Articles

• “Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Sometimes When We Touch’ on Paramount+, A Doc That Observes The Rise And Legacy Of The ‘70s Soft Rock Sound,” Johnny Loftus, Decider
• “Soft-Rock Doc Series, ‘Sometimes When We Touch,’ Slated by Paramount+ for January,” by Chris William, Variety
• “Ken Jeong on his funniest role to date,” by Chuck Thompson, Men’s Journal
• “The night we lost the war on climate change,” by Chuck Thompson, Columbia Insight
• “Damien Lillard on shooting three-pointers and why he feels like Forrest Gump,” by Chuck Thompson, Men’s Journal
• “How to say the right thing online when someone dies,” by Chuck Thompson, Forge
• “QAnon finds its way to the Snake River,” by Chuck Thompson, Columbia Insight
• “Reluctant Legend: Larry McMurtry,” by Chuck Thompson, Cowboys & Indians
• “What our journey to Mars might look like,” by Chuck Thompson, Popular Mechanics
• “Our campgrounds are in desperate need of an overhaul,” by Chuck Thompson, Men’s Journal
• “1917 thinks war is swell,” by Chuck Thompson, Humungus
• “Covid makes it a good time to be a sports fan,” by Chuck Thompson, Humungus
• “Could global tourism go extinct?” by Chuck Thompson, Gen/Medium
• “Why tourism should die—and why it won’t,” by Chuck Thompson, The New Republic
• “The rise of Excessive Wealth Disorder,” by Chuck Thompson, Gen/Medium
• “Why your outdoor friendships are doomed,” by Chuck Thompson, Outside
• “This essay on masculinity goes to 11,” by Chuck Thompson, Humungus
• “Bond of Brothers: Hunting and healing with vets in the Berkshires,” by Chuck Thompson, Outdoor Life
• “You’re skiing on the wrong skis,” by Chuck Thompson, Popular Mechanics
• “Last kings of the wild: Why are chinook salmon disappearing?” by Chuck Thompson, Outdoor Life
• “‘They Shall Not Grow Old’: What you need to know before watching,” by Chuck Thompson, Popular Mechanics
• “Totem Recall: One chief’s mission to reclaim the past,” by Chuck Thompson, Outside
• “Sherman Alexie and 5 other Native American writers you should be reading,” by Chuck Thompson, Cowboys & Indians
• “Outdoor electronics: Are backwoods beats really harmless?” by Chuck Thompson, Outside
• “Why your wild Alaska salmon may not be very ‘wild’ or ‘Alaskan’,” by Chuck Thompson, Portland Monthly
• “Iceberg lettuce: Defending the honor of America’s most disparaged vegetable,” by Chuck Thompson, Taste
• “Klini Karma: Paddling one of the most hazardous, remote rivers in the world,” by Chuck Thompson, Outside
• “Was the Gettysburg Address a mistake?” by Chuck Thompson, Politico
• “7 hours of midnight: Inside Hong Kong’s ‘Umbrella Revolution,’” by Chuck Thompson, CNN
• “Is racism really worse in the South?” by Chuck Thompson, New Republic
• “I am gonna hate your food: The tortured life of a globe-traveling picky eater,” by Chuck Thompson, Outside
• “How the rebel flag keeps us apart, how it could bring us together,” by Chuck Thompson, New Republic
• “Take this microbrew and shove it: Why do we keep anointing ‘it’ cities?” by Chuck Thompson, New Republic
• “What Paula Deen could teach John Roberts,” by Chuck Thompson, New Republic
• “Just secede already: The obstructionists aren’t going anywhere. Maybe we should,” by Chuck Thompson, Salon
• “Doh! 20 biggest travel mistakes,” by Chuck Thompson, CNN
• “Travel clichés we vow to avoid (but probably won’t),” by Chuck Thompson, CNN
• “Go ahead and secede, Texas. I dare you.” by Chuck Thompson, The New Republic
• “Greatest Movie Native Americans,” by Chuck Thompson, Cowboys & Indians
• “Why do so many Southerners think they’re the only real Americans?” by Chuck Thompson, AlterNet
• “Sweet Home … Chattanooga?” by Chuck Thompson, Outside
• “Chattanooga praised, slammed by Outside magazine,” Times Free Press (Chattanooga)
• “Thompson may have chiggers, but he loves Chattanooga,” by David Cook, Times Free Press (Chattanooga)
• “The 4 Lies of Shark Fin Soup,” by Chuck Thompson, Guy Harvey Magazine
• “Sploosh,” by Chuck Thompson, Outside (India monsoon feature)
• “Chuck Thompson on the evil genius of Indian Salesmen,” by Chuck Thompson for CNNGo
• To Hellholes and Back playlist for Large-Hearted Boy
• Smile When You’re Lying playlist for Large-Hearted Boy

Interviews

• Dennis Miller Show interview (audio)
• Mike Church Show interview (audio)
• “Are we better off without ’em?” interview with Daily Kos and readers
• “Chuck Thompson wants to die pithily,” interview with LitQuake festival
• “Travel Writer Chuck Thompson Compares Southerners to Chinese,” video interview with The Huffington Post
• Audio interview with Lynne Rossetto Kasper of “The Splendid Table,” American Public Media (August 27, 2011)
• “The Elliott Interview: Author Chuck Thompson,” interview with Christopher Elliott of National Geographic
• Travel writing interview with NomadicMatt
• “Chuck Thompson on Travel Writing’s Dirty Secrets,” interview with Ian McKenzie of Matador
• “10 great destinations that don’t deserve their bad reputations,” USA Today interview by Roslan Rahman