An email from Rocket Ranch management warned of the considerable danger to spectators: “THIS WILL BE A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING EVENT!” Charlie McCann watched the Starship launch with Musk fans who really, really want to go to Mars economist.com/1843/2023/04/2…

So risking immolation by fireball was a career first for me. I watched the Starship launch up-close with SpaceX fans at Rocket Ranch StarBase. They were so committed to being there, some had quit jobs, some moved to TX—and they were all ready to flirt with danger economist.com/1843/2023/04/2…

"Underlying their yearning for Mars is a deep pessimism about humanity’s future on Earth." This is such a great piece by Charlie McCann from the SpaceX launch economist.com/1843/2023/04/2…

Over the past year and a half, the tech industry has shed some 300,000 workers. Charlie McCann attends a job fair for graduates desperately trying to snag an internship in these troubled times econ.st/3IdpXbf

“It was like a medieval battle scene—chainmail and crossbows replaced with sundresses, designer trainers and expensive handbags.” But some women will have to watch the Bid Day stampede from the sidelines, as Charlie McCann reports for 1843 magazine econ.st/3RvRM43

$4,000 on a sorority consultant? That will get you one-on-one coaching, on what to wear and what to say, on writing the essays, how to network -- and what not to post on social media

What could capture the frothiness of the AI boom better than this mansion? Join Charlie McCann on a visit to a new sort of hacker house in California's “Cerebral Valley” econ.st/48BPBCj

How do you put a price on the loss of freedom? Can you inherit guilt? Should descendants of slave-owners have to pay reparations? If so, how much? Charlie McCann grapples with these questions in “The Weekend Intelligence” podcast: econ.st/3QRY11u 🎧

The Apology - when the Gladstone family went to Guyana to apologize for their ancestor John Gladstone’s historic role in slavery and indentureship. The latest podcast from The Economist - reported by Charlie McCann Rory Galloway 🏳️‍🌈 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/29EHM5…

In June, Charlie McCann and I traveled to Guyana for The Economist We joined the Gladstone family as they apologised for their ancestor’s role in enslaving thousands of people, 200 years ago Our podcast addresses legacy, slavery, and reparations 🎧 economist.com/podcasts/2023/…

Proud to announce the latest ep of our new pod, “The Weekend Intelligence” – “The Apology”. The brilliant Charlie McCann and @Roryjgalloway travel to Guyana with the Gladstone family to find out how you apologise for the sins of your ancestors economist.com/podcasts/2023/…

Kamala Harris has in the past appeared awkward in public appearances. But since her elevation to the top of the ticket, her occasional goofiness has endeared her to her supporters. 1843 magazine went to Chicago to see what delegates think of her now econ.st/4dwFT6b

Moderate? Progressive? DNC delegates I spoke with couldn't agree on Kamala Harris's politics. But they didn't see to care. They were just relieved she's not Biden. Me for The Economist economist.com/1843/2024/08/2…

Posting this a bit late but: I went to a creative writing workshop for... US air-force officers! Western militaries are increasingly of the view that teaching soldiers how to write sci-fi will help them imagine future threats economist.com/1843/2024/10/0…

Minnesotans re-elected Tim Walz five times to represent the state’s first congressional district. But 1843 magazine’s Charlie McCann spoke to rural voters who insist that the Democrat has changed since then econ.st/40dd5vH 👇

What rural Minnesotans really think of Walz: I spent a few days in Walz's old congressional district talking to voters who no longer support him economist.com/1843/2024/10/2…

"And so William Woods or Matthew Keirans, or whoever he was, walked out of jail and back into his old life. To all appearances, he was just another bum with a few loose screws." —Charlie McCann with a bonkers story for The Economist economist.com/interactive/18…

From The Economist The Economist’s 1843 magazine: One William Woods was telling the truth. The other was living his life by Charlie McCann How a decades-long deception saw an innocent man end up in jail #Longreads #Longform economist.com/interactive/18…

Congratulations to Charlie McCann! She won this week's audience award for "The Two Lives of William Woods" at The Economist’s 1843 magazine economist.com/interactive/18…