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
A platform to get behind
November 9, 2025 at 5:45 AM
A platform to get behind
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?
Deano is a posting god
October 31, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Deano is a posting god
Masterful gambit, Jets
October 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Masterful gambit, Jets
What have they done to the game I loved???
October 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
What have they done to the game I loved???
If you don’t get the imagery on “The Life of a Showgirl” may I recommend that you read one fuckin book!!!
October 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
If you don’t get the imagery on “The Life of a Showgirl” may I recommend that you read one fuckin book!!!
🗣️The Super Sizification of Apple needs to end!!!
A normal sized apple is one of the most perfectly portioned foods on earth. Who is asking for these new mammoth apples???
A normal sized apple is one of the most perfectly portioned foods on earth. Who is asking for these new mammoth apples???
October 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
🗣️The Super Sizification of Apple needs to end!!!
A normal sized apple is one of the most perfectly portioned foods on earth. Who is asking for these new mammoth apples???
A normal sized apple is one of the most perfectly portioned foods on earth. Who is asking for these new mammoth apples???
We talked a lot about this kicker. It’s a helluva thing to read today.
September 27, 2025 at 9:53 PM
We talked a lot about this kicker. It’s a helluva thing to read today.
Apologies to @alexkirshner.com but they need to get this guy to a real team for the sake of MLB. This is once-in-a-generation shit and now we have to ask uncomfortable questions like: if Sandy Koufax had pitched for this Pirates team, would we even know his name?
September 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Apologies to @alexkirshner.com but they need to get this guy to a real team for the sake of MLB. This is once-in-a-generation shit and now we have to ask uncomfortable questions like: if Sandy Koufax had pitched for this Pirates team, would we even know his name?
Saw @passionweiss.bsky.social and @paulxt.bsky.social talk Britney, Brad Pitt, and how media’s been fucked for years (but in exciting different ways!) last night at Stories. Still floating…
Buy the damn book already!
Buy the damn book already!
September 6, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Saw @passionweiss.bsky.social and @paulxt.bsky.social talk Britney, Brad Pitt, and how media’s been fucked for years (but in exciting different ways!) last night at Stories. Still floating…
Buy the damn book already!
Buy the damn book already!
Kevin Elster barely qualified, but hitting 3 homers on Pac Bell opening day means he's a guy I remember (and wish I could forget) from the 21st Century...
September 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Kevin Elster barely qualified, but hitting 3 homers on Pac Bell opening day means he's a guy I remember (and wish I could forget) from the 21st Century...
My little kid got a haircut and his barber, a very harsh woman named Olga, like to give him a part that makes him look like a day trader
August 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
My little kid got a haircut and his barber, a very harsh woman named Olga, like to give him a part that makes him look like a day trader
But Thurst, coffee
August 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
But Thurst, coffee
There’s a real opening for “the lightest premium card”. Weightless card could be a massive luxury play in 2026
August 22, 2025 at 11:37 PM
There’s a real opening for “the lightest premium card”. Weightless card could be a massive luxury play in 2026
A headline recommendation for editors:
Logo Change Has Crackers Feeling Over a Barrel
Logo Change Has Crackers Feeling Over a Barrel
August 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
A headline recommendation for editors:
Logo Change Has Crackers Feeling Over a Barrel
Logo Change Has Crackers Feeling Over a Barrel
the kinda magazine covers your party gets when things are going great. masterful gambit, sirs
August 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
the kinda magazine covers your party gets when things are going great. masterful gambit, sirs
Gotta be a pack of Pocky
August 21, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Gotta be a pack of Pocky
Esses Issue 03 coming in September…
August 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Esses Issue 03 coming in September…