Written by David Kushner, Insider
September 29th, 2024
How the models on "The Price Is Right" brought down the legendary host Bob Barker — and paved the way for #MeToo.
Written by David Kushner, Wired
April 4th, 2024
Jane Willenbring was the first to blow the whistle on sexual harassment and assault in Antarctica. Years later, women are still coming forward with tales of horror as a government investigation unfolds.
Written by David Kushner, Insider
February 4th, 2024
The rise and fall of America's fIashiest dealer in luxury watches
Written by David Kushner, Insider
September 17th, 2023
The incredible saga of the Henchmen brothers, hip-hop's forgotten moguls
Written by David Kushner, Rolling Stone
September 4th, 2023
Two experts on artificial intelligence, Ray Kurzweil and Eliezer Yudkowsky see wildly different outcomes from the revolutionary technology — a chance for immortality or doomsday
Written by David Kushner, Insider
June 18th, 2023
When the Pulitzer-winning author Cormac McCarthy called me a few months back, I heard something in his voice I hadn't heard before — age.
Written by David Kushner, Vanity Fair
May 1st, 2023
Once a Pacific Eden, the island nation has become a destination for a highly combustible mix of global wealth and power—as a trio of would-be landowners have found out the hard way.
Written by David Kushner, Insider
October 10th, 2022
From the Merry Pranksters to the Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia's widow opens up about what the age of free love was really like.
Written by David Kushner, GQ
April 27th, 2022
When the pandemic untethered millions of workers from their offices, a new species of digital nomad was born. On a sun-dappled island in the middle of the ocean, a group of them is engaged in a novel experiment that might foretell the future of work.
Written by David Kushner, Disruptor
October 21st, 2021
I spoke with Wilco's Jeff Tweedy about his new newsletter, Starship Casual, losing his parents, and how his stage persona almost destroyed him. "It turned into things that were killing me," he says.
Written by David Kushner, Disruptor
September 26th, 2021
Fantasy and murder at the world's biggest Renaissance festival.
Written by David Kushner, Outside
December 28th, 2020
For nearly half a century, legends of a giant cave in the Andes—holding artifacts that could rewrite human history—have beckoned adventurers and tantalized fans of the occult. Now the daughter of a legendary explorer is on a new quest: to tell the story.
Written by David Kushner, Esquire
November 20th, 2020
The family of the Grateful Dead legend has spent years traveling across the country and sampling countless strains to find a cannabis worthy of Jerry's name. We went along for the ride.
Written by David Kushner, Vanity Fair
June 25th, 2020
The Yes keyboardist defined Spinal Tap–esque excess, until he staked everything on his eccentric dream of an Arthurian rock opera on ice. Now, the tale of his epic spiral and long, slow comeback can finally be told.