The Personal Finance Industry Is a Scam

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


@gq.com | 4 years ago

Dozen of Tech Titans Made a Pilgrimage to Brunello Cucinelli’s Italian Village

Fashion’s favorite philosopher-designer has quietly become a Silicon Valley icon. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 4 years ago

The Best Media Tote Bags, Ranked

A definitive list. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 4 years ago

The 15-Year Layover (2003)

He is a man without a country, a family and a home. For more than a decade, Merhan Nasseri has been living in terminal one at Charles de Gaulle airport, waiting. For what, he doesn't know anymore | Continue reading


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The 15-year layover (2003)

He is a man without a country, a family and a home. For more than a decade, Merhan Nasseri has been living in terminal one at Charles de Gaulle airport, waiting. For what, he doesn't know anymore | Continue reading


@gq.com | 4 years ago

The Curious Cons of the Man Who Wouldn’t Die

When Mark Olmsted contracted HIV, in the early 1980s, he figured the disease was a death sentence. And so he hatched a scheme to live out his last years in style—swiping credit cards, bilking insurance companies, even faking his own death. What’s the problem with some forgery, fr … | Continue reading


@gq.com | 4 years ago

The Environmental Case for Composting Your Body

Apparently, you're an environmental hazard even after you die. Washington state is trying to change that. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 4 years ago

Errolson Hugh Sees the Future

The man behind Acronym—the cutting-edge fashion coveted by legions of fans like John Mayer and sci-fi wizards like William Gibson—is making clothes for the end of the world. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 5 years ago

The Hotshots of Helltown

Last fall, when a historic blaze blew through Northern California, thousands of people—including those in the tiny community of Helltown—were forced to flee. This is the story of four friends who stayed to fight. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 5 years ago

The diet of Joe Thomas – who no longer resembles an NFL offensive lineman

After retiring in 2018, the Cleveland Browns legend dramatically re-engineered his diet. Now he looks like a linebacker. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 5 years ago

Ocasio-Cortez actually said yes to their invite, and now they're waffling. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 5 years ago

Kentucky Republicans Worried Inviting AOC to Meet Coal Miners Might Backfire

Ocasio-Cortez actually said yes to their invite, and now they're waffling. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 5 years ago

Jack Dorsey Only Eats One Meal a Day

And he fasts on the weekends. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 5 years ago

Why “Doing Nothing” Is the Best Self-Care for the Internet Era

A Q+A with Jenny Odell about her new book "How to Do Nothing," social media fatigue, and the cult of productivity. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 5 years ago

The Underground Railroad of North Korea

The story of a desperate North Korean woman who risked her life to reach freedom, and of the complicated man who led the way. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 5 years ago

Why Apple AirPods came to be everywhere, with some thoughts from Sir Jony Ive

One writer's theory on the slow-burn phenomenon taking over our headspace. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 5 years ago

The Great Lost Dead Archive

As the Grateful Dead's longtime sound engineer, Dan Healy amassed a rich collection of tour tees. Take a look at his newly re-discovered archive. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 5 years ago

Cal Newport on Why We'll Look Back at Our Smartphones Like Cigarettes

The computer scientist on his new book "Digital Minimalism," why workplaces may go email-free, and why the tech backlash is about to go mainstream. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 5 years ago

Cal Newport on Why We'll Look Back at Our Smartphones Like Cigarettes

The computer scientist on his new book "Digital Minimalism," why workplaces may go email-free, and why the tech backlash is about to go mainstream. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 5 years ago

Traffic

At any given moment there are roughly 6,000 planes on their way to somewhere over American airspace. Getting them safely down to the ground will depend upon the efforts of a small group of controllers who, nearly without fail, get the job done despite long hours, grim working con … | Continue reading


@gq.com | 5 years ago

On the Movie Set of Director Ilya Khrzhanovsky's 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 | 5 years ago

Musicians Come Clean on How They Live, Create, and Thrive While Sober

Steven Tyler, Julien Baker, Ben Harper, Jason Isbell, Joe Walsh, and more share their stories. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 5 years ago

The Fresno Bee and the War on Local News

Zach Baron spent time with the reporters fighting to keep news alive in an age when the forces they cover are working equally hard to destroy them. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 5 years ago

Why Your Brain Is Wired for Pessimism

We’ve evolved to expect the worst. Dr. Martin Seligman, a psychologist, explains why—and what you can do to get some optimism back. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 5 years ago

The War Against Sneaker Bots Peaked at the End of 2018

Or: how some poor dope paid $10,000 for a shoe | Continue reading


@gq.com | 5 years ago

Is Intermittent Fasting Really Worth It?

Is going without food for 16 hours at a time really worth the trouble? | Continue reading


@gq.com | 5 years ago

The Enormous Life of Anthony Bourdain, the Last Curious Man

Chefs, artists, and loved ones pay tribute to the late culinary icon. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 5 years ago

The Best Cardio Machine for Every Type of Workout

Here's how to pick the right one for you—and how to get the most out of it. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 5 years ago

How (And Why) to Build Some Boredom Back into Your Life

Believe it or not, sometimes not doing anything at all is the most productive thing you can do. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 5 years ago

The Time Capsule That's as Big as Human History

This is the true story of how an Austrian ceramicist is preparing for a world after humans—with the help of a salt mine. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 5 years ago

How to Hack an Election

Step 1: Buy a used voting machine on eBay. Step 2: Play off an American public that has already lost its trust in elections. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 5 years ago

One Month Inside L.A.'s Cult of Betterness

Rosecrans Baldwin dove into the world of boutique juice bars, hallucinogenic ceremonies, and mysterious wellness retreats. And wound up in darker depths than he ever imagined. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 5 years ago

How to Talk About Your Job on a Date

Without coming off like a jerk or boring your date to tears. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 5 years ago

The Time Bandits of Southern California

They stole millions of dollars' worth of watches in broad daylight—and one special agent aimed to bring them down. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 5 years ago

Do Nootropics Actually Work? I Took a Bunch of Magic Brain Pills to Find Out

Swallow a pill and become a better you? Nootropics sound too good to be true. So we sent one staffer to investigate. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 5 years ago

Texas Voting Machines Are Switching Democratic Votes to Ted Cruz, and Vice Versa

It's not a grand conspiracy. But it is a symptom of a much deeper problem in Texas. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 5 years ago

How to Break Bad Habits (And Why That's More Important Than You Think)

Plus: Why goals don’t work, and why your to-do list is wrecking your ability to do anything. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 5 years ago

Lab-Grown Diamonds: They're Real, and They're Spectacular

But some folks still want the real thing. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 5 years ago

Billionaires Are the Leading Cause of Climate Change

As the world faces environmental disaster on a biblical scale, it's important to remember exactly who brought us here. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 5 years ago

What to Say at the End of a Bad Date

Don't lie. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 5 years ago

Yuval Noah Harari Explains the Secret to Surviving the Coming Tech Dystopia

Historian Yuval Noah Harari explains, in his new book, why the best preparation for our future has nothing to do with learning to code or building a bunker. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 5 years ago

Football, My Dad’s Dementia, and Me

Doctors said we could blame my father's football career for his vanishing memory. So Dad and I decided to take a road trip down south to revisit the schools that made him. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 5 years ago

Men, Please Brush Your Teeth

Teeth, teeth, TEETH, TEETH. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 5 years ago

How Puerto Rico Became a Tax Haven for the Super Rich

Welcome to a paradise for the personal-jet set among the ruins of Hurricane Maria. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 5 years ago

The Untold Stories of Paul McCartney

The living legend on the Beatles breakup, Kanye, orgies, forgetting his own songs, killing frogs, group masturbation, and (somehow) more. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 5 years ago

Why Self-Help Might Actually Be Making You Less Happy

A Danish psychologist explains why our constant pursuit of self-betterment and happiness has us thinking about ourselves all wrong. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 5 years ago

Nazi Punks F**k Off: How Punk Rock Took Back Their Scene from White Supremacists

An oral history of fighting back against Nazis. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 5 years ago

Sperm Count Zero

A strange thing has happened to men over the past few decades: We've become increasingly infertile, so much so that within a generation we may lose the ability to reproduce entirely. | Continue reading


@gq.com | 5 years ago