Showing results by author "Teddy Wayne"

David Federman has never felt appreciated. An academically gifted yet painfully forgettable member of his New Jersey high school class, the withdrawn, mild-mannered freshman arrives at Harvard fully expecting to be embraced by a new tribe of high-achieving peers. But, initially, his social prospects seem unlikely to change, sentencing him to a lifetime of anonymity. Then he meets Veronica Morgan Wells. Struck by her beauty, wit, and sophisticated Manhattan upbringing, David falls feverishly in love.

Megastar Jonny Valentine, 11-year-old icon of bubblegum pop, knows that the fans don’t love him for who he is. His image, his voice, and even his hairdo have been packaged - by his LA label and by his hard-partying manager-mother - into bite-size pieces for easy digestion, sliding down the gullet of mass culture, the biggest appeal to the widest demographic. But somewhere inside the relentless marketing machine is still a little boy, devoted to his mother and determined to find his absent father among the countless, faceless fans - isn’t there?

"The Right to Privacy for Children Online — Even Beyoncé's" is from the April 15, 2016 Lifestyle section of The New York Times. It was written by Teddy Wayne and narrated by Paul Ryden.

"A News Portal to Trauma" is from the September 09, 2016 Lifestyle section of The New York Times. It was written by Teddy Wayne and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"The End of Reflection" is from the June 11, 2016 Lifestyle section of The New York Times. It was written by Teddy Wayne and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"Open Secrets", by Hendrik Hertzberg; "Letting Go", by Atul Gawande; "Stuck", by Keith Gessen; "Postmadern Men", by Teddy Wayne; and "Spy Vs. Spy", by David Denby.

Margaret Pennoyer, an elementary school teacher in Manhattan, had just returned from a bachelorette party in Napa Valley when she received an email that had been sent to all the guests. The two organizers had itemized each woman’s individual expenses, which they had covered, and requested reimbursement through Venmo, an app that transfers money between users who have linked their bank accounts to their phones. Pennoyer owed $31.98 to one woman and $20.62 to the other.

"Thanks to Venmo, We Now All Know How Cheap Our Friends Are" is from the July 22, 2017 Lifestyle section of The New York Times. It was written by Teddy Wayne and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"‘Honey, I’m (Already) Home’" is from the August 06, 2016 Lifestyle section of The New York Times. It was written by Teddy Wayne and narrated by Paul Ryden.

We have long counted on our elders to act with a dignity befitting their advanced years and to express their sagacity through philosophically weighty language. Until, that is, the advent of social media.

"No, Grandma, You Are Not LOL" is from the May 05, 2017 Lifestyle section of The New York Times. It was written by Teddy Wayne and narrated by Kristi Burns.