The Great Organic-Food Fraud
There’s no way to confirm that a crop was grown organically. Randy Constant exploited our trust in the labels—and made a fortune.
There’s no way to confirm that a crop was grown organically. Randy Constant exploited our trust in the labels—and made a fortune.
Ian Parker New Yorker Nov 2021 Permalink
How an industrial designer became Apple’s greatest product.
Ian Parker New Yorker Feb 2015 Permalink
Dan Mallory, who writes under the name A. J. Finn, went to No. 1 with his debut thriller, The Woman in the Window. His life contains even stranger twists.
Ian Parker New Yorker Feb 2018 50min Permalink
A leftist journalist’s bruising crusade against establishment Democrats—and their Russia obsession.
Ian Parker New Yorker Aug 2018 50min Permalink
A profile of the documentary filmmaker.
Ian Parker New Yorker Sep 2017 30min Permalink
A brutal custody battle raises questions about who has a right to rear a child and what the legal meaning of a family should be.
Ian Parker New Yorker May 2017 45min Permalink
How the New York Times critic writes the reviews that make and break restaurants.
Ian Parker New Yorker Sep 2016 35min Permalink
On Edward St. Aubyn’s autobiographical Patrick Melrose novels.
Ian Parker New Yorker May 2014 50min Permalink
Bonobos are celebrated as peace-loving, matriarchal, and sexually liberated. Are they?
Ian Parker The New Yorker Jul 2007 45min Permalink
On Ambien and the search for the next blockbuster insomnia drug.
Ian Parker New Yorker Dec 2013 45min Permalink
A gay freshman at Rutgers, a spying roommate, and the trial that followed.
Update 3/16/12: The roommate, Dharun Ravi, has been found guilty of hate crimes.
Ian Parker New Yorker Jan 2012 50min Permalink
The definitive story of a ubiquitous software. PowerPoint’s origins, its evolution, and its mind-boggling impact on corporate culture.
Ian Parker New Yorker May 2001 20min Permalink
A profile of the perpetually disappointed Alec Baldwin.
Ian Parker New Yorker Sep 2008 35min Permalink
How Christopher Hitchens, a former socialist, became one of the most vigorous defenders of the war in Iraq.
Ian Parker New Yorker Oct 2006 40min Permalink