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Renaissance, Texas: Fantasy and Murder at the World's Biggest RenFaire [2]
Brandon Smith went to the Texas RenFaire on Navy leave. He didn't make it back.
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David Kushner
“The Rosa Parks of the North”
Daisy Myers, the subject of my book Levittown, in her own words.
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David Kushner
Zola Tells All: The Real Story Behind the Greatest Stripper Saga Ever Tweeted
My Rolling Stone story about how Aziah “Zola” Wells’ road trip to Florida with an exotic dancer, a boyfriend and a pimp went south.
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David Kushner
Renaissance, Texas: Fantasy and Murder at the World's Biggest RenFaire [9]
The new season for the King of Texas is about to begin.
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David Kushner
Masters of Disruption: How the Gamer Generation Built the Future [2]
"Minecraft and Fortnite are closer to the metaverse than anything Facebook has built, or frankly, is likely to build,” John Carmack tells me.
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David Kushner
Masters of Disruption: How the Gamer Generation Built the Future [4]
The gamer community inspired Alexis Ohanian to co-found Reddit. The future of our virtual lives, he says, will rise from the bottom up too.
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David Kushner
Lunch Ladies: The All-American School Cafeteria Heist [1]
The school lunch ladies were treated like they were invisible. Then two of them and their beloved boss were accused of a bizarre heist. And another…
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Renaissance, Texas: Fantasy and Murder at the World's Biggest RenFaire [Post 1]
George Coulam wanted to live like a renaissance man. So he bought a Texas town and made it into a fantasyland for his chainmail-wearing friends. Then…
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David Kushner
Escape to Zoom Island
When the pandemic untethered millions of workers from their offices, a new species of digital nomad was born. They set off with laptops and passports…
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David Kushner
Masters of Disruption: How the Gamer Generation Built the Future [1]
Why I'm writing a sequel to my book, Masters of Doom, in my newsletter.
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David Kushner
Starship Tweedy
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…
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David Kushner
The Time Bandit
My story on the rise and fall of America's flashiest dealer in luxury watches
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