New York Magazine: December 01, 2014 Issue

Table of Contents

December 1, 2014

Cover Story

In Conversation: Chris Rock

The comedian on what’s wrong with comedy and right with America. And vice versa. By Frank Rich

On the Cover: Photograph by Martin Schoeller for New York Magazine.

Features

Your Grandmother’s Guide to Pot

A post-legalization primer for newbies—or stoners who may have never really known what they were doing in the first place.
The Bitcoin Boy

Erik Finman is a 16-year-old tech prodigy. In Silicon Valley years, that means he’s entering his prime.

By Benjamin Wallace
The Walking Cure

Why did Cheryl Strayed’s time in the woods propel her memoir to the top of the best-seller lists?

By Kathryn Schulz

Intelligencer

Culture

The Cut

Ladies Who Gala

New York’s party set brings out its finest finery for the most social month of the year.

Departments

Strategist