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Contents: Superhuman (Your initial reaction to this report by Steven Kotler on extreme athletes may be that some people are just nuts. Perhaps. But how far will these men and women be able to push human boundaries in their sometimes deadly pursuit of perfection?); The Playboy Club In Space (A.J. Baime and Jason Harper reveal what awaits starry-eyed travelers); The Weird World Of Biopolitics (Are we born liberal or conservative? Neal Gabler investigates the strange intersection of biology and politics); Power To The People (Get your motors running. James B. Petersen selects the bikes of the year); Smoke (The late Joe Frazier was a champion in the ring and in life. Katherine Dunn tagged along during his final days) Interview – Paul Krugman (The Nobel Prize-winning economist and popular New York Times columnist tells Jonathan Tashini exactly what went wrong and how we can fix it) 20Q – David Cross (The creative comic has a returning sit-com, a beef with a Belushi and a story to tell. Our Eric Spitznagel lends a sympathetic ear) Fiction – The Orphan Master’s Son (Jun Do labored with a band of orphans in North Korea until he got a special assignment – kidnapping Japanese talent. Adam Johnson takes you inside the strangest country in the world) Pictorials – Red-Hot Rio (Let’s party – it’s a time for Carnival and to celebrate we de-costumed some of the hottest women in Brazil); Playmate: Lisa Seiffert (The Australian supermodel says she loves to get naked and invoke male lust. Mission accomplished); Fight Club (UFC ring girl Brittney Palmer will have your head turning in eight directions) Columns – Where Can I Get Some More? (Jonathan Ames falls off the wagon with Richard Pryor); When Is Enough Enough? (Women can be particluar about sex. Lisa Lampanelli talks compromise) Cartoons – Cole’s Cuties (One cartoonist describes the women of Jack Cole as “estrogen souffles”) Fashion – Chairmen Of The Board (Professional snowboarders Danny Davis, Mark Sollors and John Jackson bring their sartorial style to the slopes) News And Notes – The World Of Playboy (Hef os honored by the L.A. Press Club; Playmates invade Glamourcon; Leeann Tweeden energizes the troops; Cooper Hefner gives a tour of his childhood home. Plus: Playboy at Art Basel Miami); Hangin’ With Hef (James Caan, Jesse Jackson and Hef remember how Playboy changed the world; Paul Stanley of KISS and Lita Ford at Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp; talking up L.A. writers; the Hefner family gives thanks); Playmate News (Pam Anderson plays a virgin; betting on Anna Nicole; Bunnies 4 the Cure; Dalene Kurtis and her golden tan; remembering Cynthia Myers) Departments – Playbill; Dear Playboy; After Hours; Reviews; Mantrack; Playboy Advisor; Party Jokes; Grapevine Playboy Forum – The Inequality Machine (What is America good at? Through the process of elimination, David Rothkopf concludes we are particularly skilled at making sure some people are lifted up and others are held down); Managing Despair (Liberals deserve more credit, argues Curtis White, for helping the rich and powerful stop worrying about social unrest and unstable markets so they can make loads of money); Reader Response (Drones at the door; an economic genius; have the terrorists won?); Newsfront (Stripping for freedom in Cairo; the “incendiary” American flag; where to find work; coed locker rooms; sex ed in Iran; no more sex at Yale)
Issue: March 2012
Condition: Very Good