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On the death of a brother.
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Greenspan Takes a Bath
The politics of the Federal Reserve.
On TikTok
The automatic culture of the world’s favorite new social network.
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Josh Levin is the national editor at Slate. He is the host of the podcast Hang Up and Listen and the author of The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth.
“I think it’s a strength to make a thing, one that people might have thought was familiar, feel strange. And reminding people - in general, in life - that you don’t really know as much as you think you know. I think that carries over into any kind of storytelling.”
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Mad Money
The rise and fall of Bernard von NotHaus, the creator of the most successful (and some say illegal) alternative currency in the U.S.
Smash
The comeback of Marty Reisman, the most flamboyant figure in the history of table tennis, and the self-proclaimed greatest hardbat player ever.
1989!
On the illusion of the inevitable and the revolutions that ended the Eastern Bloc.
You Can Never Tell About a River
The author unearths the story of Frank Yerby, one of the the most prolific African-American novelists in history.
On Bigfoot's Trail
Profiles of the true believers.
Life Atop Ground Zero
The rebirth of the World Trade Center.
Beyond Recognition
The story of a face transplant.
Life After Death
The scientific pursuit of the afterlife.
Be Like Steph?
Mini-Currys and the future of basketball.
Targeting Gaddafi
Why had the U.S. once again targeted Gaddafi? Of all the evils and perils in the world, there is none that galls Reagan more than terrorism. Of all the anti-American thugs who hang out in the back alleys of the Third World, there is none Reagan despises more than Gaddafi.
Angels & Demons
On June 4, 1989, the bodies of Jo, Michelle, and Christe were found floating in Tampa Bay. This is the story of the murders, their aftermath, and the handful of people who kept faith amid the unthinkable.
Me, Myself, and I
On the history of masturbation.
Out Route
The bleak final season of Tony Gonzalez’s Hall of Fame career.
From a Bunker to Blockbusters
The backstory of the publication of WikiLeaks’s Afghanistan logs.
Literature and Exile
A 2000 speech on the impossibility of all forms of exile, particularly literary.
Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses
A takedown of the Last of the Mohicans author.
Tribes
Generations of the writer’s family experience the “romantic delusions and hazardous fortunes” of San Francisco.
Small-Town Injustice
The shooting of a civilian exposes the underbelly of a small town police department.
New Tiger, Old Stripes
How the golfer hasn’t changed, post-scandal.
Try as his publicity squad might, it's tough to maintain—or now restore—the Tiger Image when former insiders sprout secret-sharing campaigns. "It's always a divorce," David Feherty, longtime commentator and golf-gab-show host, told me recently. "Tiger expects the curtains to remain drawn, and when somebody opens them, it pisses him off. He has appeared superhuman for so long, and it's like he feels the need to perpetuate that myth."
Playboy Interview: George Carlin
“It’s the American view that everything has to keep climbing: productivity, profits, even comedy. No time for reflection. No time to contract before another expansion. No time to grow up. No time to fuck up. No time to learn from your mistakes. But that notion goes against nature, which is cyclical.”
