Amy Wallace is an editor-at-large for Los Angeles and a correspondent for GQ .

"I've written about the anti-vaccine movement. I love true crime. I've written a lot of murder stories. The thing that unites all of them—whether it's a celebrity profile or a biologist who murdered a bunch of people or Justin Timberlake—it's almost trite to say, but there's a humanity to each of these people. And figuring out what's making them tick in the moment, or in general, is interesting to me. In a way, that's my sweet spot."

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Show notes:

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Wallace on Longform

[7:00] "Justin Timberlake: #Hashtag of the Year" (GQ • Dec 2013)

[12:15] "The Comedian's Comedian's Comedian" (GQ • Aug 2010)

[20:30] "A Very Dangerous Boy" (GQ • Nov 2013)

[35:15] "Mrs. Hughes Takes Her Leave" (Ron Suskind • Esquire • Jul 2002)

[37:00] "Valley Girl Interrupted" (Los Angeles • Oct 2001)

[44:30] "What Made This University Researcher Snap?" (Wired • Feb 2011)

[44:30] "A Loaded Gun" (Patrick Radden Keefe • New Yorker • Feb 2013)

[48:15] "Amen! (D'Angelo's Back!)" (GQ • Jun 2012)

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