Longform

An oral history of WFAN.

“Calça de veludo ou bunda de fora.” Why Neymar, one of the world’s best talents hasn’t taken the money and run.

Confronting homophobia in Uganda.

For days I've been slogging through a rain-soaked jungle in Indonesian New Guinea, on a quest to visit members of the Korowai tribe, among the last people on earth to practice cannibalism.

The psychic benefits of leaving New York.

The director on Obama, the state of black cinema, the Knicks, the Nets, the tragedy of public education in America, gentrified New York and why he lives on the Upper East Side.

A 7,000-word anatomy of the chaotic 9 minutes after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its health care ruling.

A veteran critic reviews 32 shows in 30 days.

The sewer hunters, or “toshers,” of 19th century London.

Knowing where to find the most valuable pieces of detritus was vital, and most toshers worked in gangs of three or four, led by a veteran who was frequently somewhere between 60 and 80 years old. These men knew the secret locations of the cracks that lay submerged beneath the surface of the sewer-waters, and it was there that cash frequently lodged.

An investigation into sexual violence on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation.

The murderous tale of Washington D.C. fabulist Albrecht Muth and his late wife Viola Drath.

The evolution of currency as “a complete abstraction.”

On New York City’s “Young Turks of radical urban playground design.”

His book panned in the New York Times after being misread by the critic, an author responds.

The story of booze and Bangalore.

On trying out for the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

On life in Los Angeles, and the specter of a second riot.

The playground, the Ivy League, the triangle offense,  and how we dreamed up a “black basketball” and “white basketball.”

The Constitution and its worshippers.

Inside the hacker ecosystem.

A CIA veteran remembers his Soviet nemesis, Leonid Vladimirovich Shebarshin, who was the chairman of the KGB for a single day during the 1991 coup against Gorbachev, and committed suicide in Moscow in March.

Experiments in making others feel good.

An ode to the MSNBC anchor.

“Good espresso depends on the fourM’s: Macchina, the espresso machine; Macinazione, the proper grinding of a beans; Miscela, the coffee blend and the roast, and Mano is the skilled hand of the barista, because even with the finest beans and the most advanced equipment, the shot depends on the touch and style of the barista.”