TWINS FEST, the documentary featured in Long Lead's new feature DOUBLE MEANING, is live on YouTube. In it, twins and multiples who attended the 2025 Twins Days Festival share their experiences growing up with their siblings and what "singletons" may not know about being a twin. Watch now.

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In many ways, it was sheer luck what circumstances families came back to after Japanese American incarceration in World War II. While some families had loyal neighbors who took care of their properties, others had their prized possessions stolen from them. youtu.be/44InlxZz2AY

In an era when creative industries feel compelled to bend toward predictability, or toward formats that are easy to market, adapt, or monetize, Dan @taberski.bsky.social’s work feels like a reminder of what originally made podcasting exciting: its unruliness, nuance, and permission to go deep.

Twins deal with many misconceptions about their experiences from people who weren't born the same day as their siblings. While some multiples identify with twin tropes, such as reading each other’s minds or being able to feel the other’s pain, identical twins Brenda and Kendra don't.

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As a pair of twins, the Ireland sisters share how people expect the same things of them — even to the point they assumed they were pregnant at the same time. In "Twins Fest" — Long Lead's documentary made about the Twins Days Festival in Twinsburg, OH — twins share their experiences.

Congratulations to @calebgayle.bsky.social, whose new book "Black Moses" was named a best book of the year by The New York Times, The Washington Post, Kirkus, and Publishers Weekly!

On December 17, 1944, the U.S. approved the end to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, declaring that "evacuees" could return to their homes on January 2, 1945.

Following Sunday's Bondi Beach shooting, Australian lawmakers are already working toward creating stronger gun measures to prevent mass shootings in the future. So why aren't gun laws in the U.S. changed so swiftly?

I haven't been Blue Skying it much but checked in and there's loads of interesting stuff going on here. Figured I should throw a link to my interview with Mary Roach into the mix. Oh and subscribe to @longlead.com's Depth Perception. You'll be glad you did. (It's free!)

Twins have a lot to teach us about identity, friendship, support, community, and more. In Long Lead's newest feature, DOUBLE MEANING, viewers are taken inside the annual Twins Days Festival to learn about the special bonds twins have — and what non-twins might learn from them. twins.longlead.com

Podcaster Dan Taberski (@taberski.bsky.social) isn’t concerned with knowing how he’ll tell the story before he jumps into making one of his “audio documentaries.” It’s something he’s learned over time — with his seventh show coming out next summer.

This @longlead.com piece on twins is the tonic for this moment... A lovely, lighthearted journalism feature that asks deeper questions about belonging and unity. What do twins know that the rest of us don't? Take a break from doom-scrolling and check it out here: twins.longlead.com

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When describing the annual Twins Days festival in Twinsburg, Ohio, which has been recorded by the @guinnessworldrecords.com as the “Largest Annual Gathering of Twins in the World,” the Jean-François sisters share it's “freaky and beautiful all at the same time."

Identical twins Joyce Malone and Jacintha Malone-Smith describe their relationship as having a “built-in best friend,” which is a common sentiment among twins.

When @seamushughes.bsky.social discovered that Julian Assange had been secretly indicted by the U.S. government, he didn’t immediately recognize it as a major scoop. He’d been casually scrolling through court documents after reading "Dragons Love Tacos" to his kids, when he noticed something odd.

Twins and multiples have their own unique life experiences, but the way their lives intertwine — like the double helix of DNA they share — can be beautiful and complex.

A terrorism scholar by training, @seamushughes.bsky.social has spent years developing an uncanny mastery of the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) — a system the journalist calls one of the worst things ever created in life.

A new group of 230 Kenyan police arrived in Haiti on Monday to fight gangs who have taken over the Caribbean country's capital of Port-au-Prince. 📷: Clarens Siffroy/AFP via Getty

TLDR Reporters: if you get a random tip from me, I don’t have an angle. I just want you to go do what you were born to do.

@seamushughes.bsky.social doesn't necessarily seek out breaking a story or scoop — he just really likes journalism and wants stories to be told. The journalist weighs in on his philosophy when sharing leads with other organizations.

When considering how their relationship is different from those with others, identical twins Brenda and Kendra talk about how they can be themselves, never fearing that the other will get mad if they say something wrong. 📷: Sarah Rogers

LONG SHADOW's top episode on Spotify this year was the season four finale BREAKING THE INTERNET's "The Red Pill." The season culminates with how the "manosphere" contributes to the resurgence of Donald Trump and a constitutional crisis that holds American democracy in the balance.

COURT WATCH founder @seamushughes.bsky.social sees court records at puzzles, becoming a pro at navigating PACER, the online repository for federal court records. The journalist has broken news that may not have seen the light of day, even discovering the scoop that Julian Assange had been indicted.

For @longlead.com our founder talks with @parkermolloy.com about our origin story of tracking thousands of court records and breaking hundreds of stories through Court Watch depthperceptionbyll.substack.com/p/seamus-hug...

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In a time that's never felt more lonely or isolating for people, twins are a master class in the benefits of societal support and connection — something that non-twins could learn from and apply to their own lives.

When considering the best journalistic advice he's received, @davejorgenson.bsky.social shares, "the best journalists are generous journalists." He recalls how when launching his outlet Local News International, journalists like Cleo Abram and @karaswisher.bsky.social offered their time and advice.

When discussing Japanese American internment with his father years later, @georgetakei.bsky.social recalls how his father both admired President Franklin D. Roosevelt, but accepted him as an infallible human who made a mistake when signing Executive Order 9066, unjustly interning Japanese Americans.

The Washington Post's TikTok guy @davejorgenson.bsky.social has launched his own media outlet. Local News International — which Jorgenson launched with two of his former WaPo colleagues — is taking a social-first approach to journalism, telling news to younger audiences on TikTok and YouTube.

December 7, 1941: a date which will live in infamy after the Empire of Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. That day set off a chain of actions that would come to impact over 100,000 Japanese Americans who were forced to live in incarceration camps until the end of World War II after the passing of EO 9066

Twins have a unique bond that can’t be understood by siblings who weren’t born into the world together. Long Lead’s latest feature DOUBLE MEANING takes you inside the annual Twins Days Festival to learn more about what we can learn from twins. Check it out now: twins.longlead.com

Journalist @davejorgenson.bsky.social is building his own media empire. Jorgenson — who was formerly at The Washington Post, where he launched its TikTok, amassing nearly 2M followers — and his new outlet Local News International are reimagining news for a generation raised on short-form video.

This @davejorgenson.bsky.social interview by @parkermolloy.com is wonderful — I had no idea he got his start on The Colbert Report! Read and subscribe to DEPTH PERCEPTION for other even juicier... um... bits?

Twins tend to live longer than singletons — or people who aren't twins — according to research from the University of Washington and the Danish Twin Registry.

When walking into Twinsburg, OH on one specific weekend in August, it may feel like "The Twilight Zone" as multiples walk around in matching outfits, participate in a parade and talent shows at the annual Twins Days Festival.

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@davejorgenson.bsky.social is betting on himself. The journalist — who launched The Washington Post's TikTok, amassing nearly 2 million followers by making news funny and accessible — has launched his own social-first media company with the goal of making news more palatable for audiences.

Twins have a bond that can’t be understood by “singletons,” or what they call people who aren’t twins. In DOUBLE MEANING, photojournalist Sarah Rogers and filmmaker Kate Bennis made the trek to the annual Twins Days Festival, a gathering to celebrate multiples being the same, but different.

LONG SHADOW: BREAKING THE INTERNET — Long Lead's limited series history podcast hosted by @vermontgmg.bsky.social — is a Bronze Anthem Award winner in the Podcast or Audio - Awareness Categories, Responsible Technology Category.

At a twins festival in Twinsburg, OH, differences start to fade away during one specific weekend a year. It's the Twins Days Festival, when multiples from all over the world descend in celebration of their sameness — sharing much of their DNA with their sibling.

On a winter night in 2010, Alenka Artnik, sunken by grief, found herself alone on a bridge, contemplating suicide. Ten years later, she has become the world’s greatest female freediver and is getting stronger with each record-breaking plunge.

After FDR signed Executive Order 9066 which allowed for the incarceration of Japanese American citizens during WWII, families were forced to leave home without much prep. Some incarcerees were newborns, like Jo Anne Naka, who was raised in horse stables while her family awaited relocation orders.

@brendanomeara.bsky.social's book "The Front Runner" is about track and field icon Steve Prefontaine, who was "on the vanguard of what we would call branding today." During the book-writing process, O'Meara revealed how much writers receive from their book deals in his PITCH CLUB newsletter.

Long Lead is excited to announce that our work has been honored with three 2025 Anthem Awards. The Anthem Awards amplify voices that spark global change and are a benchmark for social impact work.

The World Health Organization (WHO) Commission on Social Connection released a global report earlier this year with findings that 1 in 6 people worldwide is affected by loneliness, with significant impacts on health and well-being.

THE LAST DROPS OF MEXICO CITY is a 2025 Anthem Awards winner. The feature took home a Bronze in the News & Journalism - Awareness Categories, Sustainability, Environment & Climate Category.

Every first weekend of August, thousands of twins from around the world gather in Twinsburg, OH to find fellowship celebrating their similarities — and differences.