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Tom Roston

The Ugly American Passport Fiasco

The State Department told me to fly to Puerto Rico to renew my passport. There’s something wrong here.

5 min readApr 3, 2023

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Food Allergies Remain a Mystery. Why?

The rise in food allergies has been weighing on the health system for a couple decades now — with little understanding of where it came…

14 min readMar 2, 2021

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An Oral History of Wikipedia, the Web’s Encyclopedia

The definitive story of Wikipedia on its 20th anniversary

23 min readJan 14, 2021

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An Oral History of Wikipedia, the Web’s Encyclopedia

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Neil Pergament — Medium

Like many others, I lament the entertainment industry’s lack of originality. Still, I can’t help but feel curious, even eager, when…

2 min readOct 14, 2020

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About 95% of the people who died in the World Trade Center were at the impact zones or above them.

1 min readSep 11, 2020

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The Restaurant That Died on 9/11

Windows on the World was a paragon of New York splendor. And then it was gone.

8 min readSep 11, 2019

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How Atkins Became Keto

There’s a reason the ketogenic diet has staying power, and it’s not ketosis

13 min readJul 29, 2019

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‘I Love Billionaires’: Author Ben Mezrich on the Winklevoss Twins and Cryptocurrency Hype

In ‘Bitcoin Billionaires,’ Mezrich reinvents the Winklevoss twins as savvy tech investors

7 min readMay 23, 2019

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‘I Love Billionaires’: Author Ben Mezrich on the Winklevoss Twins and Cryptocurrency Hype

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The Definitive Oral History of TiVo

How the original DVR paved the way for Netflix

21 min readApr 2, 2019

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The Monster Under the Bed

To My Fellow Commanders-in-Chief:

5 min readNov 9, 2016

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Tom Roston

Culture writer; Author of THE WRITER’S CRUSADE: KURT VONNEGUT AND THE MANY LIVES OF SLAUGHTER-HOUSE FIVE [https://amzn.to/2YSavt0].

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