John Seabrook

How working remotely for nearly a year might change dynamics between employees and employers.

Staff writer John Seabrook and his teen-age son Harry sit down to discuss their discovery of, and secret fondness for, Ke$ha and today's other Top 40 superstars.

Ever wonder why so much of today's pop sounds the same? Reporter John Seabrook went inside the music factory to find out why.

In our latest Please Explain, 'New Yorker' staff writer John Seabrook unravels how to make musical hits, the business behind them, and what they do to our brains. 

New Yorker staff writer John Seabrook discusses the effort to protect New Jersey’s beaches in an age of superstorms like last year’s Hurricane Sandy. His piece “The Beach Builders: Can the Jersey Shore Be Saved?” appears in the July 22 issue of The New Yorker.

New Yorker staff writer John Seabrook talks about the relatively small number of producers and top-liners who create a disproportionately large share of contemporary hits, which may explain why so many songs sound the same. His article “The Song Machine” appears in the March 26 issue of The New Yorker.

John Seabrook talks about YouTube and the other new professionally produced channels that it plans to roll out over the next six months. It is part of a larger strategy, designed by YouTube’s Robert Kyncl and Salar Kamangar, to increase the amount of time people spend on the site. His article “Streaming Dreams: YouTube Turns Pro” appeared in the January 16 issue of The New Yorker.

New Yorker Magazine writer John Seabrook talks about his new article that explains how concert tickets got so expensive.

What will you eat for $100? Reality websites want to know and want to make you a viral sensation.

The new Times Square theme restaurant: The NRA Sports Blast? And when TV stars get sick it's time for a very special episode to tell you all about it.