Joseph Bien-Kahn
@josephbienkahn.com
Senior Editor at Esses Magazine
sports, movies, odd desert stuff, fire, adventure!
bylines: NYT Mag, NY Mag, Rolling Stone, Bloomberg, GQ, SI, Wired...
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sports, movies, odd desert stuff, fire, adventure!
bylines: NYT Mag, NY Mag, Rolling Stone, Bloomberg, GQ, SI, Wired...
[email protected]
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Island Time - Believer Magazine
I call Don Nelson from my rental car, which I’ve parked by some food trucks near the Kahului Airport. It rings through, which means I’m welcomed to the island by a sardonic voicemail: “Hey, you’ve rea...
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Interested in outlaw country, weed brownies, feuding with billionaires, the early NBA, playing Gin Rummy on a weekday afternoon, and what it feels like to die?
I went to Maui to profile Don Nelson for The Believer!
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I went to Maui to profile Don Nelson for The Believer!
@thebeliever.net
www.thebeliever.net/island-time/
If we don’t tax the 1%, the Dodgers are gonna keep signing all these dudes. “Tax the rich; fuck the Dodgers” is a winning policy for 2026…
January 17, 2026 at 2:05 AM
If we don’t tax the 1%, the Dodgers are gonna keep signing all these dudes. “Tax the rich; fuck the Dodgers” is a winning policy for 2026…
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The most illustrative reply I’ve ever seen.
pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things
January 16, 2026 at 7:19 PM
The most illustrative reply I’ve ever seen.
Me in 2016 / Me in 2026
January 16, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Me in 2016 / Me in 2026
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A note: while interviewing someone, your goal is not to prove you know everything. It’s fine to ask a clarifying question, even if you know the answer, especially if a subject has just answered the question before with a single word…
Holy shit, has Ezra Klein been living under a rock? You don’t have to be any kind of Christian to know this reference.
January 14, 2026 at 6:51 PM
A note: while interviewing someone, your goal is not to prove you know everything. It’s fine to ask a clarifying question, even if you know the answer, especially if a subject has just answered the question before with a single word…
Starting World War III does not help “national security”
January 14, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Starting World War III does not help “national security”
Had to turn off “Mary Poppins” and explain #grindset to my three year old. What is this anti-capitalist propaganda that Disney’s trying to sell my boy?
January 14, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Had to turn off “Mary Poppins” and explain #grindset to my three year old. What is this anti-capitalist propaganda that Disney’s trying to sell my boy?
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‘whiskey fridays with tony dokoupil’
January 14, 2026 at 1:26 AM
‘whiskey fridays with tony dokoupil’
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To think, he could’ve been working in the HHS, țrying to restrict access to the measles vaccine smh
January 13, 2026 at 4:15 AM
To think, he could’ve been working in the HHS, țrying to restrict access to the measles vaccine smh
Maybe the next A-Rod will be likable!
January 13, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Maybe the next A-Rod will be likable!
Gonna be hard to score three times with Discount Double Checkdowns
January 13, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Gonna be hard to score three times with Discount Double Checkdowns
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Let your investors be your jesters at the rugpull of success
January 13, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Let your investors be your jesters at the rugpull of success
Welp, I think there’s gonna be a new OC job opening at least
Obviously, this Niners season has been cursed from the start, so the only goal now is to ruin as many seasons as possible before it’s over. Would love to get some coaches fired before this ends when we have to forfeit because we don’t have 11 healthy guys…
January 12, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Welp, I think there’s gonna be a new OC job opening at least
I understand that everyone wants the big job, but Robert Salah could have a lovely life being Shanahan’s Steve Spagnuolo for the next two decades
January 12, 2026 at 12:09 AM
I understand that everyone wants the big job, but Robert Salah could have a lovely life being Shanahan’s Steve Spagnuolo for the next two decades
Obviously, this Niners season has been cursed from the start, so the only goal now is to ruin as many seasons as possible before it’s over. Would love to get some coaches fired before this ends when we have to forfeit because we don’t have 11 healthy guys…
January 11, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Obviously, this Niners season has been cursed from the start, so the only goal now is to ruin as many seasons as possible before it’s over. Would love to get some coaches fired before this ends when we have to forfeit because we don’t have 11 healthy guys…
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The last 2 years of 49ers football
January 11, 2026 at 10:47 PM
The last 2 years of 49ers football
Caleb might be the one that was promised (already the greatest Bear QB in history)…
January 11, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Caleb might be the one that was promised (already the greatest Bear QB in history)…
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Amazing win for Chicago. Caleb is the truth.
Packers coaches gonna get a lot of smoke next week for this one…
Packers coaches gonna get a lot of smoke next week for this one…
January 11, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Amazing win for Chicago. Caleb is the truth.
Packers coaches gonna get a lot of smoke next week for this one…
Packers coaches gonna get a lot of smoke next week for this one…
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That win and that 4th-and-8 Caleb Williams play.
Those are things Bears fans will be telling their grandkids about.
Sports!
Those are things Bears fans will be telling their grandkids about.
Sports!
January 11, 2026 at 4:37 AM
That win and that 4th-and-8 Caleb Williams play.
Those are things Bears fans will be telling their grandkids about.
Sports!
Those are things Bears fans will be telling their grandkids about.
Sports!
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any playoff win would’ve been wonderful but embarrassing the packers like this…almost
makes you catholic lol
makes you catholic lol
[Schneidman] The Packers blow an 18-point lead and their season is over. A stunning and inexplicable collapse. twitter.com/mattschneidm...
January 11, 2026 at 4:40 AM
any playoff win would’ve been wonderful but embarrassing the packers like this…almost
makes you catholic lol
makes you catholic lol
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skillful news writing www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
January 10, 2026 at 2:18 PM
skillful news writing www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
‘Marty Supreme’: pretty fun! not the best Safdie flick! But… I now fully believe in Timmy Chalamet as the Young DiCaprio
January 10, 2026 at 6:20 AM
‘Marty Supreme’: pretty fun! not the best Safdie flick! But… I now fully believe in Timmy Chalamet as the Young DiCaprio