Scott Carney
Scott Carney | |
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Occupation | Writer, anthropologist |
Website | http://www.scottcarney.com/ |
Scott Carney (born July 9, 1978) is an American investigative journalist, author and anthropologist. He is the author of five books: The Red Market, The Enlightenment Trap, What Doesn't Kill Us, The Wedge, and The Vortex. Carney contributes stories on a variety of medical, technological and ethical issues to
Carney was the first American journalist to write about "Iceman"
He reported from Chennai, India between 2006–2009. In 2015 he founded the tiny Denver-based media company Foxtopus Ink, which produces audio books, video courses and podcasts. In 2018 Foxtopus Ink released the first season of the podcast Wild Thing on the search for bigfoot.[9]
Carney holds a number of academic and professional appointments including as a contributing editor at Wired, a senior fellow at the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism at
Works
The Red Market
Carney coined the phrase "the red market" to describe a broad category of
The book, The Red Market traces the rise, fall, and resurgence of this multibillion-dollar underground
The Enlightenment Trap
The Enlightenment Trap examines the unusual circumstances around the
What Doesn't Kill Us
In 2011 Carney travelled to meet Dutch fitness guru Wim Hof in Poland on an assignment from Playboy with the intention of exposing him as a charlatan.[18] Hof claimed to be able to teach a meditation technique that would allow people to consciously control their body temperature and immune systems.[19] The claims were similar to those made by Michael Roach.[20] After a week studying the method, however, Carney "had to reevaluate everything he thought about gurus".[21] Within a week he learned how to perform similar feats as Hof, including hiking up a snow covered mountain wearing just a bathing suit. His book, What Doesn't Kill Us, continues the journey by linking evolutionary theory and environmental conditioning with the Wim Hof Method. He interviews US Army scientists who are trying to find ways to make soldiers more effective in extreme environments, the founders of the outdoor workout movement the November Project, legendary surfer Laird Hamilton and endurance runner Brian MacKenzie. Carney ends his journey by climbing up to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, most of the way, wearing just a bathing suit.
Carney has since revised his position on Wim Hof after discovering 19 deaths-by-drowning related to people practicing the Wim Hof Method in water and passing out from shallow-water blackout.[22] Carney attributes the deaths to people following Wim Hof's instructions on various official training courses and YouTube videos that depict Hof hyperventilating in water in apparent contradiction to Hof's own official warnings. The Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant independently verified his claims.[23][24]
The Wedge
"The most comfortable way to think about the Wedge is that it's a choice to separate stimulus from response",
The Vortex
In 1970 the Great Bhola Cyclone killed 500,000 people in East Pakistan and set off a series of cataclysmic events that almost culminated in nuclear war between the United States and USSR. Scott Carney and Jason Miklian tell the story of The Vortex through the eyes of cyclone survivors, two genocidal presidents (Richard Nixon and Yahya Khan), a soccer star turned soldier and mutineer Hafiz Uddin Ahmad, and American aid worker and a weatherman from Miami who tried to avert disaster. The Vortex received largely favorable reviews in The Washington Post and NPR for linking the effects of climate change to armed conflict.[29][30] The Vortex was included on the long-list of finalists for the 2023 Carnegie Medal for excellence in nonfiction.[31]
Awards
Carney won the 2010
References
- ^ "Scott Carney | WIRED". www.wired.com. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
- ^ "Scott Carney". NPR.org. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
- ^ "Scott Carney". Mother Jones. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
- ^ "Scott Carney – Foreign Policy". Retrieved 2020-03-21.
- ^ "How to Embrace The Cold: A Daily Routine to Hack Your Body". Men's Journal. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
- ^ Brett (2017-02-02). "Podcast: The Benefits of Cold Exposure". The Art of Manliness. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
- ^ a b THE WEDGE | Kirkus Reviews.
- ^ "Wild Thing, I think I love you (but the ultimate sustainability of your particular advertising model remains unclear)". Nieman Lab. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
- ^ "Ethics & Justice Investigative Journalism Fellowships | Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism | Brandeis University". www.brandeis.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
- ^ "Blood, Bones And Organs: The Gruesome 'Red Market'". NPR.org. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
- ^ "Understanding The Dark Side Of Enlightenment On 'Diamond Mountain'". NPR.org. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
- ^ "Don't punish yourself to make the world a better place". openDemocracy. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
- ^ "Death and Madness at Diamond Mountain by Scott Carney | Geshe Michael Roach". info-buddhism.com. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
- ^ "Death and Madness on Diamond Mountain - scottcarney.com". www.scottcarney.com. Archived from the original on 2014-09-03.
- ^ Carney, Scott (2015-03-18). "The Enlightenment Trap". Medium. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
- ^ "The Enlightenment Trap". Scott Carney. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
- ^ "'What Doesn't Kill Us' ... Invites Practical Medical Benefits". NPR.org. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
- ^ Vance, Erik (2017-01-16). "You Can Train Your Brain to Feel (Almost) No Pain". Outside Online. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
- ^ Carney, Scott. "Obsession and Madness on the Path to Enlightenment". Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
- ^ "The Enlightenment Trap, Snap #817 - Transcendent | Snap Judgment". WNYC Studios. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
- ^ "The Rise and Fall of the Wim Hof Empire". Scott Carney. 2023-06-26. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
- ^ "De ijskoude methoden van het miljoenenbedrijf achter Wim Hof". Volkskrant Kijk Verder (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-11-09.
- ^ Stoffelen, Anneke (October 21, 2023). "De ijskoude methoden van het miljoenenbedrijf achter Wim Hof". Archuive.ph. Archived from the original on October 21, 2023. Retrieved October 28, 2023.
- ^ ISBN 9781734194302.
- ^ "'The Wedge' Explores How Being Uncomfortable Builds Human Resilience". www.wbur.org. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ^ "Inside 'The Wedge,' and the Limits of Human Endurance". Men's Journal. 2020-04-16. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ^ Carney, Scott (2020-04-22). "It's Time to Change Your Relationship to Fear". Outside Online. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
- ^ "'The Vortex' details a cyclone that divided Pakistan and almost led to a nuclear war". NPR.org. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
- ^ a b JCARMICHAEL (2022-10-03). "2023 Winners". Reference & User Services Association (RUSA). Retrieved 2022-10-17.
- ^ "Past Ancil Payne Award Winners". School of Journalism and Communication. 2018-11-12. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
- ^ "Livingston Awards - Finalists". www.livawards.org. Archived from the original on 6 November 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ "Fellowship Alumni". Center for Environmental Journalism. 2015-12-23. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
External links
- Personal Website
- Foxtopus Ink
- Wild Thing Podcast
- TEDx video - "Body, Mind Spirit: Pitfalls on the Path to Enlightenment
- TEDx video - "Cold Comfort and how the Environment Shapes Human Biology
- What Doesn't Kill Us book page
- Mother Jones: Meet the Parents: The Dark Side of Overseas Adoptions
- WIRED: Inside India's Underground Trade in Human Remains
- NPR: Thai Tattoo Tradition Draws Worldwide Devotees