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.
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.
Written by David Kushner, Vanity Fair
April 19th, 2019
How One of America’s Biggest Pastors Became a Drug Runner for a Mexican Cartel.
Written by David Kushner, Wired
March 25th, 2019
Synthetic Biology is making it easier than ever to produce life-saving vaccines - and life-taking viruses that humanity is not prepared to fight.
Written by David Kushner, Rolling Stone
December 14th, 2018
How a down-on-his-luck headbanger fabricated a persona, faked a tour, and promoted himself as a hard-rock savior
Written by David Kushner, Esquire
May 1st, 2018
A bank glitch gave a 24-year old, down-on-his-luck Australian man access to unlimited funds. Then he did exactly what you think he did with it.
Written by David Kushner, Outside
November 15th, 2016
American tourist Noel Santillan became an unlikely folk hero in Iceland after he entered a typo into his GPS and drove hundreds of miles out of his way. How can anyone wander so far off the mark? Research suggests GPS might be altering our brains.
Written by David Kushner, Rolling Stone
August 10th, 2016
Joe Passalaqua claims "103 kills," but one judge described his elaborate tales as little more than "criminal fantasy"
Written by David Kushner, Foreign Policy
July 7th, 2016
Eugene Mallove gave up everything to pursue the holy grail of nuclear energy. Did it cost him his life?
Written by David Kushner, Rolling Stone
May 23rd, 2016
How a teenager created Oculus Rift in his parents' SoCal garage, sold it for $2 billion and may have launched a virtual reality revolution.
Written by David Kushner, Wall Street Journal
May 16th, 2016
Guillaume Olivier Madiba is helming one of the world’s most innovative videogame companies—not in Silicon Valley or Japan, but in Africa, where Kiro’o Games is diversifying a $100 billion industry
Written by David Kushner, Foreign Policy
April 26th, 2016
To spies, David Vincenzetti is a salesman. To tyrants, he is a savior. How the Italian mogul built a hacking empire.
Written by David Kushner, Men's Journal
April 1st, 2015
An engineer and his dog attempt to survive for a year on a frozen island teeming with bears.
Written by David Kushner, Rolling Stone
March 13th, 2015
His website made him an unlikely teenage celebrity — then it spun out of control