Disruptor

How A.I. Could Reincarnate Your Dead Grandparents — or Wipe Out Your Kids

Listen to my interview with AI pioneer Eliezer Yudkowsky for Rolling Stone.

Sep 4, 2023 • 

David Kushner

May 2022

The Bishop Planetarium

An unpublished chapter from my memoir, Alligator Candy.

May 7, 2022 • 

David Kushner

April 2022

THE DARKER AGES

A fictional story from 2024

Apr 15, 2022 • 

David Kushner

November 2021

Building an Alternative Media Universe

My interview with Substack co-founder Hamish McKenzie.

Nov 26, 2021 • 

David Kushner

Lunch Ladies: The All-American School Cafeteria Heist [3]

“For a long time, I was afraid to speak up because I was ashamed. But I think I did a good thing, not only for myself but for all the women who work…

Nov 19, 2021 • 

David Kushner

Lunch Ladies: The All-American School Cafeteria Heist [2]

“Don’t count the money. Just put it in the drawer.”

Nov 16, 2021 • 

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…

Nov 12, 2021 • 

David Kushner

October 2021

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…

Oct 21, 2021 • 

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.

Oct 4, 2021 • 

David Kushner

Renaissance, Texas: Fantasy and Murder at the World's Biggest RenFaire [8]

The verdict arrives on the murder of Brandon Smith.

Oct 3, 2021 • 

David Kushner

Renaissance, Texas: Fantasy and Murder at the World's Biggest RenFaire [7]

It ain't easy being the Sheriff of Rennie town. Just ask Grimes County's own cowboy, Don Sowell.

Oct 2, 2021 • 

David Kushner

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Renaissance, Texas: Fantasy and Murder at the World's Biggest RenFaire [6]

How a glassblower from Utah turned a tiny Texas town into Renaissance land.

Oct 1, 2021 • 

David Kushner