What happens to food scraps? Charles Vigliotti, chief executive of American Organic Energy, has a vision to turn food waste, a largely untapped resource, into clean energy.
Cheri Lucas Rowlands
Cheri has been an editor at Longreads since 2014.
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The Man Who Broke Ticketmaster
Ken Lowson, the most infamous and successful ticket scalper of all time, used bots to buy millions of tickets. Now, several years later, he’s ready to tell his story—and fix the system.
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Queens of the Stoned Age
The Green Angels—a collective of weed-dealing models—runs a high-end, multimillion-dollar pot operation based in New York City.
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Ralph Steadman: The Gonzo Marksman
“It can be hard to fill the hours, so I try to make a mark every day.” Ralph Steadman, the Welsh artist best known for his political cartoons and collaborations with Hunter S. Thompson, continues to make art that makes a statement.
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‘There Is Something Distinctly Grown-Up About Being Attracted to Tiny Things’
At Harper’s, Alice Gregory ruminates on the world of miniature collecting, and explores why people make and admire such tiny things.
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‘It Was Too Good To Be True’: A Case of Scientific Fraud
In 2011, Diederik Stapel, a bright social psychologist at Tilburg University in the Netherlands, was suspended for fabricating data on a study that brought him much praise. At the Guardian, Stephen Buranyi profiles the team of researchers from the university’s psychology department, Chris Hartgerink and Marcel van Assen, who have since focused their research on scientific fraud.
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The Inner Tiny House Journey: Jay Shafer on Finding Meaning in Things
Mark Sundeen, writing for Outside, traveled to the National Tiny House Jamboree in 2016 and talked to some of the tiny house movement’s pioneers, including its “godfather” Jay Shafer. Over a cigarette break in the woods — away from all the tiny space swooners, wannabe-minimalists, and sales reps — Shafer tells him a bit about his design philosophy and the purpose of material objects.
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Little Things
“Why should it be so fulfilling to see the detritus of everyday life made small?” Alice Gregory explores the world of miniatures.
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The Hi-Tech War on Science Fraud
A team of researchers at Tilburg University’s Meta-Research Center in the Netherlands focuses full time on detecting misconduct and fabricated data in science.
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The Tiny-House Revolution Goes Huge
To understand the tiny house movement, Mark Sundeen attends its big annual gathering—the National Tiny House Jamboree in Colorado Springs—to learn from its luminaries.