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Jack Hitt

History World

More Lasting than Bronze

On revisionist architecture.

Looking at the statues here, or anywhere, makes one wonder: Is abstraction simply the cardinal feature of any war where the loss is so much greater than whatever can be described as victory?

Jack Hitt Virginia Quarterly Review Sep 2020 30min Permalink

Crime Tech

Inside the Secret Sting Operations to Expose Celebrity Psychics

Are some celebrity mediums fooling their audience members by reading social media pages in advance? A group of online vigilantes is out to prove it.

Jack Hitt New York Times Magazine Feb 2019 20min Permalink

Media

What Goes Up

How a daredevil helicopter pilot helped birth modern news.

Jack Hitt Epic Jul 2017 50min Permalink

Business

Building Your Sonic Brand

The business of sound.

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Jack Hitt on the Longform Podcast

Jack Hitt California Sunday Sep 2016 10min Permalink

Business History

The Battle Over the Sea-Monkey Fortune

It involves a former 1960s bondage film actress, a Jewish neo-Nazi, the husband of the speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives, and a whole lot of creative marketing.

Jack Hitt New York Times Magazine Apr 2016 10min Permalink

Science Religion

A Gospel According to the Earth

Sown by science, a new eco-faith takes root.

Jack Hitt Harper's Jul 2003 50min Permalink

Best Article Science

Our Orgiastic Future

What the bountiful sex lives of bonobos—they enjoy deep kissing, oral sex, dry humping, and polyamory—can teach us about humanity.

Jack Hitt Lapham's Quarterly Jun 2013 15min Permalink

Crime

Behind Enemy Lines With a Suburban Counterterrorist

How one woman is monitoring the jihadi network from a home office in Montana.

Jack Hitt Wired Oct 2007 20min Permalink

Guess What's Cooking in the Garage

On the rise of DIY genetic engineering.

Jack Hitt Popular Science May 2012 20min Permalink

The Dollar-Store Economy

How the lowest end of American retail does business.

Jack Hitt New York Times Magazine Aug 2011 10min Permalink

Best Article Business World

The Billion-Dollar Shack

A reporter heads to Nauru, a tiny island nation in the Pacific, to track down the hub of a worldwide money-laundering operation—a shack filled with computers, air-conditioners, and little else.

Jack Hitt New York Times Magazine Dec 2000 20min Permalink