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How NFL Teams Avoid The Great Big Middle

By Patrick Redford

September 11, 2026

15Comments

Interviews

How Tennis Channel’s Jim Courier Sees The Sport

By Giri Nathan

September 11, 2026

33Comments

Interviews

‘The Cruelest Game’ Examines Tennis As Torture

By Owen Lewis

August 12, 2026

54Comments

Games

Two Scrabble Superstars Explain Their Unbelievable Championship Match

By Stefan Fatsis

August 10, 2026

59Comments

Staff Chat

Staff Chat Starts Now? Staff Chat Starts Now

By Defector Staff

August 7, 2026

934Comments

Interviews

What’s Parenting Lily Yohannes Like? An Interview With Her Dad

By Abigail Segel

April 24, 2026

16Comments

Staff Chat

The Time To Chat With The Defector Staff Is Once Again Upon Us

By Defector Staff

November 14, 2025

957Comments

Interviews

Lucas Schaefer Understands The Brutality, Absurdity, And Transcendence Of Boxing

By Owen Lewis

September 5, 2025

11Comments

Staff Chat

Well Look At That, It’s Time To Chat With The Defector Staff Again

By Defector Staff

August 8, 2025

929Comments

Interviews

Two Steps Forward, Three Steps Back: Michael Koresky On Hollywood’s Queer History

By Nicholas Russell

July 2, 2025

15Comments

Interviews

A Lot Can Go Wrong While Attempting A Speed Record On Mount Everest

By Owen Lewis

July 1, 2025

60Comments

Interviews

An Interview With A Fired Unaccompanied Children Ombuds

By Sabrina Imbler

June 13, 2025

17Comments

Interviews

An Interview With A Psychiatric Nurse Whose Research Funding Was Cut By The Trump Administration

By Sabrina Imbler

June 11, 2025

11Comments

Interviews

Megan Greenwell On Living Under And Outside Of Private Equity, The Invasive Species Eating American Life

By David Roth

June 10, 2025

179Comments

Interviews

An Interview With A Terminated Analyst At The Substance Abuse And Mental Health Administration

By Sabrina Imbler

June 9, 2025

20Comments

Interviews

An Interview With A Public Health Researcher Whose Funding Was Terminated By The Trump Administration

By Sabrina Imbler

June 5, 2025

12Comments

Interviews

An Interview With A Fired NASA Associate Chief Scientist

By Sabrina Imbler

June 2, 2025

22Comments

Interviews

An Interview With A Fired AmeriCorps Portfolio Manager

By Sabrina Imbler

May 29, 2025

20Comments

Interviews

An Interview With A Fired Contract Specialist At The Office Of Personnel Management

By Sabrina Imbler

May 14, 2025

15Comments

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An Interview With A Fired Web Content Manager At The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

By Sabrina Imbler

May 8, 2025

23Comments

Interviews

An Interview With A Fired EPA Environmental Justice Program Analyst

By Sabrina Imbler

May 6, 2025

12Comments

Interviews

An Interview With A Fired Science For Development Fellow At USAID

By Sabrina Imbler

May 5, 2025

34Comments

Interviews

An Interview With A Fired U.S. Forest Service Hydrologic Technician

By Sabrina Imbler

May 2, 2025

31Comments

Interviews

An Interview With A Fired NOAA Program Analyst

By Sabrina Imbler

April 29, 2025

18Comments

Interviews

An Interview With A Fired USDA Agricultural Engineer

By Sabrina Imbler

April 24, 2025

16Comments

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