December 13th: HBO & Brad Pitt: My story in the New Yorker, on a debt collector, is the basis for a new series on HBO produced by Brad Pitt.  Read the article in Variety here.  

December 12th: Fire Walkers (The Revealer): Read about my adventures with fire walkers in India.  Click here to read the article in the Revealer.  

November 18th: No One Told Me Learning Yoga Would Involve Snakes (New York Times Magazine): Read my personal essay by clicking here.  

April 30th: Secrets of the Temple (The New Yorker): Life at this temple in Southern India was quiet until two secret vaults were discovered.  One vault contained $20 billion dollars worth of treasure.  The other vault, which is supposedly cursed, remains unopened.  So what lies inside?  My ten-page article is in the April 30th edition of the magazine. Click here to read -- but please note that the last line of the article is cut off -- it should read: "No, let it be." You can also view story in pictures: Click here to view a slideshow.

March 24th: Switched at Birth (This American Life): This weekend Ira Glass is rebroadcasting my hour-long episode, Switched at Birth.  The story goes like this: On a summer day in 1951, two baby girls were born in a hospital in small-town Wisconsin. The infants were accidentally switched, and went home with the wrong families. One of the mothers realized the mistake but chose to keep quiet -- until the day, more than 40 years later, when she decided to talk. Click here to listen -- and then select 'Full Episode.'  (Running time 1 hour.)