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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.
Big Talk
Written by David Kushner, Insider
April 23rd, 2023
The rise of a $2 billion industry, from Hunter S. Thompson to Playgirl centerfolds
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.
Renaissance, Texas
Written by David Kushner, Disruptor
September 26th, 2021
Fantasy and murder at the world's biggest Renaissance festival.
The Future of Nature Therapy Is Psychedelic
Written by David Kushner, Outside
September 20th, 2021
Oregon voters have opened the door to treating mental illness with substances like ketamine and psilocybin. In a peek at the future, our seeker attends a backwoods retreat where patients get help from a powerful combination of drugs and the outdoors.
Neuro Force
Written by David Kushner, Esquire
April 2nd, 2019
Six years ago, three former Mossad agents launched an experimental Israeli Army program to recruit those on the autism spectrum, harnessing their unique aptitudes—their "superpowers," as one soldier puts it.
A Pox on Us All
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.
The Great Heavy Metal Hoax
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