Joseph Bien-Kahn
@josephbienkahn.com
Senior Editor at Esses Magazine
sports, movies, odd desert stuff, fire, adventure!
bylines: NYT Mag, NY Mag, Rolling Stone, Bloomberg, GQ, SI, Wired...
jbienkahn@gmail.com
sports, movies, odd desert stuff, fire, adventure!
bylines: NYT Mag, NY Mag, Rolling Stone, Bloomberg, GQ, SI, Wired...
jbienkahn@gmail.com
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Joseph Bien-Kahn
@josephbienkahn.com
· Jan 24
The Private Firefighters On Call for the Californians Who Can Afford Them
Andrew Sarvis of West Coast Water Tenders on the LA fires and the demand for private firefighers in Malibu and the Palisades.
www.rollingstone.com
We all know more and more people are hiring private firefighting crews in L.A.
But who are the private firefighters? Their price? Their vibe?
I drove up the Sierra Hwy to spend the day with a stuntman/teamster/firefighter to find out…
For @rollingstone.com
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
But who are the private firefighters? Their price? Their vibe?
I drove up the Sierra Hwy to spend the day with a stuntman/teamster/firefighter to find out…
For @rollingstone.com
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Zendaya is Metchie!!!
November 14, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Zendaya is Metchie!!!
Reposted by Joseph Bien-Kahn
This was a fun assignment. I rode a Can-Am in the desert and thought that was going to be a life-ender for me
We have an excerpt of @alexkirshner.com’s incredible Esses Issue 04 profile of Zoey Edenholm in the newsletter. With photos by the great Cassidy Araiza!
Subscribe / Preorder — the whole issue is a beauty…
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Subscribe / Preorder — the whole issue is a beauty…
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Gas. Brake. Post.
Zoey Edenholm has made a racing life in front of the camera and behind the wheel.
open.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This was a fun assignment. I rode a Can-Am in the desert and thought that was going to be a life-ender for me
We have an excerpt of @alexkirshner.com’s incredible Esses Issue 04 profile of Zoey Edenholm in the newsletter. With photos by the great Cassidy Araiza!
Subscribe / Preorder — the whole issue is a beauty…
open.substack.com/pub/essesmag...
Subscribe / Preorder — the whole issue is a beauty…
open.substack.com/pub/essesmag...
Gas. Brake. Post.
Zoey Edenholm has made a racing life in front of the camera and behind the wheel.
open.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
We have an excerpt of @alexkirshner.com’s incredible Esses Issue 04 profile of Zoey Edenholm in the newsletter. With photos by the great Cassidy Araiza!
Subscribe / Preorder — the whole issue is a beauty…
open.substack.com/pub/essesmag...
Subscribe / Preorder — the whole issue is a beauty…
open.substack.com/pub/essesmag...
Starting a petition to change the name of “a micropenis” to “an adolf hitler”
www.thetimes.com/article/e728...
www.thetimes.com/article/e728...
November 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Starting a petition to change the name of “a micropenis” to “an adolf hitler”
www.thetimes.com/article/e728...
www.thetimes.com/article/e728...
We got our first proper Formula 1 cover star with a shoot for ESSES Issue 04. Big leap for us, and this issue delivers top to bottom. Get hyped. Coming late November…
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essesmag.myshopify.com?selling_plan...
November 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
We got our first proper Formula 1 cover star with a shoot for ESSES Issue 04. Big leap for us, and this issue delivers top to bottom. Get hyped. Coming late November…
essesmag.myshopify.com?selling_plan...
essesmag.myshopify.com?selling_plan...
Unpopular opinion (as a warriors fan): the Warriors being unbeatable was good, but the Thunder being unbeatable is bad and the NBA should step in to break them up
November 12, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Unpopular opinion (as a warriors fan): the Warriors being unbeatable was good, but the Thunder being unbeatable is bad and the NBA should step in to break them up
Reposted by Joseph Bien-Kahn
DoorDash says sushi prices are down, per White House
November 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
DoorDash says sushi prices are down, per White House
Papa loves a midwest classic… 😇
November 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Papa loves a midwest classic… 😇
Reposted by Joseph Bien-Kahn
Monday night football …
November 11, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Monday night football …
Reposted by Joseph Bien-Kahn
This is excellent, and great fun to read. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
What Did Men Do to Deserve This?
Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard. Scott Galloway believes they need an “aspirational vision of masculinity.”
www.newyorker.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
This is excellent, and great fun to read. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A platform to get behind
November 9, 2025 at 5:45 AM
A platform to get behind
Mendoza and JKS both coming up huge and then going extremely hard on Jesus in the postgame. Not my cup of tea, but kind of intrigued about the Christ guy now — dude is absolutely locked in on college football in a way I respect
November 9, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Mendoza and JKS both coming up huge and then going extremely hard on Jesus in the postgame. Not my cup of tea, but kind of intrigued about the Christ guy now — dude is absolutely locked in on college football in a way I respect
Reposted by Joseph Bien-Kahn
"AI bailout during shutdown" would turn the Joker into the Joker
“OpenAI is getting ready to run hat in hand to the taxpayer for subsidies.” After losing more than $13 billion this year, OpenAI officials are angling for a bailout. From @ryanlcooper.com:
trib.al/CUazMCQ
trib.al/CUazMCQ
OpenAI Is Maneuvering for a Government Bailout - The American Prospect
For artificial intelligence to ever pencil out, some truly enormous revenue streams will be required. And if you need trillions of dollars for data centers forever, there’s only one entity to turn to: Uncle Sam.
trib.al
November 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
"AI bailout during shutdown" would turn the Joker into the Joker
Any updates on this YouTube TV / ESPN thing? I like YouTube TV, but obviously a completely useless product without ESPN…
November 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Any updates on this YouTube TV / ESPN thing? I like YouTube TV, but obviously a completely useless product without ESPN…
So, uh, don’t know how I’d never watched ‘East Bound and Down’ but, as a former baseball player, this is basically the Great American Novel. This is art…
November 8, 2025 at 5:39 AM
So, uh, don’t know how I’d never watched ‘East Bound and Down’ but, as a former baseball player, this is basically the Great American Novel. This is art…
Who do I get in touch with about teaching one of these classes?
November 8, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Who do I get in touch with about teaching one of these classes?
I’m so damn excited to have a profile of Don Nelson in this beautiful issue of @thebeliever.net. Subscribe!!
Our first-ever Sports Issue is coming soon! Featuring
@minakimes.bsky.social, Kiese Laymon, Jenny Odell, @lauravandenberg.bsky.social, a custom Believer-branded swim cap, and much more.
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@minakimes.bsky.social, Kiese Laymon, Jenny Odell, @lauravandenberg.bsky.social, a custom Believer-branded swim cap, and much more.
Subscribe now and get 15% off: store.mcsweeneys.net/products/the...
November 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I’m so damn excited to have a profile of Don Nelson in this beautiful issue of @thebeliever.net. Subscribe!!
Tired: Girl Boss Era
Wired: Girl Fascist Era
Wired: Girl Fascist Era
JUSTICE AMY CONEY BARRETT:
“Being a conservative woman in a law school, particularly, takes a lot of courage and independence, and in many ways shows more feminism than just falling into some predetermined vision of what a woman should be.”
“Being a conservative woman in a law school, particularly, takes a lot of courage and independence, and in many ways shows more feminism than just falling into some predetermined vision of what a woman should be.”
November 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Tired: Girl Boss Era
Wired: Girl Fascist Era
Wired: Girl Fascist Era
Reposted by Joseph Bien-Kahn
I’m a little late nighty, but once again @squawkinsports.bsky.social crushed. With @williamfleitch.bsky.social
@stefanfatsis.bsky.social
@davidjroth.bsky.social
12/4. Bitches.
www.eventbrite.com/e/1865660985...
@stefanfatsis.bsky.social
@davidjroth.bsky.social
12/4. Bitches.
www.eventbrite.com/e/1865660985...
November 7, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I’m a little late nighty, but once again @squawkinsports.bsky.social crushed. With @williamfleitch.bsky.social
@stefanfatsis.bsky.social
@davidjroth.bsky.social
12/4. Bitches.
www.eventbrite.com/e/1865660985...
@stefanfatsis.bsky.social
@davidjroth.bsky.social
12/4. Bitches.
www.eventbrite.com/e/1865660985...
Reposted by Joseph Bien-Kahn
I think a lot, too much really, about the guy in the hair supplement commercial who says he stopped hanging out with his boys bc of the razzing about his hairline
November 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I think a lot, too much really, about the guy in the hair supplement commercial who says he stopped hanging out with his boys bc of the razzing about his hairline
Reposted by Joseph Bien-Kahn
If the sandwich don’t split, you must acquit
Defense says that the officer's testimony was "very questionable" because he said the sandwich both exploded in spray of mustard and onions and also landed in its wrapper on the ground.
November 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
If the sandwich don’t split, you must acquit
Reposted by Joseph Bien-Kahn
The ADL has decided to treat fascists as allies and progressives as enemies. For a group that is tasked with protecting American Jews, that is a world historic fuck up.
I will never forgive these people for their moral decrepitude.
I will never forgive these people for their moral decrepitude.
November 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The ADL has decided to treat fascists as allies and progressives as enemies. For a group that is tasked with protecting American Jews, that is a world historic fuck up.
I will never forgive these people for their moral decrepitude.
I will never forgive these people for their moral decrepitude.
Reposted by Joseph Bien-Kahn
This, but make it an Alfa Romeo and brother, business is booming…
November 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This, but make it an Alfa Romeo and brother, business is booming…
Me and @timrohan.bsky.social will be repping @essesmag.com at Squawkin' Sports's F1 holiday party on December 4th in New York City!
🫡 @pjsauer.bsky.social and @davidjroth.bsky.social, and get excited for Patrick's story in Issue 04, which absolutely rips...
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🫡 @pjsauer.bsky.social and @davidjroth.bsky.social, and get excited for Patrick's story in Issue 04, which absolutely rips...
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Squawkin' Sports: Holiday Party and Formula 1 Edition! (at DSK)
Award-winning journalist Joseph Bien-Kahn and writer Tim Rohan join our hosts for a celebratory night of music, desserts, and beer!
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November 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Me and @timrohan.bsky.social will be repping @essesmag.com at Squawkin' Sports's F1 holiday party on December 4th in New York City!
🫡 @pjsauer.bsky.social and @davidjroth.bsky.social, and get excited for Patrick's story in Issue 04, which absolutely rips...
www.eventbrite.com/e/squawkin-s...
🫡 @pjsauer.bsky.social and @davidjroth.bsky.social, and get excited for Patrick's story in Issue 04, which absolutely rips...
www.eventbrite.com/e/squawkin-s...