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The Time Bandit
Written by David Kushner, Insider
February 4th, 2024
The rise and fall of America's fIashiest dealer in luxury watches
Paradise Lost
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.
The Park
Written by David Kushner, Golf Digest
February 21st, 2023
Rogers Park, a course built by Black caddies during segregation, is fighting to preserve its past—and future
Escape to Zoom Island
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.
Starship Tweedy
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.
Renaissance, Texas
Written by David Kushner, Disruptor
September 26th, 2021
Fantasy and murder at the world's biggest Renaissance festival.
Journey to the Center of the Earth
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.
The Hendrix of the Sahara
Written by David Kushner, Esquire
December 23rd, 2019
The Tuareg rocker, Mdou Moctar, was never meant to play guitar. Despite the odds, he managed to make a name for himself, star in an homage to Prince's Purple Rain—and create one of the best rock albums of the year.