Our April News+ Story of the Month: WIRED’s investigation into the nightmares faced by women in Antarctica.

The scientists in this story journeyed to the bottom of the world, only to experience harassment. Now they’re speaking up — and effecting change. apple.news/AjU6wvma2RnGhX…

Contributed reporting to this excellent piece by
David Kushner.
I'm forever humbled by the dauntless grit of women who come forward with their stories (to a relative stranger no less!), with the hope that it might move the needle just a bit further toward justice and equity.

New story: I wrote about what’s facing women at the bottom of the world in Antarctica. #longreads

My story about the WWII hero behind one of the biggest military heists of all time is out today. businessinsider.com/israel-arms-sm…

My story on the rise and fall of the Timepiece Gentleman, the internet’s most notorious luxury watch dealer, is out now. Business Insider businessinsider.com/fall-of-timepi…

Tupac, cocaine, and murder: the incredible saga of the Henchmen brothers, hip-hop’s forgotten moguls trib.al/zuZG6fC

Two experts on artificial intelligence, Ray Kurzweil and Eliezer Yudkowsky see wildly different outcomes from the revolutionary technology — a chance for immortality or doomsday. trib.al/yuibfpA

I wrote about fathers, sons, and my last, unexpected call with Cormac McCarthy. #longreads Insider

Sad to hear Cormac McCarthy died. I traveled twice to Santa Fe to interview and write about him, including this 2007 profile I did for Rolling Stone. He was gracious, funny, and engaged, far from the dark loner people imagined. And he told a good joke.

'Whole models had vanished, mint-condition boxes were ransacked, and scattered across the floor were the remnants of his most valuable builds.' David Kushner Insider businessinsider.com/lego-bandit-yo… #longreads

'Stewart had created a youth diving program for Black kids in Nashville, and he’d already been taking them here on dive trips. 'She said she would train us to perform the things that you need to document a wreck,' he recalls.' David Kushner Esquire esquire.com/news-politics/…

His cash and laptops were untouched, but his Lego collection seemed to have been blasted by a Death Star Superlaser.

David Kushner details the mysterious case of the Lego bandit who destroyed a YouTuber’s collection worth more than $20,000.⬇️

#longreads

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My true crime story about the mysterious case of the Lego Bandit is out now in Business Insider. #longreads

Nearly 200 years ago, the slave ship Guerrero sunk, killing 41 Africans. Now, a group of divers believe they found it in the Florida Keys—but in a state that's banned critical race theory, telling this story is suddenly complicated. David Kushner writes: esqr.co/v4E7crl

Vanity Fair Surf Paradise Story By David Kushner Being Adapted As Documentary By Anchor Entertainment deadline.com/2023/05/vanity…

My latest story for VANITY FAIR is out now: “The Surf Bros, the Villagers, the Wave Doctor, the Tech Money, and the Fight for Fiji’s Soul.”

I wrote about my gonzo years booking Hunter S. Thompson, Timothy Leary, KRS-One, etc on the weird and wacky celebrity lecture circuit. Plus rare video of Hunter speaking at my college in 1987, with a bottle of Chivas and a freaked out teenage me beside him. Insider

My story on the fight for Florida's historic golf course, built by Black caddies during segregation, is out now. #longreads golfdigest.com/story/rogers-p… #longreads

Here’s the trailer for “The Battle for Justina Pelletier,” a four-part documentary series based on one of the wilder Rolling Stone stories I’ve done. It streams 12/13 on @Peacock. youtu.be/1laM72Co0oM

Don’t miss this tough-minded, big-hearted story by David Kushner, author of MASTERS OF DOOM, re-examining the hero’s journey of pioneering gamer Stevie Case in light of the rampant sexism that continues to plague the industry today vanityfair.com/style/2022/10/…