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Kevin Roose

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Kevin Roose
Roose at South by Southwest 2019
Born1987 or 1988 (age 38–39)[1]
EducationBrown University
OccupationsWriter, journalist
Notable creditThe New York Times
Websitewww.kevinroose.com

Kevin Roose (born 1987 or 1988) is a San Francisco-based American author and journalist.[2] He is the author of four books, and worked for The New York Times as a technology columnist and host of the Hard Fork podcast.

His first book was about Liberty University, an evangelical Christian university known for strict rules imposed on students.[3] Roose was included on the 2015 Forbes 30 Under 30 list.[1]

Life and career

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Roose grew up in Ohio. His father is a lawyer and his mother was an administrator at Oberlin College. [4] Roose is a graduate of Westtown School and Brown University.[5] He worked as news director at Fusion.[6][7]

In June 2017, he rejoined The New York Times.[8] His column, "The Shift", focuses on the intersection of technology, business, and culture.[9]

Roose and three of his New York Times colleagues earned the 2018 Gerald Loeb Award for Breaking News with their story "Ouster at Uber."[10]

On March 24, 2021, Roose published a column in The New York Times announcing an auction for the column itself to be distributed as an NFT, or non-fungible token, with proceeds going to The New York Times's Neediest Cases Fund.[11] The column sold the following day for $560,000.[12][13] Immediately after the sale, Roose commented on Twitter, "I'm just staring at my screen laughing uncontrollably".[14]

Roose was given early access to Bing's ChatGPT-based chatbot and encountered a second personality of the chatbot named "Sydney".[15] He has also written about his experiences with "vibe coding" to generate software without writing code.[16]

He was the co-host of The New York Times podcast Hard Fork with Casey Newton between 2022 and 2026.[17] Three months after announcing their departure from Hard Fork in June 2026[18][19], Roose and Newton announced a new independent video-first show, "Machine Gods" in partnership with NPR.[20]

Writing

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Roose wrote The Unlikely Disciple while undercover at Liberty University, aiming to explore the culture of life at a fundamentalist evangelical university.[21] Roose, raised in a secular and liberal environment, wanted to better understand conservative Christian culture.[22]

Roose's second book, Young Money, follows the beginning of the career of eight financial analysts on Wall Street. It focuses on the difficult and strenuous work environments and what makes the financial industry different after the 2008 financial crisis.[23]

Roose's third book, Futureproof: 9 Rules in the Age of Automation, examines how people and organisations can survive in the machine age. To survive, he believes in the need "to focus on the more human skills that machines can't replace."[24]

Roose's fourth book, The AGI Chronicles: The Inside Story of the Race to Create an Artificial Superintelligence.[25]

Other work

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In 2020, Kevin Roose hosted Rabbit Hole, an eight-part podcast from The New York Times "examining how the internet is changing us".[26]

From September 27, 2022,[27] Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, two journalists were hosts of the New York Times podcast Hard Fork.[28][29] In June 2026, they left Hard Fork.[30]

After leaving the New York Times, Roose and Newton announced their new show Machine Gods distributed by NPR. It will be a video-first, twice-weekly show that debuts on YouTube, the NPR app, and podcast RSS, and later, to the NPR Member station radio network in early 2027.[31][32][33]

Media appearances

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Roose appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on February 27, 2014, to discuss Young Money.[34]

References

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  1. 1 2 "Kevin Roose, 27". Forbes. Archived from the original on April 30, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
  2. ↑ Roose, Kevin (October 6, 2026). The AGI Chronicles: The Inside Story of the Race to Create an Artificial Superintelligence. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 978-0-374-61875-9.
  3. ↑ Strauss, Valerie (October 30, 2015). "The world's largest Christian university relaxes some rules for students". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on April 24, 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
  4. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/20/fashion/weddings/tovah-ackerman-kevin-roose.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
  5. ↑ "The Unlikely Disciple". Kevin Roose. Archived from the original on December 30, 2019. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
  6. ↑ Lee, Edmund (October 31, 2014). "New York Magazine's Kevin Roose Heads to Fusion, Too". Archived from the original on May 8, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2016. Fusion, the little-known cable network that's snapped up a raft of Big Name Writers, has hired New York Magazine's Kevin Roose as part of its effort to build out its new Silicon Valley bureau.
  7. ↑ Harrington, Craig (May 4, 2016). "Media Write The Republican Party's Obituary Following Trump Victory". Media Matters for America. Archived from the original on May 7, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Kevin Roose Joins Biz Day". The New York Times Company. June 9, 2017. Archived from the original on July 11, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  9. ↑ "The Shift". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 15, 2018. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  10. ↑ "The New York Times Wins Three Gerald Loeb Awards". The New York Times Company. June 26, 2018. Archived from the original on May 28, 2024. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  11. ↑ Roose, Kevin (March 24, 2021). "Buy This Column on the Blockchain!". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on March 30, 2021. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
  12. ↑ Clark, Mitchell (March 25, 2021). "The New York Times just sold an NFT for more than half a million dollars". The Verge. Archived from the original on March 30, 2021. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
  13. ↑ Roose, Kevin (March 26, 2021). "Why Did Someone Pay $560,000 for a Picture of My Column?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on March 30, 2021. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
  14. ↑ "« NFT » : un éditorialiste du « New York Times » vend un article 560 000 dollars". Le Point (in French). March 25, 2021. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  15. ↑ Roose, Kevin (February 16, 2023). "A Conversation With Bing's Chatbot Left Me Deeply Unsettled". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
  16. ↑ Roose, Kevin (February 27, 2025). "Not a Coder? With A.I., Just Having an Idea Can Be Enough". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 3, 2025.
  17. ↑ "What's a Hard Fork?". The New York Times. October 4, 2022. Archived from the original on March 14, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  18. ↑ Roose, Kevin. "Leaving The Times". X. Retrieved June 19, 2026.
  19. ↑ Roush, Chris. "Tech columnist Roose departing NY Times". Talking Biz News. Retrieved June 19, 2026.
  20. ↑ "Casey Newton and Kevin Roose partner with NPR to launch 'Machine Gods'". NPR. September 16, 2026. Retrieved September 18, 2026.
  21. ↑ Prior, Karen Swallow (2009). "Surprised by Love: An outsider's view of Liberty University and the faith it embodies". Books & Culture. Archived from the original on April 17, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
  22. ↑ "Undercover At An Evangelical University". NPR Books. May 30, 2009. Archived from the original on May 10, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
  23. ↑ Hayes, Chris (April 10, 2014). "The Cubs of Wall Street: 'Young Money,' by Kevin Roose". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 21, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
  24. ↑ Staff (March 9, 2021). "How to Ensure the Robots Won't Come for Your Job". Intelligencer. Archived from the original on March 10, 2021. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
  25. ↑ "The AGI Chronicles: The Inside Story of the Race to Create an Artificial Superintelligence by Kevin Roose". publishersweekly.com. Retrieved September 19, 2026.
  26. ↑ Beer, Jeff (April 16, 2020). "The new 'New York Times' podcast 'Rabbit Hole' sends you down one to see what the internet does to us". Fast Company. Archived from the original on October 5, 2020. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  27. ↑ "Hard Fork". simplecast.com. Retrieved September 19, 2026.
  28. ↑ "Hard Fork". YouTube. Retrieved September 19, 2026.
  29. ↑ Bolies, Corbin (June 24, 2026). "'Hard Fork' Hosts Kevin Roose, Casey Newton Sign With UTA (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved September 19, 2026.
  30. ↑ "NPR Builds Video-To-Radio Strategy Around New AI Podcast". Insideradio.com. September 18, 2026. Retrieved September 19, 2026.
  31. ↑ Flynn, Kerry; Fischer, Sara (September 16, 2026). "Kevin Roose and Casey Newton partner with NPR". Axios. Retrieved September 19, 2026.
  32. ↑ Dufresne, Alexis (September 16, 2026). "Casey Newton and Kevin Roose take 'Machine Gods' to NPR". AI Weekly. Retrieved September 19, 2026.
  33. ↑ NPR press release (September 16, 2026). "Casey Newton and Kevin Roose partner with NPR to launch 'Machine Gods'". podnews.net. Retrieved September 19, 2026.
  34. ↑ "Kevin Roose". Comedy Central. February 27, 2014. Archived from the original on June 11, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2016. "Young Money" author Kevin Roose reflects on the surprisingly morose atmosphere surrounding Wall Street's post-crash recruits. (6:14)
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