks, opens up about her upbringing, the difficulties she faced in the military and her “transition to a living as a woman—behind bars.”

Conversations with Siri

The oldest coach in the NFL, the Giants’ Tom Coughlin, recounts a recent exchange with everyone’s favorite iPhone personality, Siri.

The Case of the Spiraling Serials

If you, like us, didn’t get enough Serial, don’t worry: There’s a new podcast promising to “plumb even greater depths” on its way, The Baltimore Sun reports.

Keep the Madness Alive

The New Yorker has temporarily freed John McPhee’s 1965 profile of Bill Bradley (who you may remember as Vice President Al Gore’s competition in the 2000 Democratic primary) from behind the paywall, and while it’s 50 years old, it’s also everything a profile on a college basketball star should be and more.

Breaking the Rules

Dating just keeps getting more and more overwhelming.

This Week at Chicago Ideas

We have a lot to share this week! First, help us buy books for CIW YOU(th). Then, catch up with our 2014 BHSI Fellows. Finally, if you’re really up for a challenge, apply to be a BHSI Fellow yourself!