Shows like Dual Survival and Naked and Afraid have helped make real-life survival one of the TV’s hottest genres. But when participants get pushed to endure ever more dangerous situations, how far is too far?
Live Through This
Child Abduction story on TV
Here’s a link to me talking about the Bianca Lozano story on Headline News. If I had known I’d be standing–er, slouching– for this segment, I might have thought about what to do with my hands besides shoving them in my pockets as if I was standing around waiting for a bus. But I’m new to this.
The 19-Year Search for Bianca Lozano and the Nightmare of Child Abduction Cases
As if losing a child to kidnapping wasn’t horrifying enough, ineffective law enforcement agencies and predatory private investigators only add to the confusion and pain. Deana Hebert’s long, maddening search for her daughter — and the ex-husband who took her — may be the rule, not the exception.
Men In Blazers: Meet the Suboptimal Stars of America’s First Great Soccer Show
How a ‘Downton Abbey’-obsessed duo went from podcast obscurity to broadcast TV
Stranger Than Fiction
From Masters of Sex to Boardwalk Empire: How Accurate are Fact-Based Dramas?
Digital Salsa
The Surprising Rebirth of Legendary Latin Music Label Fania Records
Dormant for years, the world’s greatest salsa label is back and celebrating its 50th anniversary. How a new digital strategy and smart branding have revitalized–and returned to profitability–this major cultural institution.
The Wizard of Minecraft
Markus Persson, a.k.a Notch, is gaming’s biggest rock star. But he may never make a second album.
The Yid Army Goes To War: When Does Chanting A Soccer Team’s Nickname Become A Crime?
Is Tottenham Hotspur’s nickname — the Yids — an anti-Semitic slur that should get its fans arrested, a misunderstood tradition, or a rousing cry for Jewish pride? Whatever the answer, it has become a flashpoint for discussion of free speech, civility, and the public image of an increasingly lucrative sport.
SXSWi Uncensored: The Complete Oral History
For those who feel like 20,000 words about a tech conference is not NEARLY enough, here is the full 176-page eBook that I wrote at Fast Company’s behest. Strangely enough, it still fills too short to me. You can by it via Amazon, iTunes, this weird, possibly Canadian, indie book store, or probably some other places too.
Sex! Drugs! Apps!: An Oral History of SXSW Interactive
Twenty years of wild parties, legendary product launches, and heated controversies: how an unlikely mix of “nerds, rock-and-roll hippie freaks, and business suits” grew into the tech world’s most-talked-about annual gathering.
David Peisner 