Essential writings and articles.
24 Apr 08

The Info

This is the homepage of writer/journalist Neal Ungerleider. Selected clips are available below.

Neal currently blogs at Negev Rock City and can be contacted via e-mail at this address. Feel free to give a holler.

Oh… and enjoy the articles.
23 Apr 08

92nd Street Y Blog

  • Talking Primates with Dr. Frans de Waal: An extended discussion with one of the world’s most well known primatologists about bonobos, “anthropodenial” and the difference between a capuchin monkey and a CEO.
  • An Interview with Neil Gaiman: Two guys named Nea(i)l talk over the phone about punk rock, tattoos and Star Trek. The ironic twist? One of them is a bestselling author and pop culture icon.
  • The Samosa Diaspora: A massive, Wikipedia-approved exploration of everything you need to know about the samosa. Food history = goodness.
23 Apr 08

Budget Travel

23 Apr 08

Deadspin

23 Apr 08

FishbowlNY


23 Apr 08

Forbes Traveler

23 Apr 08

Gridskipper

  • Fareed Zakaria’s Fantasy Island: Once upon a time, a cultured media icon and a fabulously rich rock star decided to create a beach resort for the culturati. It failed.
  • Deconstructing Wagamama: A look inside the rabidly popular London-based restaurant chain written before their Stateside launch.
  • Havana’s Chinatown: Havana’s Cuban-Chinese community, restaurants under communism and Fidel Castro being caught with a bottle of Coca-Cola.
23 Apr 08

Mediabistro


23 Apr 08

Jewcy.com

  • When Rockets Hit Your Home: When you go to grad school abroad, you assume you’ll have good stories when you return. Unfortunately, sometimes you’re right.
  • Life in the Tel Aviv Bubble: A guide to waiting out geopolitical conflicts via coffee, Cuban sandwiches and cognitive dissonance.
23 Apr 08

MenuPages

23 Apr 08

Philadelphia City Paper

  • New Year’s in Beersheva: The best way to learn about the difference between Grad rockets and Katyushas is to have both of them fired at you.
  • Witout Borders: In which your humble correspondent tracks the cheesesteak to the furthest reaches of China and Eastern Europe.
23 Apr 08

Slate

23 Apr 08

Wired/Wired.com

  • Hard Science, With a Twist: A guide to the best science-themed bar nights in the United States. Yes, science-themed bar nights.
  • The Rocky History of Rockers in Videogames: Since those halcyon days of Pong, video games have come out starring everyone from Michael Jackson to Aerosmith to the Thompson Twins. Here’s a screenshot-filled look back at the classics.