Three years ago, filmmaker Kyrre Lien became curious about what drives people to make hateful comments online. He pored over 200 online profiles and traveled the world to interview internet trolls in person to uncover why they say the things they do. The results are fascinating and terrifying at the same time.
Krista Stevens
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The Most Amazing Chef You’ve Never Heard of is a Zen Buddhist Nun
Jeong Kwan has no restaurant, no customers, and no cookbooks, yet her vegan cuisine earns rave reviews from Michelin-star chefs.
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RAWR! What’s Happening to Me? The Truth is Out There (About Menopause)
Gillian Anderson and Jennifer Nadel speak frankly about perimenopause and menopause to destigmatize the flow and ebb of the female reproductive cycle.
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He Learned it All on Google and YouTube: How to Become a Gold Smuggler
Want to become an international gold smuggler? Harold Vilches started his life of crime with a Google search for gold dealers in Peru and YouTube videos on how to make your own gold ingots.
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The Truth Is Out There (About Menopause)
In this conversation, Gillian Anderson and Jennifer Nadel reflect on the maddening and sometimes little-known symptoms of perimenopause and menopause to get more women talking about the flow and ebb of the female reproductive cycle and how it affects them, their work, their partners, and their families.
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Jeong Kwan, the Philosopher Chef
The most amazing chef you’ve never heard of is Jeong Kwan — a 59-year-old Zen Buddhist nun who cooks in a remote temple south of Seoul, South Korea.
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Why Populism Will Not Make America Great: The Making of a Mexican-American Dream
Sarah Menkedick suggests that America has everything to lose if it can’t reject the resurgence of nativist (white) populism to embrace this generation of smart, ambitious, second-generation Mexican Americans.
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How to Become an International Gold Smuggler
Before getting nabbed by the Policía de Investigaciones — the Chilean equivalent of the FBI — 23-year-old Harold Vilches acquired and resold over 4,000 lbs. of gold worth $80 million in under two years. It all started with a Google search for gold dealers in Peru and YouTube videos on how to make your own […]
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Weight Loss Does Not Cure Depression: How the World’s Heaviest Man Lost it All
Paul Mason lost 700 lbs. after bariatric surgery and finds happiness elusive; dramatic weight loss does nothing to treat the underlying depression and emotional trauma that caused him to eat to excess in the first place.
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Where Cult Fame and Real-Life Tragedy Intersect: ‘Zelda: Majora’s Mask’
How an alternate, fan-made, sinister storyline for Zelda: Majora’s Mask called Ben Drowned connects to the online suicide of 12-year-old Katelyn Davis.