Selected Press
The Vortex
Boston Globe: “A tremendous new book”
Washington Post: “Carney and Miklian write vividly in the fashion of a cinematic disaster flick”
NPR’s Book of the Day: “Imagine the butterfly effect started with a cyclone and go from there.”
NPR: 'The Vortex' details a cyclone that divided Pakistan and almost led to a nuclear war
WIRED: The Deadly Cyclone that Changed the Course of the Cold War (pdf)
Wall Street Journal: The Ten Best Books of March 2022
Wall Street Journal: “Bhola was a perfect storm . . . the authors tell the story with riveting panache!” (pdf)
Booklist: “This commanding work of reclaimed and clarified history is of urgent importance” (STARRED REVIEW)
Library Journal: “A devastating storm, genocide, war, political intrigue, and hope.” (STARRED REVIEW)
Library Journal: 15 new books coming to an Indie near you!
Kirkus: “A powerful, timely exploration of an environmental and political tragedy” (STARRED REVIEW)
Denver Post: 10 Books by Colorado Authors you Should Read in 2022
Publishers Weekly: The Vortex Review
The Wedge
Adam Carolla Show: Scott Carney & Dan Dunn
Apple Books: Best Books of April 2020
Art of Manliness: The Physical Keys to Human Resilience
Big Think: Is This the Diet we all Need Right Now?
Colorado Public Radio: Denver Journalist Scott Carney’s Search For ‘The Wedge’ To Help Manage Responses To Stress
Denver Post: Ten Books by Colorado Authors that Deserve More Attention
5280: A Local Author Practiced Biohacking His Body at These Local Spots
Kirkus Reviews: An Engrossing Case for Rebooting One’s System Through Extreme Experiences
KPCC’s “Take Two”: The Wedge
NPR’s Here and Now: ‘The Wedge’ Explores How Being Uncomfortable Builds Human Resilience
Outside: It’s Time to Change your Relationship to Fear
Outside Podcast: The Switch in Your Brain that Turns Down Stress
Men’s Journal: Inside “The Wedge” a New Investigation into the Body’s Potential and the Limits of Human Endurance
Men’s Journal: An End to Fear?
Mysterious Universe: MU 23.13
What Doesn’t Kill Us
Art of Manliness: The Benefits of Cold Exposure
Atlantic: The Ice Guru of Brooklyn
Bulletproof Radio: Stop Fighting Your Environment and Hack your Homeostasis
Business Insider: Our Ancestors Were Much Stronger Than Us: Here’s How to Rebuild Those Abilities
Dr. Oz: Meet the Man Who Hacked his Body
Guardian: Ice-baths and Snow Meditation: Can Cold Therapy Make you Stronger?
Men’s Journal: The Cold Cure: What Freezing Water and Extreme Altitude Can Do for Our Health
Men’s Health: Scott Carney studied with Dutch 'madman' Wim Hof to unlock superpowers he didn't know he had
New York Times: Best Sellers for Sports and Fitness
NPR: What Doesn’t Kill Us…Invites Practical Medical Benefits
NPR: Could Exercising in Frigid Temperatures Make Us Healthier?
Outside: Eight Things We Learned from Living Like a Caveman
Outside: The Science Behind Miracles
The Enlightenment Trap
MaClean’s: Sex and Death on a Doomed Search for Enlightenment
Newsweek: Blood and Sand
NPR: Understanding the Dark Side of Enlightenment on ‘Diamond Mountain’
NPR: How Self-Improvement Became Self-Destruction
Pacific Standard: The Dangers of Spiritual Amateurism in America
Salon: When Buddhism Goes Bad
Snap Judgement: The Enlightenment Trap
Tricycle: Obsession and Madness on the Path to Enlightenment
The Red Market
Fast Company: Unpacking the Global Human Egg Trade
Foreign Policy: The Rise of the Red Market
Fortune: Focus on Egg Donor’s Health, Not What They Get Paid
New York Times: Need a Kidney? A Skull? Just Bring Cash
New York Times: Protecting the Rights of Surrogate Mothers in India
NPR: Blood, Bones And Organs: The Gruesome 'Red Market'
NPR: Classroom Skeleton: Whose Bones are These?
Washington Post: If You’re Willing to Buy a Kidney, You’re Willing to Exploit the Poor
Wired: Exposing India’s Blood Farms
Wired: Inside the Business of Selling Human Body Parts
About Scott
Pacific Standard: How do you make a living as an investigative reporter?