Zach Baron is a staff writer for GQ.\n\n"People love to put celebrity stuff or culture stuff lower on the hierarchy than, say, a serial killer story. I think they're all the same story. If you crack the human, you crack the human."\n\nThanks to TinyLetter and Squarespace for sponsoring this week's episode.\n\nShow Notes:\n\n\xa0\n@xzachbaronx\nBaron's personal site\nBaron on Longform\n[7:00] "Kanye West: A Brand-New Ye" (GQ \u2022 Jul 2014)\n[17:30] "Steve McQueen: Auteur of the Year 2013" (GQ \u2022 Dec 2013)\n[22:50] "The Secret Double Life of Mister Cee" (GQ \u2022 Feb 2014)\n[39:10] Baron's archive on Grantland\n[45:00] "Fear and Self-Loathing in Las Vegas" (The Daily \u2022 Oct 2011)\n[45:40] "50 Cent Is My Life Coach" (GQ \u2022 Jun 2014)\n[52:00] "Cliven Bundy's War" (GQ \u2022 Jul 2014)\n[52:20] "Why Are They (Armed) 'Patriots' in Nevada But (Unarmed) Rioters in Ferguson?" (GQ \u2022 Aug 2014)\n\n\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices