In this week’s edition of the What Hurts Podcast, Phil Bronstein (who wrote the exclusive story on the guy who shot Osama bin Laden) and I talk about when it’s ok and not ok to share information; from government leaks to salacious rumors. We also identify the lowest rung of the Hollywood hierarchy, and of course, there’s news of bacon. You can listen to What Hurts on our web page or subscribe in your favorite podcast app.

+ In The Atlantic, David Ignatius on How ISIS Spread in the Middle East (and how to stop it).

+ “Monitored by the authorities, unable to go near schools or parks, forced to make his home on the outskirts of a tiny town. It’s exactly the kind of miserable life a pervert deserves, he would tell you — if he were one.” Michael Hall with a pretty remarkable piece in Texas Monthly: The Outcast.

+ Mashable: Inside Apple’s Perfection Machine.