The Great Cannonball Boom

When the pandemic cleared highways, a stealthy group of car obsessives glimpsed an opportunity to take on the legendary Cannonball run—and become legends themselves. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 3 years ago

Mystery of the Immaculate Concussion

He was a senior CIA official tasked with getting tough on Russia. Then, one night in Moscow, Marc Polymeropoulos's life changed forever. He says he was hit with a mysterious weapon, joining dozens of American diplomats and spies who believe they’ve been targeted with this secret … | Continue reading


@gq.com | 3 years ago

Mystery Weapon Attacks Continuing, Even on U.S. Soil

He was a senior CIA official tasked with getting tough on Russia. Then one night in Moscow, Marc Polymeropoulos's life changed forever. He says he was hit with a mysterious weapon, joining dozens of American diplomats and spies who believe they’ve been targeted with this secret d … | Continue reading


@gq.com | 3 years ago

Doctors Tell Me I Have Covid. Why Won't the Tests?

She's been sick for over a month with what doctors long-ago diagnosed as COVID. So why has Julia Ioffe repeatedly tested negative—and what does her search for answers tell us about the faith we invest in a testing system that's trickier than we think? | Continue reading


@gq.com | 3 years ago

She's been sick for over a month with what doctors long-ago diagnosed as COVID. So why has Julia Ioffe repeatedly tested negative—and what does her search for answers tell us about the faith we invest in a testing system that's trickier than we think? | Continue reading


@gq.com | 3 years ago

The Conscience of Silicon Valley

Tech oracle Jaron Lanier saw the evils of social media platforms before anyone else. Now he talks about whether Twitter activism really works, how to fix Facebook, and why he won't be joining Silicon Valley's overlords in New Zealand. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 3 years ago

From Productivity to Psychedelics: Tim Ferriss Changed His Mind About Success

Tim Ferriss on his quarantine philosophy, funding psychedelic research, and why “not everything that is meaningful can be measured.” | Continue reading


@gq.com | 3 years ago

I Got Hacked So You Don't Have to (2017)

Sarah Jeong invited a hacker in to see exactly how it's done. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 3 years ago

Futuremood Sunglasses Review: Do These Mood-Altering Shades Work?

The effects are purportedly “less subtle than CBD, but more subtle than caffeine.” | Continue reading


@gq.com | 3 years ago

Facebook Knows It’s Engineered to Exploit Human Brain Attraction to Divisiveness

Like other platforms, Facebook is a hotbed for violent extremism and it doesn't seem to care. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 3 years ago

The Provocations of Elon Musk

Elizabeth Spiers on the mercurial billionaire and how his wealth allows him to openly flout the law without fear. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 3 years ago

The Eruption of Instagram Island

They’d come to New Zealand’s Whakaari / White Island, a rugged fantasyland and active volcano, for stunning selfies and the thrill of danger. Then the worst-case scenario happened. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 3 years ago

What Ever Happened to Brendan Fraser?

The actor talks about being sexually harassed over a decade ago, and the result of speaking up: “The silence was deafening.” | Continue reading


@gq.com | 3 years ago

The Nightmare Voyage of the Diamond Princess

Doug Bock Clark uncovers what two weeks trapped aboard the ill-fated, coronavirus-infected cruise ship felt like—for unsuspecting tourists, for frightened crew members, and for the captain himself. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 4 years ago

Rick Steves, Homebound ↦

Talking to the travel guru about his life in isolation, which includes piano playing and stocking up on weed. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 4 years ago

The Great Kettlebell Shortage of 2020

They’re sold out everywhere. How complicated could it be to just make some more? Turns out, very. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 4 years ago

On Surviving Screens and Social Media in Isolation

A Q+A with Cal Newport on why the quality of your quarantine may come down to how you use your technology. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 4 years ago

Rikers Island Inmates Offered $6 per Hour to Dig Mass Graves

The U.S. death toll surpassed that of 9/11, and it's still rising. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 4 years ago

Brooks Brothers Says It Will Manufacture 150k Masks per Day

America’s oldest retailer is one of the few brands that make clothing in the United States. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 4 years ago

The Infuriating Story of How the Government Stalled Coronavirus Testing

How one young doctor at a Seattle lab tried to get out in front of the coronavirus crisis by inventing his own test. And why the absurdity of his struggle should make us all afraid. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 4 years ago

What is so deadly about the novel coronavirus is that it spreads rapidly without layman detection—until it's too late. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 4 years ago

The Great Buenos Aires Bank Heist

An all-star crew, a perfect plan, and a successful caper that made them a fortune. But no one expected what happened next. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 4 years ago

Is This the Most Powerful Man in Sports?

In the NBA, all roads lead to one man, whom you’ve probably never heard of: William Wesley—a.k.a. Worldwide Wes—the most connected, most discreet, most influential man on and off the court | Continue reading


@gq.com | 4 years ago

All Our Tech Heroes Turned into Tech Villains

Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and Elizabeth Holmes all promised game-changing improvements on American life. What happened? | Continue reading


@gq.com | 4 years ago

A Deadly Day of Chaos at the Top of Mount Everest

It was one of the most arresting viral photos of the year: a horde of climbers clogged atop Mount Everest. But it only begins to capture the realities of what transpired that day at 29,000 feet. These are the untold accounts of the people who were there. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 4 years ago

Why the Codpiece Remains One of Menswear’s Most Essential Accessories

On Thom Browne’s runways and in a new book, this strange assertion of delusional manhood keeps cropping up in art and fashion. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 4 years ago

When Does America Reckon with the Gravity of Donald Trump's Alleged Rapes?

In light of the new legal scrutiny of Jeffrey Epstein, it’s time to re-examine all the sexual misconduct allegations against the president. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 4 years ago

Chaos at the top of the world

It was one of the most arresting viral photos of the year: a horde of climbers clogged atop Mount Everest. But it only begins to capture the realities of what transpired that day at 29,000 feet. These are the untold accounts of the people who were there. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 4 years ago

The Great Paper Caper (2014)

A guy with more than $200 million in nearly flawless fake twenties stuffed in a garage—and how he got away with it. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 4 years ago

Rep. Jim Jordan's Attempt at Attacking a Whistleblower Draws Laughter at Impeachment Hearing

One of Trump's most dedicated supporters flubbed it. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 4 years ago

Do You Know Who Owns Your Debt?

How the debt-buying and debt-collection industries put the squeeze on Americans. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 4 years ago

No one knows a “clear conflict of interest” when they see it better than the president's children. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 4 years ago

The Bygone Age of Couture Cellphones

For a brief moment, the couture cell phone was a thing—and the LG Prada competed with iPhone. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 4 years ago

The Movie Set That Ate Itself (On Ilya Khrzhanovsky's Film “Dau”)

Five years ago, a relatively unknown (and unhinged) director began one of the wildest experiments in film history. Armed with total creative control, he invaded a Ukrainian city, marshaled a cast of thousands and thousands, and constructed a totalitarian society in which the came … | Continue reading


@gq.com | 4 years ago

The Greatest Art Thief

He didn’t steal for money, but for the thrill, the beauty, the ownership. But it couldn’t last forever. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 4 years ago

How the U.S. military churns out more greenhouse gas than entire countries

The Pentagon is the world's biggest consumer of fossil fuels—and agents of climate change. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 4 years ago

A Pair of Sneakers Explains the Billion-Dollar Sneaker Resale Industry

How one pair's journey through the secondary market explains a booming industry. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 4 years ago

Texas Weed Laws: The State Might Have Accidentally Decriminalized It

And it isn't the only state where laws intended to legalize hemp have gone hilariously awry. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 4 years ago

Why Is Everyone Talking About 30-50 Feral Hogs?

That run into your yard within 3-5 minutes while your small kids play. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 4 years ago

The End of Straight

The end for America, and the end for me. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 4 years ago

In Praise of Being Washed

Going to bed at 10 P.M. and waking up early has its perks. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 4 years ago

In recent weeks, some Republicans have raised the specter of anti-Semitism as a convenient distraction from detention camps and racist tropes. And the Jews are tired of it. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 4 years ago

What Kind of Person Cooks a Frozen Burrito in the Oven?

Meet the Oven Burrito People: natural-born hedonists who take the ultimate microwaveable convenience food down the path of most resistance. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 4 years ago

The Troubling Business of Bounty Hunting

In order to get a closer look inside the world of "bail enforcement agents," writer Jeff Winkler got licensed and spent months working in a broken system that’s bad for just about everyone involved. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 4 years ago

Ted Chiang on Our Relationship to Technology, Capitalism, Threat of Extinction

The Hugo award-winning icon discusses his new collection and the evolving role technology plays in our lives. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 4 years ago

The Unsolved Mystery of the Malibu Creek Murder

When a young father was randomly killed in Malibu Creek State Park last summer, it sent the placid SoCal community into hysterics—spawning amateur sleuths, conspiracy theories, and public paranoia. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 4 years ago

Human Society Isn’t Prepared to Survive Climate Change

Researcher David Spratt warns in a new report that "no political, social, or military system can cope" with the worst outcomes of climate change. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 4 years ago

The Personal Finance Industry Is a Scam

Suze Orman’s rant against coffee is the latest in cable-news advice that puts the blame for an increasingly unequal financial system on individuals. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 4 years ago