Is There an Artificial God?

Source: NBAA
Published: Sep 1, 1998
Length: 15 minutes (3,902 words)

Lunch with M.

Undercover with a Michelin inspector.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Nov 23, 2009
Length: 25 minutes (6,462 words)

Take the Metrobús in Mexico City

A remarkable example of how to put a new transport system into place in a relatively short time, how to foster cooperation over competition in a city known for its rough-and-tumble politics, and how to create a public-private transport system that does not rely on massive public subsidies.

Source: The Atlantic
Published: Nov 17, 2009
Length: 5 minutes (1,299 words)

“Twilight” of our youth

It isn’t just a tween phenomenon. Women in their 30s and beyond are addicted to Stephenie Meyer’s vampire saga, too

Source: Salon
Published: Nov 16, 2009
Length: 5 minutes (1,256 words)

What’s the Recipe?

Our hunger for cookbooks

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Nov 23, 2009
Length: 17 minutes (4,385 words)

I Dream of Diane

What do you do with the grief and guilt when your wife drives the wrong way on the Taconic State Parkway with a van full of kids and a body full of alcohol, and ends up in a crash that kills eight? You put her in a shrine.

Published: Nov 15, 2009
Length: 17 minutes (4,310 words)

Underground Psychology

Researchers have been spying on us on the subway. Here’s what they’ve learned.

Source: Slate
Published: Nov 17, 2009
Length: 14 minutes (3,642 words)

What Happened to Michael Vick’s Dogs

Since being rescued 20 months ago from the dogfighting ring financed by Michael Vick, all but a few of the abused pit bulls have been recovering in sanctuary, foster care and adoptive homes. Now even the most traumatized of them can have a happy new year.

Author: Jim Gorant
Published: Dec 24, 2008
Length: 18 minutes (4,544 words)

Can D.I.Y. Supplant the First-Person Shooter?

The face of the enemy flashed across a 20-foot screen. “That’s right,” Jason Rohrer announced. “It’s Roger Ebert.” There were a few boos, as several hundred people stirred in their seats. The film critic’s cherubic face stared at the audience. “Ebert said video games can’t be art,” Rohrer said. “He issued all of us a direct challenge. And we need to find an answer.”

Published: Nov 13, 2009
Length: 8 minutes (2,132 words)

Hollywood’s Favorite Cowboy

Author Cormac McCarthy, 76, talked about love, religion, his 11-year-old son, the end of the world and the movie based on his novel ‘The Road.’ He was just getting going.

Published: Nov 20, 2009
Length: 24 minutes (6,139 words)