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Locksmiths - Freakonomics
Locksmiths - Freakonomics
Zachary Crockett
I Spent a Day With the Internet’s Most Beloved Risk-Taker. Millions Watch Obsessively. Few See What I Saw.
Millions of people are addicted to watching Vegas Matt lose it all. I think I know why.
Luke Winkie
I’d Had Jobs Before, but None Like This
The time I spent working on the Canadian National Railroad changed the course of my life.
Graydon Carter
The Wizard of Vinyl Is in Kansas
Chad Kassem is on a mission — saving listeners “from bad sound” — at the rural factory where he pores over LPs from some of music’s most important artists.
Ben SisarioReporting from Salina, Kan.
What Professional Organizers Know About Our Lives
Overwhelmed by too much stuff, we hire experts to help us sort things out. But what’s really behind all the clutter?
Jennifer Wilson
The rollercoaster king: the man behind the UK’s fastest thrill-ride
The long read: John Burton was just 27 when he was put in charge of creating Thorpe Park’s biggest-ever project. Once too scared to go on rides himself, how did he become the architect of so many daredevils’ dreams?
Tom Lamont
To Be a Good Pregnancy Surrogate, It Helps to Be a Dominatrix First
One woman spills the beans about giving birth to rich people’s children. “They were offering Scrooge McDuck buckets of money.”
Emi Nietfeld
Hand Models - Freakonomics
Hand Models - Freakonomics
Zachary Crockett
The only man permitted in Bhutan’s sacred mountains chronicles humanity’s impact | Aeon Videos
A lone glaciologist performs spiritual and scientific rituals to assess humanity’s impact in Bhutan’s sacred mountains
The Plight of Japan’s Ama Divers
Practiced mostly by women, this fishing tradition is thousands of years old. Can it survive?
Sofia Quaglia
Inside the surprisingly secretive world of crisp flavours
Why can you buy lasagne flavour snacks in Thailand but not in Italy? Which country can cope with the hottest chilli? And why do Germans like paprika so much?
Amelia Tait
The Seas Are Rising. Could Oysters Protect Us?
How a landscape architect is enlisting nature to defend our coastal cities against climate change—and doing it on the cheap.
What it’s like to care for Yellowstone during its quietest – and coldest – months | Aeon Videos
For its winter caretaker of 50 years, Yellowstone National Park is a fragile place, not the unconquerable one of mythos
Lost Highway, by Emily Gogolak
The trials of trucking school
Emily Gogolak
Pet Movers - Freakonomics
Pet Movers - Freakonomics
Zachary Crockett
America’s Bee Problem Is an Us Problem
You may have heard America’s honeybees are dying. But what does that mean for the people on the front lines—and what could it mean for what ends up on your plate?
Lex Pryor
Michael Lewis on the King of Human Error
Having charted Billy Beane’s sports-management breakthrough in the best-selling Moneyball, Michael Lewis turns his attention to the man who made Beane’s triumph possible, Israeli psychologist Daniel Kahneman. And Kahneman’s story may be even more dramatic
A Lighthouse Keeper Hangs Up Her Bonnet | Hakai Magazine
Celebrating the experiences of Sally Snowman, who will soon retire as the only female lighthouse keeper in the Boston Light’s 307-year history.
Hakai Magazine
The Man Who Destroys $3,000 Handbags on the Internet (Published 2024)
Under the handle Tanner Leatherstein, Volkan Yilmaz rips, burns and slices apart luxury goods to show how much he thinks they are really worth.
Elizabeth Paton
Advice on how to predict the future, from a professor whose job is to predict the future
If you stand outside of time, it’s easier to manage and easier to imagine what the future will bring.
Ephrat Livni
Precipice of fear: the freerider who took skiing to its limits
The long read: Jérémie Heitz has pushed freeriding to breathtaking, beautiful new extremes. But as the risks get bigger, the questions do, too
Simon Akam
What It’s Like to Staff the Home of a Billionaire
A recruiter for the ultrarich on the upsides — and dark sides — of a notoriously secretive industry.
Charlotte Cowles
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