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Writers

Jody Rosen

The Jody Grind

The unexpected history of a name.

Jody Rosen Slate Mar 2016 15min Permalink

The Knowledge, London’s Legendary Taxi-Driver Test, Puts Up a Fight in the Age of GPS

For at least 130 years, cabbies in London have been taking what many believe is the hardest test in the world: through a series of oral exams that takes four years to complete, they must prove that know every one of the city’s 25,000 streets, every business and every landmark.

Jody Rosen T Magazine Nov 2014 35min Permalink

Arts History Music

Vanishing Act

The forgotten life of Eva Tanguay, perhaps America’s first rock star.

Jody Rosen Slate Dec 2009 15min Permalink