Minority Report

Alex Honnold Doesn't Have A Death Wish

I once had the honor of spending a day in Yosemite with the world's greatest free climber. “It’ll be super mellow,” he said. Nope.

Jan 26 • Sanjiv Bhattacharya

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November 2025

Thanksgiving With Pimp Chicago

We wanted to get into the Players Ball. He told us he could help.

Nov 25, 2025 • Sanjiv Bhattacharya

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July 2025

The MAGA-Epstein Meltdown

What happens when a cult confronts cognitive dissonance.

Jul 21, 2025 • Sanjiv Bhattacharya

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May 2025

Slab City 3: The Hippie vs The Gangster.

When capitalism came to the Last Free Place it sparked a spat that became a battle for the city's soul.

May 30, 2025 • Sanjiv Bhattacharya

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Slab City 2: "We're All Here Because We Ain't All There."

An outlaw biker, a fugitive mother of three, a cancer survivor and a bearded lady. Profiles from the Last Free Place In America.

May 12, 2025 • Sanjiv Bhattacharya

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March 2025

The Fullerton Furry Murders

Eight years ago I began investigating a triple homicide in Orange County. Now I can finally tell the story.

Mar 17, 2025 • Sanjiv Bhattacharya

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The Metamorphosis Of A Marathon Monk

Yusai Sakai went from a life of failure to becoming a “Living Buddha” by completing the most grueling feat of endurance ever devised. Twice.

Mar 9, 2025 • Sanjiv Bhattacharya

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February 2025

The Zizian Cult Murders and the Edge of Reason.

How the existential threat of AI is driving people to madness.

Feb 9, 2025 • Sanjiv Bhattacharya

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January 2025

The Radicalization of Eric Atwood, The Neo-Nazi Tarot Reader.

In 2016, I met a white nationalist who had come to his ideology via Buddhism and New Age spirituality. He said he was launching an alt-right fraternity…

Jan 27, 2025 • Sanjiv Bhattacharya

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My City Is Burning

The dream home, the fabled ‘house in the hills’, was always the most likely to burn. In LA, beauty and danger are sides of a coin.

Jan 17, 2025 • Sanjiv Bhattacharya

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December 2024

We Are All Furries

Conservatives should be celebrating the fandom instead of attacking it.

Dec 27, 2024 • Sanjiv Bhattacharya

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Welcome to Minority Report

Subcultures, outliers, a view from the fringe. A mix of reporting, essay and memoir.

Dec 2, 2024 • Sanjiv Bhattacharya

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