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David Kushner, a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, has written for The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Wired and The Atavist. "The minute you see an incredible character, you know. The only thing I can compare it to is bowling, not that I'm much of a bowler. On the few times I've thrown a strike, you know it before it hits the pins." Thanks to TinyLetter and ProFlowers for sponsoring this week's episode. Show notes: @davidkushner davidkushner.com Kushner on Longform [1:00] "The Bones of Marianna" (The Atavist • Dec 2013) [8:15] "The Hacker is Watching" (GQ • Jan 2012) [8:45] Masters of Doom (Random House • 2003) [8:45] Jacked (Wiley • 2012) [28:45] "Prepare to Meet Thy Doom" (Wired • May 2003) [30:45] "Cormac McCarthy's Apocalypse" (Rolling Stone • Dec 2007) [31:00] "Time Tunnels Meet Warped Passages" (IEEE Spectrum • Apr 2006) [37:45] "The WikiLeaks Mole" (Rolling Stone • Jan 2014) [41:45] Levittown (Walker & Company • 2009) [43:30] "I Was a Teenage Freak" (Rolling Stone • Sep 2003) [48:00] "Anonymous vs. St