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Cycling

A Mechanic On The Hidden Army That Propels Every Tour de France Rider

Interviews

An Anonymous TV Writer Offers An Inside Look At Why Special Effects Seem So Bad Right Now

May 18, 2022
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How A Top ‘World Of Warcraft’ Guild Reached Its Breaking Point

Interviews

A Zillowing Out Fan Builds A Home, Finds Love

January 7, 2022
Birdfector

A Soothing Interview With A Master Of Slow-Motion Bird Videos

December 29, 2021
Interviews

Swole Woman Casey Johnston Wants To Teach You What Your Body Is For

December 22, 2021
MLB

An MLB Network Freelancer Talks Life In Lockout Limbo

December 21, 2021
Interviews

An Interview With An Architect About Charlie Munger’s Hell Dorm

November 9, 2021
Interviews

An EXPLOSIVE Tell-All Interview With Acclaimed Memoirist Drew Magary

NFL

An NFLPA Player Rep On De Smith’s Uncertain Future

October 8, 2021
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An Interview With The Self-Published Author Who Is Trying To Destroy Twitter By Selling Books

July 9, 2021
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A BOMBSHELL Interview With HOTSHOT Debut Novelist Kelsey McKinney

Interviews

A Cryptocurrency Expert Introduces Me To The Dystopian Nightmare Of Art As A Financial Instrument

April 12, 2021
Interviews

Let’s Talk About The State Of Football, With The NFLPA’s George Atallah

April 9, 2021
Curling

Yes, You Can Build A Curling Simulator In The Comfort Of Your Own Home

March 16, 2021
Defector At The Movies

Shaka King, Director Of ‘Judas And The Black Messiah,’ Talks Radical Politics, How To Make Black Movie Stars, And The Black Excellence Industrial Complex

March 10, 2021
Interviews

An Interview With A ‘Survivor’ Super Fan Who Lived The Dream

February 26, 2021
Interviews

An Epidemiologist Explains The Challenges Of Vaccinating A Neurotic Nation

February 9, 2021
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A Former Video Game Journalist Lays Out The Power Dynamics In The Review Process

By Albert Burneko and Samer Kalaf
December 29, 2020
Interviews

A Geologist Rocks My World On Why Earth’s Tallest Mountain Isn’t So Obvious

December 9, 2020
Interviews

A Student-Debt Researcher Fucks Me Up With America’s Broken Promises

December 8, 2020
Interviews

An Interview With The Creators Of A Bot That Spits Out A Random NBA Play Every Three Hours

December 2, 2020
Interviews

An Astrophysicist Explains The Challenges Of De-Juicing The Baseball

November 13, 2020
Interviews

A Medieval Historian Explains Why The Magna Carta Has Nothing To Do With COVID-19

November 10, 2020
Life's Rich Pageant

An Interview With The Professional Exterminator Who Defeated My Accursèd Roach Trunk

October 19, 2020
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