Episode 79: David Kushner

Published: Feb. 12, 2014, 5:34 p.m.

b'David Kushner, a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, has written for The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Wired and The Atavist.\\n\\n"The minute you see an incredible character, you know. The only thing I can compare it to is bowling, not that I\'m much of a bowler. On the few times I\'ve thrown a strike, you know it before it hits the pins."\\n\\nThanks to TinyLetter and ProFlowers for sponsoring this week\'s episode.\\n\\nShow notes:\\n@davidkushner\\ndavidkushner.com\\nKushner on Longform\\n[1:00] "The Bones of Marianna" (The Atavist \\u2022 Dec 2013)\\n[8:15] "The Hacker is Watching" (GQ \\u2022 Jan 2012)\\n[8:45] Masters of Doom (Random House \\u2022 2003)\\n[8:45] Jacked (Wiley \\u2022 2012)\\n[28:45] "Prepare to Meet Thy Doom" (Wired \\u2022 May 2003)\\n[30:45] "Cormac McCarthy\'s Apocalypse" (Rolling Stone \\u2022 Dec 2007)\\n[31:00] "Time Tunnels Meet Warped Passages" (IEEE Spectrum \\u2022 Apr 2006)\\n[37:45] "The WikiLeaks Mole" (Rolling Stone \\u2022 Jan 2014)\\n[41:45] Levittown (Walker & Company \\u2022 2009)\\n[43:30] "I Was a Teenage Freak" (Rolling Stone \\u2022 Sep 2003)\\n[48:00] "Anonymous vs. Steubenville" (Rolling Stone \\u2022 Nov 2013)\\n[49:45] "Dead End on Silk Road" (Rolling Stone \\u2022 Feb 2014)\\n[51:45] "Anonymous vs. Scientology" (Maxim \\u2022 Jul 2008)\\n[54:15] "Sponge-Fraud!" (Vanity Fair \\u2022 Jun 2012)\\n[57:15] Longform Podcast #64: Gay Talese\\n[1:00:16] "Machine Politics" (New Yorker \\u2022 May 2012)\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'