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Capital

“The Locusts Of The Newspaper World”: How Fortress Investment Group Decimated Newspapers Before Gutting Vice

Interviews

“It Really Matters If Somebody Has Bad Taste”: An Interview With Book Critic Becca Rothfeld

Arts And Culture

Aparna Nancherla Is My Favorite Impostor

October 18, 2023
Arts And Culture

Joanna Arnow’s Time Has Arrived

October 4, 2023
Interviews

An Interview With The U.S. Open Stenographers Who Wade Through Scattered Thoughts And Xbox References

September 12, 2023
Tennis

An Interview With The Biggest Tennis Sicko I’ve Encountered At The U.S. Open

August 31, 2023
Interviews

Steven Soderbergh Says It’s Time To Tear The Streaming Model Down To The Studs

August 4, 2023
Arts And Culture

“You Knew It Was Something Really Nasty”: How The Art Department Brings ‘I Think You Should Leave’ To Life

June 13, 2023
Defector At The Movies

‘BlackBerry’ Director Matt Johnson Is Not Wearing An Outfit

Interviews

“I’m Usually Thinking About Other Shit”: Drew Millard On The Healing Power Of Golf

Policing

Journalist Ben Camacho On Facing Petty LAPD-Driven Lawsuit: “It’s The Biggest Gaslight Of My Life”

April 10, 2023
Tennis

A Conversation With Matija Pecotic, The Office Guy Who Shocked The Tennis World

March 8, 2023
Interviews

A Fan At The Bills-Bengals Game Describes The Scene When Damar Hamlin’s Heart Stopped

January 3, 2023
Interviews

Star Essayist Sabrina Imbler TELLS ALL In An EXCLUSIVE In-Depth Interview

Music

The Internet’s Biggest Jack Antonoff Hater Explains Himself

October 26, 2022
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
Interviews

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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