The Vagabonds #6

A sharp, behind-the-scenes look at the moment the media first learned of the Christopher Steele memos linking Donald Trump to Russia, told through the lens of journalists like Ben Smith, David Corn, and Michael Isikoff. It traces the tense decisions around withholding details before the 2016 election and the pivotal moment Buzzfeed chose to publish the memos just before Trump’s inauguration.

In a quiet experiment with a coffee mug and a game of Jenga, Silvia Bellezza, Josh Ackerman, and Francesca Gino explore why people sometimes break what they own—not out of carelessness, but because better versions are just around the corner. The study reveals a surprising truth about how desire for the new can make us act recklessly with the old, even when we know better.