The New Yorker profiles Andrey Ternovskiy, the 18-year-old Russian high school drop-out who founded one of the biggest internet fads of the year, online chat site Chatroulette.
Interviews
comedy gold 
An interview with Moammar Gadhafi
A thoroughly entertaining interview with Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi: he hates Switzerland, thinks Angela Merkel is “more like a man than a woman”, and thinks the EU should pay him $6.6 billion a year to combat illegal immigration.
Mud, war and video cameras: an interview with Brendan Cowell, star of Beneath Hill 60
Brendan Cowell, the mud-splattered star of Beneath Hill 60, sits down for a chat with Luke Buckmaster about being down trenches on a Townsville farm, their “no whinging” policy on set and the struggle of the Australian actor.
US soldier: I was in the WikiLeaks video; this is what I saw…
Wired interviews US soldier Ethan McCord, who was shown rescuing a child from the firefighting in the WikiLeaks “Collateral Murder” footage. He explains how the whole grizzly scene played out on the ground in Baghdad.
The Oatmeal: making big bucks off scheming kitties
Matthew Inman is the man behind The Oatmeal hilarity. How does a 20-something web designer tap into the zeitgeist without politics or religion but grammar and dinosaurs?
Meet Ben and Jerry: the ice cream of the crop
Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, founders of (duh) ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s, talk being a “hippy business-with-a-conscience” and what it’s like to sell up to a big corporation that uses their brand as greenwashing.
revealed 
Fake illness and gangsters: why I left as Fujitsu’s president
Japan has a culture of corporate loyalty, but recently ousted Fujitsu president Kuniaki Nozoe spills on the problems plaguing Japanese companies, the rumours of organised crime and the real reason he lost the top job.
Why Usain Bolt is a super human mutant freak
Jamaican runner Usain Bolt may be the greatest athlete alive today — yet he spends more time playing video games than training. Is he just a freak of nature? Or is he getting some extra help?
Google founder talks China
Google co-founder Sergey Brin explains why the company finally decided to stop playing ball with the Chinese government’s internet censorship, and says doing business with them reminded him of his childhood in the Soviet Union.
The other Murdoch
A fascinating interview with Elisabeth Murdoch, the often forgotten daughter of Rupert and head of UK production company Shine. Murdoch talks Fox News, her political persuasions and what happens once Rupert’s gone.
“My father founded Hamas; now I work for Israel”
A fascinating interview with Mosab Yousef, the Christian, former Israeli spy son of Hamas founder Sheikh Hassan Yousef, who has just released a tell-all book about growing up in the world of Islamic extremism.
Editor of The West Australian, Brett McCarthy, responds
The West Australian editor Brian McCarthy responds to our Spinning The Media study findings that 55% of the articles analysed in his paper were initiated by public relations.
Twitter a force for good not meal updates
In an interview with the Beeb, Twitter founder Evan Williams spruiks that Twitter can help spread democracy and how all the best tech services are still independent companies. Listen to the whole interview here.
Interview with author Peter Goldsworthy
Angela Meyer talks to Peter Goldsworthy about his new book Gravel — a collection of amusing and moving short stories — and how to maintain a “perfect balance” in life for crafting good writing.
The story behind Spot the Dog
An audio slideshow of Eric Hill, the creator of beloved children’s book series Spot, and his drawing. The author explains how and why he created the popular puppy and Spot will ever actually grow up (he’s now 91, in dog years).
The politics of South Park
South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker settle the debate once and for all: they’re neither conservatives nor liberals — they mock everybody equally.
Breakfast with the John Hughes Club
Famed 80s teen actors, including Molly Ringwald and Matthew Broderick, get together to chat about the teen film director that made them famous, John Hughes.
Inside the world of Paul Krugman
A rare and in depth profile on Nobel prize winning economist and NY Times columnist Paul Krugman, focusing on how he became the darling of the political Left and his problems with Barack Obama.
Larissa Behrendt talks: postcards, the walk-off and the Intervention
Bob Gosford chats to Professor Larissa Behrendt about some hot-button issues affecting Indigenous Australians — including the sale of postcards featuring naked Aboriginal children.
The film reviewer who lost his jaw but not his ability to criticise
A fascinating examination of influential film critic for the Chicago-Sun Times Roger Ebert who lost his jaw — and his ability to speak or eat — to thyroid cancer. Now he communicates via post-it notes.
You’re rubbish: the day I interviewed cult director Tommy Wiseau
Famously dubbed the “Citizen Kane of bad movies,” director Tommy Wiseau’s The Room has amassed a following of viewers in America who passionately celebrate its undisguisable awfulness. Here, Luke Buckmaster chats with the man behind it.
The confusing creator of cult classic The Room speaks
Actor/writer/director/producer Tommy Wiseau’s independent film The Room has been famously dubbed “the Citizen Kane of bad movies”, yet has developed a cult following on the indie film circuit. Luke Buckmaster interviews the elusive star.
A chat with Sooty Pigram — Aboriginal speedway rider
Bob Gosford sits down with Samsurray “Sooty” Pigram, a speedway rider from Broome who has been racing stripped-down two-wheeler “solos” since he was 11 years old.
Don’t shoot me, I’m only the paintball journalist
Just when you thought there were no jobs left in journalism, along comes McSweeneys with an interview with a full-time paintball journalist. Yes, that weird shooting game has a professional league with media coverage.
Wired / Friday, 12 March 2010
Wired profiles conservative commentator and online media mogul Andrew Breitbart, the man behind Breitbart.com, the Big Government/Hollywood/Journalism sites and formerly “Matt Drudge’s bitch”.