The Strongest Man in the World
A profile of 6’8”, 430-pound Brian Shaw.
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What's So Effective About Stephen Covey?
A profile of the man behind the “7 Habits.”
Skin and Bone
An investigation into the global human tissue trade.
The Secret Mainstream
The life and films of Werner Herzog.
Southern Horrors: Lynch Law In All Its Phases
An exposé of extralegal killing.
My Platonic Sweetheart
In a posthumously published essay, Twain recounts dreams of a long-lost love.
The Million-Dollar Nose
A profile of wine critic Robert Parker.
Can Animals Be Gay?
The science of same-sex relationships in the wild.
A Modern Mess
The rise and fall of Design Within Reach.
The Patent Troll
Erich Spangenberg is in the business of owning other people’s ideas. He makes a fortune.
Monopoly Killer
How a dental equipment salesman from Germany named Klaus Teuber invented the perfect board game, Settlers of Catan.
About a Boy
The life and death of Johnny Romano, the youngest pro skateboarder ever.
Eleven Lives
The stories of the eleven men who died on the Deepwater Horizon.
About Motorcycles
The poet and his love affair with Italian motorbikes (and also lots of women.)
The Sound and the Fury
The surreal world of Sarah Palin and her road show.
The $2,000-an-Hour Woman
The rise and fall of a boom-era escort agency in New York City.
Getting Made The Scorsese Way
An oral history of Goodfellas.
The Palin Network
On the workings of Sarah Palin’s inner circle.
The Real Syl
A profile of Chicago soul great Syl Johnson.
His Own Best Straight Best Man
On Mark Twain’s recently released memoir.
The God In the Trash
The oracular works of Philip K. Dick.
How Chris Christie Did His Homework
On the evolution of New Jersey’s governor.
Mars Madness
The DIY explorers who dream of a 35-million-mile trek.
The Wait
On the interminable two weeks between a bad sonogram and the end of a pregnancy.
A Conversation With Brian Eno About Ambient Music
" I really think that for us, who all grew up listening primarily to recorded music, we tend to forget that until about 120 years ago ephemeral experience was the only one people had. I remember reading about a huge fan of Beethoven who lived to the age of 86 [in the era before recordings], and the great triumph of his life was that he’d managed to hear the Fifth Symphony six times. That’s pretty amazing. They would have been spread over many years, so there would have been no way of reliably comparing those performances."
