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Hawaii

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Life's Swell

On surfer girls in Maui; the story that led to the film Blue Crush.

Susan Orlean Outside Sep 1998 20min Permalink

Travel

Hawaii's Last Outlaw Hippies

They’ve built a hidden society in a state park. Among the haole squatters of Kalalau.

Brendan Borrell Hakai Magazine Feb 2018 Permalink

Sports

Iron Manhattan

Two men. Five days. Five boroughs. Five 140.6-mile triathlons.

Bill Bradley Deadspin Jan 2018 15min Permalink

Sports

At Home With the Best Surfer on the Planet

A profile of 24-year-old John John Florence.

Zach Baron GQ May 2017 15min Permalink

Politics Science

Sovereignty Under the Stars

Astronomy, history, and spirituality collide at the summit of Hawaii’s Mauna Kea.

Trevor Quirk Virginia Quarterly Review Jan 2017 30min Permalink

Business Travel

The World's Smallest Ukulele

Scenes from a class conflict playing out between millionaires and billionaires on Hawaii’s Big Island.

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Previously: Robert Kolker on the Longform Podcast

Robert Kolker Bloomberg Businessweek May 2016 15min Permalink

Science Travel

Roommates on Mars

Training for a Mars mission on a Hawaiian volcano

Tom Kizzia New Yorker Apr 2015 25min Permalink

Off Diamond Head

Growing up among the tall waves and schoolyard bullies of Hawaii.

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Excerpted from Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life.

William Finnegan New Yorker May 2015 35min Permalink

Business Tech

Larry Ellison Bought an Island in Hawaii. Now What?

How the tech billionaire came to own 87,000 acres, three hotels, a wastewater treatment plant, a cemetery and 380 cats.

Jon Mooallem New York Times Magazine Sep 2014 30min Permalink

Crime Science

Who Would Kill a Monk Seal?

An endangered-species murder mystery in Hawaii.

Jon Mooallem New York Times Magazine May 2013 20min Permalink

Travel

Eddie Is Gone

On surf legend Eddie Aikau and the complicated history of Hawaii.

Nicole Pasulka The Believer Sep 2012 15min Permalink

Travel

The Curse of Lono

A trip to Hawaii to cover a marathon.

Hunter S. Thompson Playboy Dec 1983 Permalink

The Wave-Maker

In 1998, at age 45, Ken Bradshaw surfed the tallest wave in recorded history.

William Langewiesche Vanity Fair Feb 2011 35min Permalink