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Reality Television

Science

Dinosaur Cowboys Are Hunting for the Next $32 Million T. Rex

Fossils have become a hot new asset class. Paleontologists aren’t thrilled, but for Clayton Phipps and his peers, it’s a living.

Andrew Zaleski Bloomberg Businessweek Sep 2021 20min Permalink

Crime Health

The Hard-Partying, Rock-Obsessed Nurse at the Center of a Massive Opioid Bust

Patients say the “Rock Doc” helped them like no one else could. Federal prosecutors say his “help” often amounted to dealing drugs for sex.

Olga Khazan The Atlantic Jan 2021 30min Permalink

Health

The Age of Instagram Face

How social media, FaceTune, and plastic surgery created a single, cyborgian look.

Jia Tolentino New Yorker Dec 2019 20min Permalink

The Balloon Boy Hoax—Solved!

The country was captivated by the Balloon Boy. But what really happened?

Robert Sanchez 5280 Oct 2019 25min Permalink

Lady Kimora

The Baby Phat designer returns.

Allison P. Davis The Cut Aug 2019 20min Permalink

Movies & TV

Scott Disick Is Finally Comfortable

The business of being him is becoming a whole lot more fun.

Kevin Lincoln GQ May 2019 15min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "The King of South Phoenix"

The intersection of climate change and reality TV.

Katie M. Flynn Ninth Letter Jul 2018 15min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Exact Same Prize" (reprint)

A Longform Fiction reprint: The complexities of a grandmother's wish to die.

Carissa Halston Little Fiction Jun 2012 Permalink

Movies & TV

A Reckoning with Reality (TV)

A love letter and the jacked up emotions of reality TV.

Lucas Mann The Paris Review Apr 2018 15min Permalink