Mr. (Swipe) Right?
After a year of tumult and scandal at Tinder, ousted founder Sean Rad is back in charge. Now can he — and his company — grow up?
After a year of tumult and scandal at Tinder, ousted founder Sean Rad is back in charge. Now can he — and his company — grow up?
Nellie Bowles California Sunday Jan 2016 25min Permalink
As an “angry young man,” Ghost World author Daniel Clowes insulted Stan Lee and Art Spiegelman in a graphic novel’s satirical alternate reality. It was born from a nagging self-doubt that, despite the cartoonist’s current recognition and status, lingers.
Robert Ito California Sunday Feb 2016 15min Permalink
Arno Smit bilked millions out of Tulare County dairy workers (and at least one wealthy widow). Then he disappeared.
Tessa Stuart California Sunday Jan 2016 25min Permalink
The Philippines is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist, especially if you’re in talk radio.
Saul Elbein California Sunday Nov 2015 15min Permalink
How a tiny island 5,000 miles from the U.S. mainland has produced so many NFL players.
Mike Sager California Sunday Nov 2015 20min Permalink
The dwindling fortunes of Gillette, Wyoming.
Abe Streep California Sunday Oct 2015 25min Permalink
Dr. Joel Dreyer was a respected psychiatrist. Then he took a sudden turn to a life of drug dealing. Medicine might be able to explain why.
Erika Hayasaki California Sunday Sep 2015 20min Permalink
The growing – and uneasy – alliances between the military and Silicon Valley.
E.B. Boyd California Sunday Sep 2015 15min Permalink
Behind the scenes with the creator of Black-ish.
Robert Ito California Sunday Aug 2015 10min Permalink
The struggle to build a wine industry in rural China.
Amy Qin California Sunday Jul 2015 20min Permalink
He decided to bury a box of treasure in the desert. Why?
Taylor Clark California Sunday Jul 2015 Permalink
The work of California Task Force Two, the “Seal Team Six of disaster aid.”
Vince Beiser California Sunday Jul 2015 Permalink
In 1948, a man was found on a beach in South Australia. The circumstances of his death and his identity were rich with mystery. When an amateur sleuth became obsessed, he could not imagine where the clues would lead him.
Graeme Wood California Sunday Jun 2015 Permalink
High school dropouts are descending on San Francisco with nothing more than a backpacks full of clothes and ideas.
Nellie Bowles California Sunday May 2015 Permalink
Inside the world of “Wooks,” the loner-craftsmen behind the coming marijuana-concentrate boom.
Mike Sager California Sunday Apr 2015 Permalink
She teaches directors to direct.
Starlee Kine California Sunday Apr 2015 Permalink
A profile of Sage Kimzey, the 20-year-old king of rodeo.
Abe Streep California Sunday Feb 2015 Permalink
The water’s nearly gone in the San Joaquin Valley, and an old farmer sees the writing on the wall.
Mark Arax California Sunday Jan 2015 Permalink
On the border of Utah and Arizona, Mormon fundamentalists have long lived according to their own rules. When a former sect member and his family moved to the town where he’d grown up, they expected a homecoming. What they got was a war.
Ashley Powers California Sunday Dec 2014 Permalink
Ted Ngoy overcame poverty and escaped genocide, made a fortune off doughnuts and gambled it all away. Now he’s back on top, with hundreds of shops in California, but under attack from Dunkin’ Donuts.
Greg Nichols California Sunday Oct 2014 Permalink