Blow Hard
Scott Storch, a producer who earned six figures for beats he made in less than an hour, was worth an estimated $70 million. Then he blew it all in a bizarre cocaine binge.
Scott Storch, a producer who earned six figures for beats he made in less than an hour, was worth an estimated $70 million. Then he blew it all in a bizarre cocaine binge.
Gus Garcia-Roberts Miami New Times Apr 2010 20min Permalink
Alanis Morissette, before the making of Jagged Little Pill.
Soraya Roberts Hazlitt Jun 2015 20min Permalink
The sheriff of Putnam County, Georgia, finally meets a case he can’t solve.
Joe Kovac Jr. Atlanta Magazine May 2015 20min Permalink
What happened to one of the most hated basketball players in NCAA history after playing a single season at Georgetown.
Alan Siegel Washingtonian Mar 2015 15min Permalink
An ode to Juiceboxxx, a 27-year-old rapper from Milwaukee no one’s ever heard of.
Leon Neyfakh n+1 Feb 2015 40min Permalink
Lester Cotton’s transformation from reluctant football player to top Alabama recruit, and the hopes and dreams of a neighborhood that ride on his shoulders.
Tommy Tomlinson ESPN Feb 2015 10min Permalink
The rise and fall of former McDonald’s CEO Don Thompson.
Ben Austen Chicago Mar 2015 20min Permalink
Inside Roger Goodell’s troubling (or wildly successful, depending on who you ask) tenure as NFL commissioner.
Gabriel Sherman GQ Feb 2015 20min Permalink
A profile of the best-selling author, self-help guru and convicted felon.
Aaron Gell Business Insider Jan 2015 50min Permalink
Meet Ben Sherwood, the new head of the Disney/ABC Television Group.
Andrew Goldman New York Jan 2015 20min Permalink
Noah Lennox—better known as Panda Bear—has lived in Lisbon for a decade. How has the Portuguese capital shaped his life and work?
Philip Sherburne Pitchfork Jan 2015 15min Permalink
The Bachelor’s host, Chris Harrison, is now a divorced bachelor himself. It turns out coaching single men is a lot easier than being one.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner GQ Jan 2015 20min Permalink
As the most famous helicopter news pilot in American history, Bob Tur prided himself on being the ultimate alpha male. Except all along, he knew he wasn’t.
Ed Leibowitz Los Angeles Magazine Dec 2014 10min Permalink
A profile of “the seven-time defending UFC light-heavyweight champion, practically unbeatable, and already maybe the greatest fighter of all time.”
Greg Howard Deadspin Dec 2014 50min Permalink
How the author writes best-selling non-fiction books without the ability to leave her house.
Wil S. Hylton New York Times Magazine Dec 2014 25min Permalink
A profile of the singer as he returns to the stage for the first time in a dozen years.
Amy Wallace GQ May 2012 30min Permalink
On the actress’s stellar year.
Zach Baron GQ Dec 2014 Permalink
The life of Reverend Charles Moore, who died by self-immolation in the parking lot of a Texas strip mall.
Michael Hall Texas Monthly Dec 2014 35min Permalink
George Spahn and his California ranch, before and after the Manson family showed up.
Gay Talese Esquire Mar 1970 20min Permalink
Relief pitcher Donnie Moore is best known for giving up a crucial home run during Game 5 the 1986 ALCS. It’s not what led to his suicide a few years later.
Michael McKnight Sports Illustrated Oct 2014 10min Permalink
Paula Deen’s martyrdom industrial complex. On a cruise ship.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner Matter Sep 2014 30min Permalink
Life after losing your memory at 22.
Dan P. Lee New York Sep 2014 35min Permalink
“Kelsey’s gender identity is ‘non-binary.’ Or, ‘agender.’ It’s what Kelsey feels comfortable with, even though the world keeps insisting, in a million little ways, that Kelsey has to choose.”
Monica Hesse Washington Post Sep 2014 20min Permalink
On Billy Joel’s sardonic gloom.
The story of one of the 74,000 children who come to this country each year alone and undocumented.
Alexandra Starr New York Sep 2014 10min Permalink