Zach Baron is a staff writer for GQ.
"People love to put celebrity stuff or culture stuff lower on the hierarchy than, say, a serial killer story. I think they're all the same story. If you crack the human, you crack the human."
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Show Notes:
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Baron's personal site
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[7:00] "Kanye West: A Brand-New Ye" (GQ • Jul 2014)
[17:30] "Steve McQueen: Auteur of the Year 2013" (GQ • Dec 2013)
[22:50] "The Secret Double Life of Mister Cee" (GQ • Feb 2014)
[39:10] Baron's archive on Grantland
[45:00] "Fear and Self-Loathing in Las Vegas" (The Daily • Oct 2011)
[45:40] "50 Cent Is My Life Coach" (GQ • Jun 2014)
[52:00] "Cliven Bundy's War" (GQ • Jul 2014)
[52:20] "Why Are They (Armed) 'Patriots' in Nevada But (Unarmed) Rioters in Ferguson?" (GQ • Aug 2014)
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