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Jason Fagone, a contributing editor at Wired and a writer-at-large for Philadelphia, is the author of Ingenious.\n\n"It seemed like all the big guys in American society had let us down, all the elites. And here was a contest that was explicitly looking to the little guy and saying, 'We don't care what you've done before or how much money you have in your pocket. If you solve this problem, you win the money.' There was something so optimistic and hopeful and cool about that to me."\n\nThanks to TinyLetter and Squarespace for sponsoring this week's episode.\n\nShow notes:\n@jfagone\njasonfagone.com\nFagone on Longform\n[2:15] "The Dirtiest Player" (GQ \u2022 Feb 2010)\n[11:45] Ingenious: A True Story of Invention, Automotive Daring, and the Race to Revive America (2013)\n[24:00] "High Times May Be the Most Influential Publication of Our Era" (The New Republic \u2022 Nov 2013)\n[24:45] "The Willy Wonka of Pot" (Grantland \u2022 Nov 2013)\n[25:30] Cultivating Exceptional Cannabis: An Expert Breeder Shares His Secrets (DJ Short \u2022 2004)\n[48:30] "The Death (and Life) of the Philadelphia Weekly and Philadelphia City Paper" (Philadelphia \u2022 May 2012)\n[49:00] Breaking The News: How the Media Undermine American Democracy (James Fallows \u2022 1996)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices