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Blow Hard

Scott Storch, a producer who earned six figures for beats he made in less than an hour, was worth an estimated $70 million. Then he blew it all in a bizarre cocaine binge.

Gus Garcia-Roberts Miami New Times Apr 2010 20min Permalink

Arts Music

Alanis in Chains

Alanis Morissette, before the making of Jagged Little Pill.

Soraya Roberts Hazlitt Jun 2015 20min Permalink

Crime

Relentless

The sheriff of Putnam County, Georgia, finally meets a case he can’t solve.

Joe Kovac Jr. Atlanta Magazine May 2015 20min Permalink

Sports

The Troubled, Tormented, Surprisingly Lucky Life of Michael Graham

What happened to one of the most hated basketball players in NCAA history after playing a single season at Georgetown.

Alan Siegel Washingtonian Mar 2015 15min Permalink

Arts Music

The Next Next Level

An ode to Juiceboxxx, a 27-year-old rapper from Milwaukee no one’s ever heard of.

Leon Neyfakh n+1 Feb 2015 40min Permalink

Sports

And He Shall Lead Them

Lester Cotton’s transformation from reluctant football player to top Alabama recruit, and the hopes and dreams of a neighborhood that ride on his shoulders.

Tommy Tomlinson ESPN Feb 2015 10min Permalink

Arts Business Food

The Company Man

The rise and fall of former McDonald’s CEO Don Thompson.

Ben Austen Chicago Mar 2015 20min Permalink

Business Sports

The Season from Hell

Inside Roger Goodell’s troubling (or wildly successful, depending on who you ask) tenure as NFL commissioner.

Gabriel Sherman GQ Feb 2015 20min Permalink

Business Crime

'That's Not All!' Kevin Trudeau, The World’s Greatest Salesman, Makes One Last Pitch

A profile of the best-selling author, self-help guru and convicted felon.

Aaron Gell Business Insider Jan 2015 50min Permalink

Media

How to Succeed in Television

Meet Ben Sherwood, the new head of the Disney/ABC Television Group.

Andrew Goldman New York Jan 2015 20min Permalink

Arts Music

The Wanderer

Noah Lennox—better known as Panda Bear—has lived in Lisbon for a decade. How has the Portuguese capital shaped his life and work?

Philip Sherburne Pitchfork Jan 2015 15min Permalink

Media

Chris Harrison: The Reigning King of #BachelorNation

The Bachelor’s host, Chris Harrison, is now a divorced bachelor himself. It turns out coaching single men is a lot easier than being one.

Taffy Brodesser-Akner GQ Jan 2015 20min Permalink

Becoming Zoey Tur

As the most famous helicopter news pilot in American history, Bob Tur prided himself on being the ultimate alpha male. Except all along, he knew he wasn’t.

Ed Leibowitz Los Angeles Magazine Dec 2014 10min Permalink

Sports

How Jon Jones Became the Baddest Motherfucker on Earth

A profile of “the seven-time defending UFC light-heavyweight champion, practically unbeatable, and already maybe the greatest fighter of all time.”

Greg Howard Deadspin Dec 2014 50min Permalink

Reprints Arts Science

The Unbreakable Laura Hillenbrand

How the author writes best-selling non-fiction books without the ability to leave her house.

Wil S. Hylton New York Times Magazine Dec 2014 25min Permalink

Best Article Arts Music

Amen! (D'Angelo's Back)

A profile of the singer as he returns to the stage for the first time in a dozen years.

Amy Wallace GQ May 2012 30min Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

Tilda Swinton Is in a World of Her Own

On the actress’s stellar year.

Zach Baron GQ Dec 2014 Permalink

Religion

Man on Fire

The life of Reverend Charles Moore, who died by self-immolation in the parking lot of a Texas strip mall.

Michael Hall Texas Monthly Dec 2014 35min Permalink

Crime

Charlie Manson’s Home on the Range

George Spahn and his California ranch, before and after the Manson family showed up.

Gay Talese Esquire Mar 1970 20min Permalink

Sports

The Split

Relief pitcher Donnie Moore is best known for giving up a crucial home run during Game 5 the 1986 ALCS. It’s not what led to his suicide a few years later.

Michael McKnight Sports Illustrated Oct 2014 10min Permalink

Arts Business Food

The Leftovers

Paula Deen’s martyrdom industrial complex. On a cruise ship.

Taffy Brodesser-Akner Matter Sep 2014 30min Permalink

Science

Who Is Su

Life after losing your memory at 22.

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Dan P. Lee New York Sep 2014 35min Permalink

When No Gender Fits: A Quest to Be Seen as Just a Person

“Kelsey’s gender identity is ‘non-binary.’ Or, ‘agender.’ It’s what Kelsey feels comfortable with, even though the world keeps insisting, in a million little ways, that Kelsey has to choose.”

Monica Hesse Washington Post Sep 2014 20min Permalink

Arts Music

The Stranger

On Billy Joel’s sardonic gloom.

Chuck Klosterman The New York Times Magazine Sep 2002 Permalink

Young Carlos

The story of one of the 74,000 children who come to this country each year alone and undocumented.

Alexandra Starr New York Sep 2014 10min Permalink

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