The archive
From the magazines
48 stories for WIRED, NPR, Mother Jones, Foreign Policy, Playboy, Outside and more, 2005–present. Stories marked “Read it here” are hosted on this site; the rest open at the original publication.
- The Deadly Cyclone That Changed the Course of the Cold WarWIRED · Feature · Magazines
- It's Time to Change Your Relationship to FearOutside · Book excerpt · Magazines
- Inside 'The Wedge,' and the Limits of Human EnduranceMen's Journal · Feature · Magazines
- The Cold Cure: What Freezing Water and Extreme Altitude Can Do for Our HealthMen's Journal · Feature · Magazines
- If You're Willing to Buy a Kidney, You're Willing to Exploit the PoorThe Washington Post · Essay · Magazines
- Medicine: The Commodified BodyNature · Book review · Magazines
- The Iceman ComethRead it herePlayboy · Wim Hof & breathwork · Magazines
- Death and Madness at Diamond MountainRead it herePlayboy · Cults · Magazines
- The Year of Giving AdventurouslyOutside · Contributor · Magazines
- Panic ButtonOutside · Feature · Magazines
- Fortress IndiaRead it hereForeign Policy · India · Magazines
- Book Excerpt: Exposing India's Blood FarmersWIRED · Book excerpt · Magazines
- The Rise of the Red MarketForeign Policy · Essay · Magazines
- Insectophiliac Builds 12-Foot-High Spider-BotWIRED · Feature · Magazines
- Inside the Business of Selling Human Body PartsWIRED · Feature · Magazines
- Unpacking the Global Human Egg TradeFast Company · Feature · Magazines
- Fire in the HoleRead it hereForeign Policy · India · Magazines
- Cash on Delivery: Inside India's Rent-a-Womb BusinessMother Jones · Feature · Magazines
- The Temple of DoMother Jones · Feature · Magazines
- Cutthroat Capitalism: An Economic Analysis of the Somali Pirate Business ModelRead it hereWIRED · Piracy · Magazines
- The Resolution: Sealing the Deal and the GetawayWIRED · Cutthroat Capitalism · Magazines
- The Negotiation: Offer and Counteroffer, Shoot or Stand Down?WIRED · Cutthroat Capitalism · Magazines
- The Attack: Shippers Brave Shortcuts Through Pirate WatersWIRED · Cutthroat Capitalism · Magazines
- Meet the Parents: The Dark Side of Overseas AdoptionMother Jones · Feature · Payne Award for Ethics in Journalism · Magazines
- The Godfather of BangaloreRead it hereWIRED · India · Magazines
- Tata Motors: The People, the Problems, the Politics Behind the Tata NanoWIRED · Feature · Magazines
- Transgender Talk Show Host Tackles Taboos in IndiaNPR · Radio report · Magazines
- India Beckons Indian-Americans Back with JobsNPR · Radio report · Magazines
- Carnatic Music Festival Blooms in IndiaNPR · Radio report · Magazines
- Into the Heart of India's Underground Bone TradeNPR · Radio report · Magazines
- Did a Comet Cause the Great Flood?Discover · Feature · Magazines
- Thai Tattoo Tradition Draws Worldwide DevoteesNPR · Radio report · Magazines
- Inside India's Underground Trade in Human RemainsWIRED · Feature · Magazines
- Acid Attacks on Women in India Prompt ProtestsNPR · Radio report · Magazines
- A Culture of Song in India's Tamil NaduNPR · Radio report · Magazines
- A Handwritten Daily Paper in India Faces the Digital FutureWIRED · News · Magazines
- E-Trash Industry Poses Hazards to WorkersNPR · Radio report · Magazines
- Black-Market Scandal Shakes India's Ban on Organ SalesWIRED · Organ trade series · Magazines
- Why a Kidney (Street Value: $3,000) Sells for $85,000WIRED · Organ trade series · Magazines
- Inside 'Kidneyville': Rani's StoryWIRED · Organ trade series · Magazines
- The Case for Mandatory Organ DonationWIRED · Organ trade series · Magazines
- Homebrew Site Becomes India's Bone Marrow RegistryWIRED · News · Magazines
- Stem Cell Success for Spinal Injury in IndiaWIRED · News · Magazines
- Indians Buy Organs With ImpunityWIRED · News · Magazines
- Medical Refugees Flee to IndiaWIRED · News · Magazines
- Help Develop a Medical Ethics WikiWIRED · News · Magazines
- One Cheap Desktop for AllWIRED · News · Magazines
- Testing Drugs on India's PoorWIRED · News · Magazines
2025
2024
2023
- The Best Books on SleepHealth & grifts
/blog/best-books-on-sleep - What Does it Mean to Be “On the Record?”Journalism & writing
/blog/what-does-it-mean-to-be-on - An Abandoned Nobel Prize Winning Treatment for Syphilis Started with Infecting Patients with MalariaHealth & grifts
/blog/an-abandoned-nobel-prize-winning-treatment-for-syphilis-started-with-infecting-patients-with-malaria - Will My Cat Eat Me When I Die?World & science
/blog/will-my-cat-eat-me-when-i-die - The Myth of Wim Hof's "26 Guinness World Records"Most readWim Hof & breathwork
/blog/the-myth-of-wim-hofs-26-guinness-world-records - Wim Hof's Court Case Takes a TurnWim Hof & breathwork
/blog/wim-hofs-court-case-takes-a-turn - Shocking Stories from the Emergency RoomHealth & grifts
/blog/shocking-stories-from-the-emergency-room - EXCLUSIVE: Did This Expert on Truth Get Caught Lying?Health & grifts
/blog/exclusive-did-this-expert-on-truth-get-caught-lying - How to Start a CultCults & spirituality
/blog/how-to-start-a-cult - Is the Wim Hof Method a Cult?Wim Hof & breathwork
/blog/is-the-wim-hof-method-a-cult - How Not to Die from Breathwork: A Conversation with Patrick McKeownWim Hof & breathwork
/blog/how-not-to-die-from-breathwork-a-conversation-with-patrick-mckeown - The Rise and Fall of the Wim Hof EmpireMost readWim Hof & breathwork
/blog/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-wim-hof-empire - Forget Wim Hof. Forget Brown Fat. Remember This…Wim Hof & breathwork
/blog/forget-wim-hof-forget-brown-fat-remember-this- - The Power of Lightly Held BeliefsWorld & science
/blog/the-power-of-lightly-held-beliefs - Did Wim Really Invent the Wim Hof Method?Wim Hof & breathwork
/blog/did-wim-really-invent-the-wim-hof-method - Doomed Health Fads and the Law of Speedy GainsHealth & grifts
/blog/doomed-health-fads-and-the-law-of-speedy-gains - A Wim Hof Method Lightning RoundWim Hof & breathwork
/blog/a-wim-hof-method-lightning-round - Blue Sky Social Is Designed to Kill TwitterJournalism & writing
/blog/blue-sky-social-is-designed-to-kill-twitter - All Medicine Is Mindful MedicineHealth & grifts
/blog/all-medicine-is-mindful-medicine - Curse Psychobiology and the Underground Market in Human Body PartsThe Red Market
/blog/curse-psychobiology-and-the-underground-market-in-human-body-parts - Universal Yoga NidraCults & spirituality
/blog/universal-yoga-nidra - What Is Happening with Twitter Blue?Journalism & writing
/blog/what-is-happening-with-twitter-blue - Introducing the "Scott Carney Investigates" PodcastWorld & science
/blog/introducing-the-scott-carney-investigates-podcast - How Many People Can Live Inside a Split Brain?World & science
/blog/how-many-people-can-live-inside-in-a-split-brain - How Ayahuasca Cured My Video Game AddictionCults & spirituality
/blog/how-ayahuasca-cured-my-video-game-addiction - The Seven Steps to Writing a BookJournalism & writing
/blog/the-seven-steps-to-writing-a-book - When Plants Attack (and a Wedge Workshop)Wim Hof & breathwork
/blog/when-plants-attack-and-a-wedge-workshop - Frozen OutWim Hof & breathwork
/blog/frozen-out
2022
- How Wim Hof Lost His MethodWim Hof & breathwork
/blog/how-wim-hof-lost-his-method - Does This Parasite Control the World?Health & grifts
/blog/does-this-parasite-control-the-world - What 12 Years Doing the Wim Hof Method Taught MeWim Hof & breathwork
/blog/what-12-years-doing-the-wim-hof-method-taught-me - Time to Nap: An Essential Guide to Your SuperpowerHealth & grifts
/blog/time-to-nap-an-essential-guide-to-your-superpower - What Happens After You Die? Physics, Consciousness and the AfterlifeWorld & science
/blog/what-happens-when-you-die-physics-consciousness-and-the-afterlife - 9 Lobsters Enter. One Lobster Leaves.World & science
/blog/9-lobsters-enter-one-lobster-leaves - Was Andrew Huberman Wrong on His Shiver Protocol?Health & grifts
/blog/was-andrew-huberman-wrong-on-his-shiver-protocol - New Research in Nature Demonstrates How Cold Exposure Can Cure CancerWim Hof & breathwork
/blog/new-research-in-nature-demonstrates-how-cold-exposure-can-cure-cancer - The Truth About RoswellWorld & science
/blog/the-truth-about-roswell - In the Future Every Man Will Get a Reversible VasectomyHealth & grifts
/blog/in-the-future-every-man-will-get-a-reversible-vasectomy - On the Sex Life of Yahya Khan: A Rebuttal to the ReviewersWorld & science
/blog/on-the-sex-life-of-yahya-khan-a-rebuttal-the-reviewers - What Do We Say to Drowning on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River?World & science
/blog/what-do-we-say-to-drowning-on-the-middle-fork-of-the-salmon-river - Why the Real Estate Market Will Definitely CollapseWorld & science
/blog/why-the-real-estate-market-will-definitely-collapse - Asking Whether "Google Made Sentient AI" Is the Wrong QuestionWorld & science
/blog/asking-if-whether-or-not-google-made-sentient-ai-is-the-wrong-question - Who Will Win the World's First Social Media War?World & science
/blog/who-will-win-the-worlds-first-social-media-war - This High-Altitude Breathwork Could Save Your LifeWim Hof & breathwork
/blog/this-high-altitude-breathwork-could-save-your-life - What Is the Placebo Effect, Really?Health & grifts
/blog/what-is-the-placebo-effect-really - What Is Narrative Nonfiction?Journalism & writing
/blog/what-is-narrative-nonfiction - Does the Wim Hof Method Cause Tinnitus?Most readWim Hof & breathwork
/blog/does-the-wim-hof-method-cause-tinnitus - Our Atomic PickleWorld & science
/blog/our-atomic-pickle - Why YouTube Is the Best Social Media PlatformJournalism & writing
/blog/why-youtube-is-the-best-social-media-platform
2021
2020
- Hammers. Anvils. Heat. And the WedgeWim Hof & breathwork
/blog/hammers-anvils-heat-and-the-wedge-1 - The Perils of Being “On-Brand”Journalism & writing
/blog/the-perils-of-being-on-brand - Finding a Wedge for Anxiety in the Time of Social DistancingWim Hof & breathwork
/blog/finding-a-wedge-to-control-anxiety-in-the-time-of-social-distancing
Before 2019
Dates on these older posts were reset when they were imported in 2018. Most are from 2011–2016.
- ACX: The Good, the Bad and the UglyJournalism & writing
/blog/blog/acx-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly - TEDx-CU: How the Environment Shapes Human BiologyWorld & science
/blog/tedx-cu-how-the-environment-shapes-human-blology - Listen to the "What Doesn't Kill Us" AudiobookWim Hof & breathwork
/blog/listen-to-the-what-doesnt-kill-us-audiobook - What Doesn't Kill Us: The TrailerWim Hof & breathwork
/blog/announcing-the-what-doesnt-kill-us-trailer - If You're Willing to Buy a Kidney, You're Willing…The Red Market
/blog/if-youre-willing-to-buy-a-kidney-youre-willing - TEDx-Boulder: Body, Mind and SpiritCults & spirituality
/blog/uncategorized/tedx-boulder-body-mind-and-spirit - A Look Behind the Scenes at WordRatesJournalism & writing
/blog/a-look-behind-the-scenes-at-wordrates - Our Collective ProblemJournalism & writing
/blog/our-collective-problem - Should Writers Dream of Being Middle Class?Journalism & writing
/blog/should-writers-dream-of-being-middle-class - Help Kickstart WordRates & PitchLabJournalism & writing
/blog/help-kickstart-wordrates-pitchlab - For the Safety of JournalistsJournalism & writing
/blog/for-the-safety-of-journalists - Why "Cult" Is the Wrong WordCults & spirituality
/blog/why-cult-is-the-wrong-word - Tantric ObsessionCults & spirituality
/blog/tantric-obsession - The Enlightenment TrapCults & spirituality
/blog/the-enlightenment-trap - Editors Weigh In on Market PitchingJournalism & writing
/blog/edtitors-weigh-in-on-market-pitching - An (Almost) Deadly Journey on Diamond MountainCults & spirituality
/blog/an-almost-deadly-journey-on-diamond-mountain - Inside the Pacific Standard Interview Where I Swear Like…Journalism & writing
/blog/inside-pacific-standard-interview-where-i-swear-like - Fragile Freelancers and the Fate of JournalismJournalism & writing
/blog/fragile-freelancers-and-the-fate-of-journalism - Why ISIS Probably Isn't Selling OrgansThe Red Market
/blog/why-isis-probably-isnt-selling-organs - What Hollywood Can Teach Magazine WritersJournalism & writing
/blog/uncategorized/what-hollywood-can-teach-magazine-writers - Brian Williams and the Myth of the Intrepid TV…Journalism & writing
/blog/uncategorized/brian-william-and-the-myth-of-the-intrepid-tv - How Kill Fees Ruin Writers, Hurt Magazines and Destroy…Most readJournalism & writing
/blog/uncategorized/how-kill-fees-ruin-writers-hurt-magazines-and-destroy - Are You Pitching to a Silo or a Market?Journalism & writing
/blog/uncategorized/are-you-pitching-to-silo-or-a-market - The Case for $20 per WordJournalism & writing
/blog/uncategorized/the-case-for-20-per-word - Crowdsourcing Journalism RatesJournalism & writing
/blog/uncategorized/crowdsourcing-journalism-rates - How Much Are Words Worth?Journalism & writing
/blog/uncategorized/how-much-are-words-worth - The Contract That Kills JournalismJournalism & writing
/blog/the-contract-that-kills-journalism - National Novel Writing MonthJournalism & writing
/blog/uncategorized/national-novel-writing-month - The Current Talks Red MarketsThe Red Market
/blog/uncategorized/the-current-talks-red-markets - Tavis Smiley and The Red MarketThe Red Market
/blog/tavis-smiley-and-the-red-market - New York Times ReviewWorld & science
/blog/uncategorized/new-york-times-review - "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"The Red Market
/blog/uncategorized/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers - NPR: Blood, Bones and OrgansThe Red Market
/blog/uncategorized/npr-blood-bones-and-organs - Photos from The Red MarketThe Red Market
/blog/uncategorized/photos-from-the-red-market - India's MaoistsWorld & science
/blog/indias-maoists - Thai Protection TattoosWorld & science
/blog/uncategorized/thai-protection-tattoos - Salon Review: Flesh for SaleThe Red Market
/blog/uncategorized/salon-review-flesh-for-sale - Border WarsWorld & science
/blog/uncategorized/border-wars - Behind the Scenes of The Red MarketThe Red Market
/blog/behind-the-scenes-of-the-red-market - The Last CalligraphersWorld & science
/blog/uncategorized/the-last-calligraphers