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, 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
May 21st, 2023
Playing with Star Wars Lego bricks made them famous. Then a mysterious crime drove them apart.
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, 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
September 26th, 2021
Fantasy and murder at the world's biggest Renaissance festival.
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.
Written by David Kushner, Insider
July 10th, 2021
How 'digital nomads' took over Tulum's tropical paradise.
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, 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.
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.